Read for Content: Social Studies

U.S. History - World History - Civics

Read For Content: Social Studies provides an easy-to-approach reading opportunity for challenging non-fiction subjects. 120 important social studies topics support curricula in U.S. History, World History and Civics. An excellent resource for learning how to recognize facts and identify important ideas within reading material.

Details

The extremely compact (200-250 words each) one-page stories include key term definitions for difficult, but essential words. Each story includes multiple choice review questions plus a “Think About It” discussion question. A “Fact or Opinion?” review item helps students recognize opinions in social studies material.

Features:

120 one-page stories with printable PDF
Key term definitions for each story
Story review questions
Fact-or-Opinion exercises
Discussion questions
DAISY/NIMAS text files for screen reader use
Printable PDF and MS-Word files

By Mike Baron. Covered spiralbound book, 276 pages, includes a PDF on Win/Mac CD with a classroom license for printouts, 2008.

Available as a printed book or as Attainment eBook downloads! See the eBook tab above.

eBook

The 120 Read for Content stories about U.S. History, World History, and Civics are available as an eBook. Purchase and download directly to the iBooks* shelf on your iPad, or buy multiple downloads and send a download access code to your students or teachers. Attainment eBook prices are discounted for 5 or more users (see chart above).

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PDF Curriculum Resources
Discussion questions and key vocabulary terms for each of the 120 stories book are available as a download from the Attainment Bookshelf. The PDF supplement is free for viewing, sharing, or printing.

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