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Build social studies content-area literacy and breathe life into history by integrating dynamic primary sources into the classroom! This comprehensive kit uses original documents, maps, photographs, and other materials to engage students in learning. These authentic resources will capture students' curiosity about the past and promote critical thinking as they analyze significant events in 19th century U.S. history including the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the War of 1812, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction Era. Appropriately leveled content makes this a great resource for differentiating instruction for multiple reading levels. The Teacher's Guide equips teachers with easy-to-use lesson plans for each book, activity sheets, and document-based assessments. Aligned to McREL, WIDA/TESOL, NCSS/C3 Framework and other state standards, this Primary Source Readers: America in the 1800s Kit readies students for college and career.
Content-rich, age-appropriate readers complement social studies and language arts curricula. Each book in Primary Source Readers is designed around primary sources that tell about the subject and help prepare students for state and national tests with document-based questions.
Primary Source Readers offers multiple opportunities to foster curiosity, study relationships, and reflect on new learning. The standards-based lessons serve as a crucial bridge between reading and writing and content-area material. Each pair of readers has one nonfiction reading skill and one writing skill on which the lessons are focused.
Three kits from this series include an Interactiv-eBook for each title. These kits are:
Audio recordings of books model fluent reading and support English language learners.
