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Reading Strategies for Social Studies |
"Content Literacy is the ability to use reading and writing for the acquisition of new content in a given discipline" -- McKenna and Robinson, 1990.
The purpose of these activities is to help teachers effectively engage students with difficult content in their classes using reading and writing strategies.
Content Literacy in Secondary Social Studies PowerPoint |
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Word Splash |
Word Splash is a pre-reading strategy that introduces students to key vocabulary and concepts. |
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Concept Mastery |
Concept Mastery helps students understand key concepts by following the steps in a graphic organizer. |
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Chapter Tour |
A Chapter Tour is a pre-reading strategy that introduces students through visual representation and organization to the overall theme of the reading, such as progress, change, or crisis. |
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Graphic Notes |
Graphic organizers that help students manage large amounts of text with a visual. |
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Graphic Notes Sample |
This Graphic Notes Sample (Muslims in the Modern World) is an example of taking key ideas from a large amount of text. |
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Column Notes |
Easy method for students to take notes based on the old Cornell Notes System. |
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Discussion Web |
A graphic organizer that helps students to participate actively in a group discussion. |
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Discussion Web Sample |
Did the Industrial Revolution help working people? |
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Frame Routine |
A graphic organizer that helps students to summarize text into a manageable amount of vocabulary and key ideas. Excellent summarizataion tool. |
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Critical Thinking Skills for All Students |
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