Beyond the Textbook: Using Trade Books and Databases to Teach Our Nation's History, Grades 7–12
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Library & Information Services, Study & Teaching, Education & Teaching
| Author: | Carianne Bernadowski, Patricia L. Kolencik, Robert Del Greco | ISBN: | 9781610690386 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO | Publication: | January 3, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Libraries Unlimited | Language: | English |
| Author: | Carianne Bernadowski, Patricia L. Kolencik, Robert Del Greco |
| ISBN: | 9781610690386 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO |
| Publication: | January 3, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Libraries Unlimited |
| Language: | English |
During a time of standards-based instruction, Beyond the Textbook: Using Trade Books and Databases to Teach Our Nation's History, Grades 7–12 will fill the gap in today's middle and high school classrooms to simultaneously engage students in effective literacy skill exercises and teach our nation's history. Authored by three experienced former public school teachers, these ready-made lesson plans for classroom teachers and school librarians make planning easy for implementation in a social studies, history, or English classroom.
The book covers topics from Native Americans to the Louisiana Purchase, offering evidence-based reading strategies throughout that can hold adolescents' attention and develop their vocabulary and comprehension. Each chapter will include bibliographic information; suggested grade level; Information Literacy and National Social Studies Standards; before, during, and after reading strategies; database integration for classroom use; and suggested readalikes. Users will find the standards and evidenced-based research perfectly applicable in today's classrooms.
During a time of standards-based instruction, Beyond the Textbook: Using Trade Books and Databases to Teach Our Nation's History, Grades 7–12 will fill the gap in today's middle and high school classrooms to simultaneously engage students in effective literacy skill exercises and teach our nation's history. Authored by three experienced former public school teachers, these ready-made lesson plans for classroom teachers and school librarians make planning easy for implementation in a social studies, history, or English classroom.
The book covers topics from Native Americans to the Louisiana Purchase, offering evidence-based reading strategies throughout that can hold adolescents' attention and develop their vocabulary and comprehension. Each chapter will include bibliographic information; suggested grade level; Information Literacy and National Social Studies Standards; before, during, and after reading strategies; database integration for classroom use; and suggested readalikes. Users will find the standards and evidenced-based research perfectly applicable in today's classrooms.
