Scott Foresman Social Studies ©2011: A Social Studies Curriculum by Pearson

Unique Vocabulary Activity and No Child Left Behind Cards allow you to reinforce reading and writing skills while teaching important social studies content.

Lessons to support English Language Learners and struggling readers. Activities help students to Activate Prior Knowledge and Build Background, Access Content, and Extend Language.

Develop key concepts through hand-on, minds-on learning with simulations and projects, social studies fair ideas, Readers Theater, and writing prompts.

Help students build test-taking strategies with this useful practice book. Includes a social studies passage with six related worksheets for each unit in the student book. Worksheets highlight specific test-taking strategies.

Answer Key for all Test Talk Practice Book pages.

Each transparency highlights test-taking strategies to help children perform better on tests.

Transparencies of full-color fine art, maps, charts, graphs, and graphic organizers support lessons in the student book.

Compact, easy-to-use book with fascinating social studies facts and related questions for 5-minute routines, five days a week.

Answer Key for all Vocabulary Workbook activity pages.

Teach the same social studies content at each student's reading level. Three Content Leveled Readers per unit help you match books to your students' reading abilities, sparking their interest and inspiring curiosity while building comprehension skills and important vocabulary. Below-Level, On-Level, and Advanced Readers all cover the same topic in Scott Foresman Social Studies, keeping your class focused on the same key social studies content. Every Leveled Reader includes a Teacher's Guide with graphic organizer that simplifies your lesson planning and instruction. Includes one copy of each title.

Contains six copies of one title per unit and a Teacher's Guide.

Contains six copies of one title per unit and a Teacher’s Guide.

Teach the same social studies content at different levels to spark student curiosity and create eager learners. Below-level, On-level, and Advanced selections give all students additional reading experiences and enhance the science content in every chapter of Scott Foresman Social Studies. The Super Kit includes six copies of each title in each level for an entire grade. Leveled Readers Teacher’s Guide included.

Leveled Reader Teacher's Guide

Contains 6 copies each of: Making a Difference in Denmark; Journey to Statehood; Train Wreck!; The Gold Rush of 1849; The Light Bulb; Land of Opportunity; Using Special Talents; Jazz, Jazz, Jazz; Famous Women Ahletes; Saving an American Symbol; The "Unsinkable" Titanic; Flying Across the Ocean: Yesterday and Today; Strength of Spirit; Holocaust Rescuers; A Safe Haven; When the Disaster's Over; Building Science; Cars: Past, Present and Future; African American Athletes; Juan's Journey; A Nation of Many Colors; Technology in Our Lives; Changing World; and Jules Verne's Imagination

Teach social studies during your reading and language arts block with trade books, leveled readers, atlases, and multimedia resources that develop important social studies concepts. Dynamic activity resources invite students to engage in hands-on, minds-on learning. Package contains Leveled Readers Super Kit; Social Studies Plus!: A Hands-On Approach; Read Alouds and Primary Sources; Ever Student Learns Teacher's Guide; Vocabulary Cards; Multi-Leveled Library; Literature Library; Big-Book Atlas; Teacher Resurces Online Access Pack; Leveled Readers Database Online Access Pack; Colonial Williamsburg Primary Sources CD-ROM; Video Field Trips Package (VHS Format); and Songs and Music Audio CDs.

Teacher's Guide for all the lessons in Our United States.

Teacher's Guide for all the lessons in Passport to Latin America and Canda.

Two-sided flash cards (5" x 7") focus on all vocabulary terms to facilitate reading comprehension.

Twenty colorful, high-interest posters introduce unit concepts, vocabulary, time lines, and key figures.

Eighteen Below-Level, On-Level, and Advanced books (3 books per unit, 1 at each level) from DK and Penguin Putnam that are tied to unit themes help students at all reading levels understand social studies concepts.

Award-winning literature from Penguin Putnam and the stunning visual style of the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books come together in this library of expository and fiction selections. Two books per unit support and enhance Scott Foresman Social Studies unit themes, while providing opportunities for shared reading and small group instruction.

Short-answer and essay questions based on primary sources such as maps, photos, graphs, and literature excerpts help students think analytically and prepare for tests. Answer key and scoring rubric included. Can be used as a student practice book or a set of blackline masters.

Easy-to-follow recordings of all lessons in the Student Edition enable all students to access the content. Dramatic readings of You Are There features and biographies make social studies content come alive.

Also used as Unit 1 (On-Level) in Growth Of A Nation

Also used as Unit 1 (Advanced) in Growth Of A Nation

Guided Reading Information:

Level: S

Content Area: Social Studies

Genre: Nonfiction

Also used as Unit 3 (On-Level) in Growth Of A Nation