Longman Social Studies

Grades 6-12
Beginning — High-Beginning

Longman Social Studies, designed for students in grades 6-12, prepares students for success in a standards-based social studies program with a broad overview of World and American history. All activities are specifically geared to students in the early stages of English language acquisition, and help build content knowledge, skills, and learning strategies.

Features

• A "Getting Started" unit introduces concept of social studies, including history and geography, and provides an introduction to the past tense.
• Reading strategies are explicitly taught and modeled throughout the readings.
• Social studies skills such as reading and interpreting maps, timelines, charts, and graphs, are explicitly taught and recycled throughout each lesson.
• Explicit vocabulary-building activities and glossaries help students access and build mastery of the content.
• A Unit Review provides additional practice, extension projects, further reading suggestions, and a modeled Writing Workshop.