Beyond the Textbook: Using Trade Books and Databases to Teach Our Nation's History, Grades 7–12

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Cover of the book Beyond the Textbook: Using Trade Books and Databases to Teach Our Nation's History, Grades 7–12 by Carianne Bernadowski, Patricia L. Kolencik, Robert Del Greco, ABC-CLIO
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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.

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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.

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