Exploring Social Studies Arkansas Edition Student Handbook Grade 1

Download or read book Exploring Social Studies Arkansas Edition: Student Handbook Grade 1 written by Chuck Aracich and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make social studies more accessible to students with Exploring Social Studies: Arkansas Student Handbook. This student-friendly handbook builds content-area literacy in the four strands of social studies: history, geography, civics, and economics. It includes pertinent information about Arkansas for first grade students, including historical figures and events that have shaped Arkansas s rich history. The fun activities include practice in reading, writing, mathematics, and art, and can be easily assigned for independent work. This handbook can be used in conjunction with social studies textbooks or to supplement the language arts block, and is organized by the four social studies strands to allow for teacher flexibility in deciding which activities to assign. Aligned to the NCSS standards, each page clearly identifies the purpose of every activity and the specific Arkansas social studies standard that the activity meets. The activities include nonfiction texts with questions, fiction texts with activities, puzzles, math pages, primary sources, critical-thinking activities, creative-thinking activities, and more.