STAR Social Studies Through Active Reading
Content and Learning Strategies
Published on 28. February 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
145 pages
978-0-8013-0349-4 (ISBN)
Description
STAR Social Studies introduces ESL students to important topics about the United States, its people, and places. Unique to this book are the special issues ethnic groups and immigrants face. Students personalize history as they relate their own background to the exercises and cooperative learning activities.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
ELT/ESL
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 217 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
405 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8013-0349-4 (9780801303494)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Chapter 1 SOCIOLOGY Living in the United States
CRITICAL READINGACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
Becoming a Member of a New Culture
Making Choices
Fitting into a New Society
Ethnocentric Thinking
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Taking notes
Using resources
Reading selectively
Synthesizing information
Chapter 2 GEOGRAPHY The Regions of the United States
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
Getting to Know the United States
The South
The Midwest
The West
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Self-evaluation
Interpreting data
Reading selectively
Taking notes
Chapter 3 HISTORY The Early United States
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
Who Were the First People to Come to the Americas?
The English and the French in North America
Two Wars in America
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Taking notes
Interpreting data
Reading selectively
Summarizing
Chapter 4 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY The United StatesGrows
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
More Land
More Americans: 1840 to 1910
Immigration in the 20th Century
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Imagery
Reading selectively
Questioning for clarification
Taking notes
Chapter 5 BIOGRAPHY Three Important Americans
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Sequencing
Self-evaluation
Reading selectively
Using resources
Taking notes
Organizational planning
Chapter 6 POLITICAL SCIENCE The United StatesConstitution
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
The Original Constitution of the United States
The Bill of Rights
Changing the United States Constitution
How Laws Are Made
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Reading selectively
Using resources
Grouping
CRITICAL READINGACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
Becoming a Member of a New Culture
Making Choices
Fitting into a New Society
Ethnocentric Thinking
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Taking notes
Using resources
Reading selectively
Synthesizing information
Chapter 2 GEOGRAPHY The Regions of the United States
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
Getting to Know the United States
The South
The Midwest
The West
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Self-evaluation
Interpreting data
Reading selectively
Taking notes
Chapter 3 HISTORY The Early United States
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
Who Were the First People to Come to the Americas?
The English and the French in North America
Two Wars in America
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Taking notes
Interpreting data
Reading selectively
Summarizing
Chapter 4 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY The United StatesGrows
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
More Land
More Americans: 1840 to 1910
Immigration in the 20th Century
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Imagery
Reading selectively
Questioning for clarification
Taking notes
Chapter 5 BIOGRAPHY Three Important Americans
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Sequencing
Self-evaluation
Reading selectively
Using resources
Taking notes
Organizational planning
Chapter 6 POLITICAL SCIENCE The United StatesConstitution
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
CONTENT READINGS
The Original Constitution of the United States
The Bill of Rights
Changing the United States Constitution
How Laws Are Made
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Using prior knowledge
Working cooperatively
Inferencing
Reading selectively
Using resources
Grouping