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U.S. History: People and Events 1865-Current
Enhance the way you teach middle school U.S. history with timelines, photos, and profiles that bring America's past to life!
The Mark Twain U.S. History: People and Events 1865 - Present social studies book explains the decisions and events of America's past. This American history book for middle school features historic photos, detailed timelines, and profiles of the people who shaped history during that time.
U.S. History: People and Events 1865 - Present helps middle school students understand how America came to be. This book encourages students to get involved in the learning process by providing:
- research opportunities
- discussion questions
- graphic organizers
- map analysis
Mark Twain Media Publishing Company creates products to support success in science, math, language arts, fine arts, history, social studies, government, and character. Designed by educators for educators, the Mark Twain Publishing product line specializes in providing excellent supplemental books and content-rich d©cor for middle-grade and upper-grade classrooms.
Students read a page of text then complete an activity. The activities (one page long as well) are a variety of graphic organizers requiring the reader to recall main points and put them into their own words. Sometimes they will compare/contrast, categorize information, distinguish fact from opinion, and more. It is fantastic preparation for the reading portion of any standardized testing! The reading portions cover historical persons and events and are rather interesting I thought. These would be a great supplement to an American history curriculum, or an addition to a unit study you have created. It provides some content to work with that could lead to further research on the part of the student. I thought it was clever to have the graphic organizers on the back side of the reading which requires more thought processing than just looking for rote answers to boring questions. By the way, when the 2nd book says current, they mean up to Donald Trump being elected President in 2016. Answers are in the back (though some will vary, this is helpful) as are the CC standards. Reproducible for classroom/home use only. SC, 94pp ~ Sara
Product Format: | Paperback |
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Brand: | Mark Twain Media |
Grades: | 6-12 |
ISBN: | 9781622236442 |
Length in Inches: | 10.875 |
Width in Inches: | 8.25 |
Height in Inches: | 0.25 |
Weight in Pounds: | 0.5 |