Exploring Social Studies: Colorado

Overview

Encourage students to become active learners to promote civic thinking.

• Build literacy and social studies knowledge with high-interest nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four disciplines of social studies.
• Make every elementary educator a social studies expert with easy-to-use, creative lesson plans that meet state standards for both ELA and social studies.
• Promote inquiry-based learning with discussion questions, document-based assessments, and primary source analysis activities.
• Support English learners with differentiation tips embedded within each lesson.
• Use in multiple instructional settings, including whole- and small-group instruction during social studies or within a Balanced Literacy approach. 
• Engage students through integrated technology with audio files of each book that model fluent reading, as well as interactive eBooks and additional digital resources.