Build literacy skills and social studies content-area literacy with dynamic primary sources! Students will think about historical events more critically with these primary source readers that feature letters, maps, photographs, newspaper articles, government documents, and other types of primary source materials that breathe life into the pages of history and provide insight on what life was like back then. Primary Source Readers: American Biographies Kit focuses on the lives of significant Americans whose lives influenced U.S. history including Neil Armstrong, Amelia Earhart, Benjamin Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Tubman, and more.

The nonfiction readers offer access to every type of learner with appropriately leveled content, and contain text features such as captions, bold print, a glossary, and an index to increase understanding and build academic vocabulary. The Teacher's Guide equips instructors with easy-to-use, comprehensive lesson plans that address reading, writing, and social studies standards with an emphasis on primary sources. Aligned to McREL, WIDA/TESOL, NCSS/C3 Framework and other state standards, this Kit prepares students for college and career. Help students achieve social studies literacy with this comprehensive kit.