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HOLOCAUST
Mark Twain: Holocaust, for grades 6-12, focuses
on decisions and events connected to one of the
greatest tragedies in human history. The book
highlights the roots of anti-Semitism, the rise to
power of the Nazis in Germany, and Adolf
Hitler's plans for domination of the European
continent and the extermination of the
Jewish people, as well as other minorities. Death
camps and methods of torture are described, but
the book also recognizes the spirit of the Jewish
people, the Jewish Resistance, and e昀昀orts
to save the Jews by individuals and groups.
Each lesson includes a reading selection with
background information on important people and
events, as well as a Recalling Key Details page.
These pages are focused on developing reading
comprehension skills with matching, multiple
choice, and structured response questions.
Extension Activities and Consider This prompts
give students the opportunity for class or
small-group discussion, additional research, and
extended writing on various topics.
038267
Grades 6-12
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180 DAYS OF SOCIAL STUDIES
WORLD HISTORY SERIES
The books in this series feature reading
selections in the content area and
assessments that utilize a variety of
questioning strategies, such as matching,
true/false, critical thinking, and constructed
response. Hands-on activities, research
opportunities and mapping exercises engage
students in learning about the history and
culture of civilizations around the world. A
downloadable version of the reading text at
a 4-5 reading level is included for struggling
readers. Grades 5-8+. 96 pages.
032520 Medieval Times
032521 Renaissance
032522 World Civilizations & Cultures
032523 Egypt & the Middle East
032524 Greek & Roman Civilizations
032525 Mayan, Incas & Aztec Civilizations
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180 Days of Social Studies provides teachers
and parents with 180 days of daily practice
to build students' social studies content-area
literacy. The quick, diagnostic-based activities
support the C3 Framework and allow busy
teachers to cover social studies content daily.
Through these weekly units, grade 2 students
will analyze and evaluate primary source
documents, answer text-dependent
questions, and improve their social studies
knowledge, critical thinking, and reasoning
skills. Each week will assess students'
knowledge of grade-level social studies
content, and focuses on a grade-level topic
within one of the four social studies disciplines: geography, economics, civics, and
history. This resource helps teachers meet
the National Council for the Social Studies
(NCSS) and state standards in their
classrooms. With these daily activities,
students will increase their social studies
knowledge in no time! Digital 昀椀les are
included.
036257 Kindergarten 036261 Grade 4
036258 Grade 1
036262 Grade 5
036259 Grade 2
036263 Grade 6
036260 Grade 3
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MYSTERIES IN HISTORY
Challenge students to explore several important unexplained events
that helped shape history. Students use primary source materials,
posters, and simulations to 昀椀nd clues and to make informed decisions
about these events. There are no “right” or “wrong” answers. These
real-life mysteries encourage students to research, think, debate, and
form conclusions. Grades 5 - 8. 144 pages.
029071 WORLD HISTORY: What happened to the Mary Celeste?
Who was the Man in the Iron Mask?
029072 ANCIENT HISTORY: Who invented the alphabet? Was there
really a Trojan horse?
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