Objective: Embed literacy concepts in the context of life skills activities.
Life Skills Academics: Literacy links everyday activities to key literacy concepts relating to common situations for middle and high school students.
Read For Content: Social Studies provides an easy-to-approach reading opportunity for challenging non-fiction subjects. 120 important social studies topics support curriculum in U.S. History, World History and Civics. The extremely compact (200-250 words each) one-page stories include key term definitions for difficult, but essential words. Each story includes multiple choice review questions plus a “Think About It” discussion question. A “Fact or Opinion?” review item helps students recognize opinions in social studies material.
An excellent resource for learning how to recognize facts and identify important ideas within reading material.
