Reading in Social Studies
Increase Reading Skills in Social Studies
Many schools are seeking ways to increase reading across the curriculum. Classroom teachers often have limited training in developing reading strategies.
This grant provides an opportunity to integrate content knowledge professional development with literacy skills development. Schools can apply for a Teaching American History grant that focuses teaching instruction on reading skills through American history narratives. The grant will provide instruction of strategies to increase student attainment based on reading.
Reading skills and historical literacy are not mutually exclusive. Indeed, a publication by the Core Knowledge Foundation notes that the reading skills of decoding and encoding require an understanding of background knowledge in order to properly comprehend important ideas and concepts. Through the Teaching American History grant, schools can integrate reading skills with content knowledge for meaningful understanding and application.
There are diverse ways in which school districts can integrate reading comprehension into the Teaching American History grant. At the middle school level and high school level, schools can utilize literacy skill development as a component of reading instruction within the social studies classroom. At the elementary level, as a result of No Child Left Behind, schools often have insufficient time to address state standards in social studies. There is pressure for elementary teachers to focus a significant amount of time to developing reading skills to the neglect of social studies instruction. Merging reading instruction with social studies instruction in the elementary grades makes good sense, and this grant will provide the support that teachers at all levels need to make this integration work.
Many schools are seeking ways to increase reading across the curriculum. Classroom teachers often have limited training in developing reading strategies.
This grant provides an opportunity to integrate content knowledge professional development with literacy skills development. Schools can apply for a Teaching American History grant that focuses teaching instruction on reading skills through American history narratives. The grant will provide instruction of strategies to increase student attainment based on reading.
Reading skills and historical literacy are not mutually exclusive. Indeed, a publication by the Core Knowledge Foundation notes that the reading skills of decoding and encoding require an understanding of background knowledge in order to properly comprehend important ideas and concepts. Through the Teaching American History grant, schools can integrate reading skills with content knowledge for meaningful understanding and application.
There are diverse ways in which school districts can integrate reading comprehension into the Teaching American History grant. At the middle school level and high school level, schools can utilize literacy skill development as a component of reading instruction within the social studies classroom. At the elementary level, as a result of No Child Left Behind, schools often have insufficient time to address state standards in social studies. There is pressure for elementary teachers to focus a significant amount of time to developing reading skills to the neglect of social studies instruction. Merging reading instruction with social studies instruction in the elementary grades makes good sense, and this grant will provide the support that teachers at all levels need to make this integration work.