The Good Stuff

Now that we have gotten all of that background out of the way lets get to what you have all been waiting for: How do we build these literacy skills?

The next several posts will explore suggestions by Angela Watson, and Maryanne Bristow Evans and Sarah Clark* for incorporating literacy skills into everyday social studies teaching. The will also be one strategy suggested by teachinghistory.org  based on the research of Timothy and Cynthia Shanahan. 
 




*Angela Clark is a board certified teacher and instructional coach who has published 4 books and runs the Cornerstone for Teachers Blog.
Maryanne Bristow Evans and Sarah Clark are the authors of the article "Finding a Place for CCSS Literacy skills in the Middle School Social Studies Curriculum" published in The Clearing House by the Taylor and Francis Group.
Timothy and Cynthia Shanahan are professors at the University of Chicago.