Writing in the Social Studies is a practical guide for educators. On each page are strategies, tips, and takeaways for teachers to implement in their classroom, while every chapter concludes with helpful handouts to distribute directly to students. Beginning with a framework and pacing guide,Writing in the Social Studies examines foundational, academic, and real-world writing, concluding with a methodology for grading and a spirited plea for teachers to write themselves.

Teachers who believe in teaching skills through content finally have a blueprint from which to work. Those who understand it is imperative students graduate with the ability to think critically and express a point of view now have a vehicle with which to achieve their goals.Writing in the Social Studies will be the first book to tackle this crucial yet neglected corner of the curriculum. There is a desperate need for professional development in this area, and therefore also tremendous opportunity.

It is a professional imperative that social studies educators teach a variety of writing skills through content. As a result they should have access to a resource which clearly and engagingly shows them how. This isWriting in the Social Studies.

Aaron Pribble is the author ofTeacherland: Inside the Myth of the American Educator andPitching in the Promised Land: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League. An award-winning educator, Aaron teaches social studies at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 The Framework

2 Writing is Thinking

3 Foundational Writing

4 Academic Writing Part I

5 Academic Writing Part II

6 Real-World Writing

7 Writing as Assessment

8 Epilogue

9 Appendix A: Teacher Tools

10: Appendix B: Q&A

11: Appendix C: Suggested Reading

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