Social+Studies

==Integrating Writing into the Social Studies Curriculum ==

__**Technical Writing **__
 * **Students could take the reader on a tour of an area, including a map of the region, special places to stop and important features of a region using MapSkip as resource and place to post final project. **
 * **Have students create a PowerPoint presentation or digital story based on elements being studied in a unit - include a narration using a microphone and Audacity software. **

__** Expository Writing **__
 * **Review summaries of chapters from Social Studies curriculum using the interactive lesson summaries provided at Eduplace.com and the Promethean. Read the summary for that unit, take notes by using the Promethean to circle, underline, etc main idea and details. Next, using the underlined, circled information, write a paragraph using that information – focus on main idea and supporting details. **
 * **Students create brochures about a region giving details, features, landforms, etc (use sub-headings from the text to guide) in paragraph form. Students add information about the terms into their paragraph and also add illustrations (with captions potentially). **
 * **Explain a process being studied using sequence or cause and effect to guide writing. **

__** Narrative Writing **__
 * **Have students bring a photograph from home and write a narrative based on the picture - implement before Winter Break using a picture from a holiday celebration and the memories of that celebration. **
 * **Students could examine a picture from a particular unit and create a story based on the picture. **
 * **In small groups, students write a play based on content and then perform for other groups. **

__** Persuasive Writing **__
 * **After learning about each region in the United States, students choose a region and write a persuasive paragraph about why that region is the best place to live in the United States. **
 * **Focus on key figures from history and write persuasively about why they should be studied in school; use Bio-Cube from Read Write Think to help summarize key ideas about a person. **

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