EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP YOUR KIDS SUCCEED IN SOCIAL STUDIES
You know that how a child performs in the first six years of school has a profound influence on the rest of his or her life. Thats why youre so eager to help your kids do the best they can in all the core subjects taught in grade school. Written by experts in primary school education, the Get Ready! for Social Studies series empowers you with the tools you need to help your grade-schoolers develop and hone the skills needed to perform at grade level, or better, in socialstudiesrelated subjects.
The only comprehensive skill-building series of its kind, the Get Ready! for Social Studies series makes it easy for you to take a proactive role in your childrens education and oversee their progress. Each grade-specific guide in this hands-on series corresponds to the content found in social studies curricula across the country. And each features expert tips, techniques, and practice exercises, in abundance, to bring students classroom performance up to snuff, while also providing them with a head start in preparing for state-mandated tests.
Ranging from pre-history to the current day, Get Ready! for Social Studies: U.S. History focuses on the United Statesincluding the development of the free enterprise systemand its changing role over the past five centuries of world history.
Only the Get Ready! for Social Studies series features:
- Sample problems and practice exercises mirroring the content found in classrooms and on standardized tests
- Creative techniques for helping kids master grade-appropriate concepts
- Skill reviews after every section that help parents gauge kids progress
- Final tests to assess performance levels and identify areas that still need work
- Tables of state-mandated tests
Other volumes in the Get Ready! for Social Studies series include:
Get Ready! for Social Studies: Book Reports, Essays, and Research Papers
Get Ready! for Social Studies: Civics, Government, and Citizenship
Get Ready! for Social Studies: Geography
Get Ready! for Social Studies: World History
Contents include:
- Introduction
- Prehistory and Early Native American History before European Contact (30,000 B.C.A.D.1492)
- The Age of Exploration (14921609)
- Early Settlement and the Thirteen English Colonies (16071732)
- The Fight for Independence (17321783)
- The Birth of a New Nation (17811820)
- Westward Expansion (18031900)
- The Slavery Debate, Civil War, and Reconstruction (18201877)
- Industrialization and Immigration (18501920)
- War and U.S. Leadership (19141953)
- The Modern United States (1950present)
- Appendices
- Index
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