Reading and Writing Strategies for the Secondary Social Studies Classroom in a PLC at Work

"Large literacy gaps in the secondary grades require that all content-area teachers find ways to support students' literacy learning to ensure their success in academics and beyond. Part of the Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher series edited by Mark Onuscheck and Jeanne Spiller, Reading and Writing Strategies for the Secondary Social Studies Classroom in a PLC at Work highlights how collaborative teams can work together to integrate literacy and content-area instruction. Authors Daniel M. Argentar, Katherine A. N. Gillies, Maureen M. Rubenstein, and Brian R. Wise provide practical literacy-based strategies that grades 6-12 social studies teachers can use to connect the disciplinary content they teach in their classrooms with the development of essential literacy skills students need when reading and writing in social studies. By reading this book, middle and high school social studies teachers will possess the tools and techniques nee