22 Scaffolded Close Reads of Different U.S. History Topics - Bundle

Are you looking for a social studies text that infuse literacy strategies to help students comprehend?

This bundle includes scaffolded close reads of informational texts on a variety of U.S. History topics.

The text is introduced with the following directions:

Number your paragraphs. While reading the text, annotate to show your thinking and understanding of the text using the following: thinking marks, margin notes, highlighting, underlining, and/or circling. Highlighted words or phrases must be accompanied by margin notes. Margin notes can summarize, clarify, make connections, show wonderings, or explain thinking notes. IF SOMETHING IS UNDERLINED, YOU MUST WRITE A MARGIN NOTE.

After reading the texts, students are required to complete activities that show their understanding of the topic.