If you're a middle or high school Social Studies teacher, these clozed-notes lessons are ideal. They allow you to cover a lot of rich material in a short 15 to 25 minute lesson, they are ideal for all students--EL's to honor students--and the follow-up pictures add so much opportunity to "stretch the learning." At the end is a "how to" which is worth looking over. Trust me, once you have these lessons ready to go, you'll use them for years, and you can focus on the many other fun facets of cl