Branches of Government: Common Core Lessons & Activities

Are you expected to change how you teach because of new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & new CCSS for Literacy and Writing in History/Social Studies and Science? Are you expected to continue to meet existing science and social studies standards, AND integrate new, more rigorous expectations for reading, writing, analysis, inference, and more into your daily instruction? The Branches of Government - Common Core Lessons and Activities book allows you to immediately meet new CCSS for English Language Arts, as well at Literacy and Writing in History/Social Studies. This ready-to-use reproducible book includes 24 pages of supplemental resources are just what you need to met the new added requirements of Common Core! Perfect for grades 3-8! How to Use the Branches of Government - Common Core Lessons and Activitiesbook: Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations. Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills. Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go. Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes! Tips: Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs. Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson. The Branches of Government - Common Core Lessons and Activitiesbook includes: Reading for Information Higher-Order Thinking Writing Problems Primary Source Analysis Vocabulary Graphic Organizers Map Activities & More!