There are 112 lessons
1. Geography page 11
Location
Place - especially China’s cities
Interaction
Movement
Region
2. Government page 87
China has a communist government
The story of Mao, 1949-1976
The Four Modernizations, 1978
Massacre at Tiananmen Square , 1989
Human rights violations today
What you cannot do in China
The “One-Child” policy
3. Economy page 109
How are you connected to China?
Timeline of trade
Analyze China’s economy
The impact on China
The impact of China on the U.S.
4. The Olympics page 179
China is hosting the Olympics, 2008
China’s preparations
Protests against the Olympics
Should the U.S. boycott the Olympics?
Teacher Toolbooks Are Complete Unit Guides
From “The Big Idea” to strategy and tactics.
We don’t give you good ideas, we give you complete lessons from A to Z.
Every 10 minutes, another lesson!
Don’t spend half the year on the Civil War.
Using our lessons, any teacher can zoom through the Civil War in just three weeks.
And students master the standards.
Everything you need.
If you have a textbook, fine.
If not, one workbook is all you need.
Affordable
You need only one workbook for the entire class! (It will last for years.)
Why teachers Love Toolbooks
· Active learning – students perform what they know in front of the class.
· Brief lectures with maps, timelines, and graphic organizers.
· A wide variety of games: action games, brain games, and more
· Heavy on group analysis!
· Homework on the internet!
· Each workbook concludes with the “Mother of all Tests.”
· No learning curve for the teacher
Why Curriculum Coordinators Love Toolbooks
· Learning by design
Students master your state standards.
· Building an academic vocabulary
Students build a Social Studies vocabulary.
· Writing across the curriculum
Students write narrative, informative, expressive, and persuasive essays.
· Multiple intelligences
Students perform what they know in front of the class.
· Assessment
Every workbook concludes with the “Mother of All Tests.”
· Success on standardized tests
Students discover the logic of a multiple-choice test.
Our lessons are based entirely on Bloom’s taxonomy:
Recall The ABCs game, Mars/Venus, The Last Man Standing, Honk if you hate history!
Interpret Interpret maps, timelines, charts, documents, speeches, quotations, and political cartoons
Apply Can you talk like an Egyptian? and What would you have done?
Analyze The Bell Game, The Great Race, The Gong show
Synthesize Life is like a rock group, The Great Debate
Evaluate Bloom! (This is pure Bloom’s taxonomy)
What our lessons do . . .
The Big Picture
Students develop a sense of what Social Studies is all about . . .
The Big Picture Graphic organizers
Timelines Timeline
Cause & Effect Causes & Effects
Compare & Contrast Venn diagram
Strengths & Weaknesses Name that Strength! (game)
Promote Literacy!
Students develop a Social Studies vocabulary . . .
Simple lectures with graphic organizers!
Define terms! Can you talk like … (game)
Identify people!
Analyze single sentences! The Bell Game
Student-centered activities
Help your students make it to graduation.
Students love competition . . .
Memory games The ABCs
Bell games The Bell Game
Blackboard games The Great Race
Board games
Guys v. Gals Mars/Venus
Games for the Great Outdoors
Skills development
Students learn how to . . .
Interpret a timeline
Interpret a map
Interpret a photo
Interpret a political cartoon
Interpret a quotation
Interpret a document
Interpret a film
Research on the internet
Research in the library
Critical Thinking
Working in groups, students analyze and solve problems . . .
Bloom! Practice in Bloom’s taxonomy
Life is like a rock group Boomers & Busters, Emotionals & Factoids, Out of the Box
What would you have done? Personalizing history
The Great Debate Rewarding the clever
Writing across the curriculum
Students practice writing essays . . . and then deliver a speech by a famous person!
A simple essay
The expressive essay!
The narrative essay!
The informative essay!
The persuasive essay!
How to edit an essay
Success on the state test!
Every workbook concludes with the “Mother of All Tests”
Students learn the logic of a multiple-choice test . . .
Read the test aloud! This is very helpful for students who freeze during a test.
Games for taking the test “Honk if you hate history,” “The Last Man Standing”
Take the test! Hundreds of questions – you’ll never run short.
Professional Development
There is no learning curve for teachers.
However, if you need workshops, we are ready and reasonable – 12 months a year.
Still have questions?
Call us at Performance Education: 1-800-539-1607
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