SIOP Model for Teaching History-Social Studies to English Learners, The

Based on the best-selling resource Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model by acclaimed authors Jana Echevarra, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short, K-12 history-social studies teachers, coaches, and intervention specialists now have access to research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons specifically for the history-social studies classroom.

In The SIOP Model for Teaching History-Social Studies to English Learners SIOP techniques, activities, sample lessons and complete units guide educators in promoting academic language and development along with comprehensible content. To learn about other SIOP Model resources available, see the inside front cover.

I LOVE the Teacher Think Aloudsbrilliant!! I will have my student teachers do this in their reflections.
-Maggie Beddow, CSU Sacramento, Sacramento CA

The lessons are a strength of the book they demonstrate and illustrate how to implement SIOP in the content area[and] seem much more likely to elicit higher level thinking skills.

-Robin L. Gordon, Mount St. Marys College, Los Angeles CA

Take a Glimpse Inside

• Presents a systematic process for teaching both history-social studies academic content and language to English learners.
• Offers ideas and activities for social studies, history, geography, civics and government, and economics (not just history and social studies) for grade-bands K-2, 3-5 (or 6), 6-8, and 9-12.
• Provides use-tomorrow strategies for implementing the eight components of the SIOP Model in a history-social studies classroom.
• Includes lesson plans and comprehensive units that illustrate how a particular activity can be effective for all students, not just English learners.