This book is an interdisciplinary social studies curriculum unit for middle school and intermediate students that has been developed around hands-on activities to promote student participation. English/language arts, health, math, science, art, and physical education are interwoven with the organizing strand of social studies. In each lesson, the activity is linked with specific social studies content. As the title indicates, history and geography strands predominate, but economics, political science, sociology, and other areas of social studies are included.

These supplementary lessons are neither ordered sequentially nor arranged chronologically. Part 1 has general application; Part 2 is an introduction to U.S. history. Part 3 focuses on people, Part 4 on significant events, Part 5 on the arts, and Part 6 on geography. Part 7 is a wrap-up of the first hundred years of the nation. Lessons include A Colonial Child’s Day, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln Assassinated: An Era Ends, and States and Their Boundaries.

This curriculum unit complements the graded courses of study, K-12 scope and sequence models, and frameworks developed by states and school districts. It is user-friendly and designed to be easily adapted/tailored by the classroom teacher to meet student needs.

Help your students develop reading skills--while strengthening their core knowledge--by using literature in the classroom. Use Center for Learning novel/drama units to enhance instruction in U.S. history.

• April Morning
• Little Women
• Streams to the River, River to the Sea
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond

See our Novel/Drama section for additional titles.