Social Studies Alive!Regions of Our Country

Teacher Print Features

• Taps students' multiple intelligences and motivates students to read with classroom activities

• Provides simple, step-by-step procedures for each lesson

• Lists materials for each lesson

• Includes easy-to-use assessments

• Contain reproducible student and teacher masters for classroom activities, organized
by chapter

• Include Student Handouts, Information Masters, and assessments

• Integrates reading/language arts

• Differentiates instruction

• Builds social studies/critical thinking skills

• Stimulates learning with musical recordings, dramatic readings, and audio effects

• Enhances the drama and realism of many student activities

• Provides considerate text for students at all levels

• Contains well-structured and manageable chapters to help all students succeed

• Builds social studies and academic vocabulary

• Organizes each chapter around an Essential Question to focus student learning

• Enhances student comprehension with engaging, instructional images

• Engages student interest with Preview activities

• Enhances student understanding through graphically organized Reading and Activity Notes

• Helps students demonstrate mastery of new concepts and skills with Processing activities

• Helps students improve their geographic knowledge and skills

Watch a Regions of Our Country lesson in action (2 min) or download a program overview.