Visual Discovery

In Visual Discovery activities, students view, touch, interpret, and bring to life compelling images as they discover key social studies concepts. Seeing and interacting with an image in combination with reading and recording notes on the content helps students remember salient ideas.

Steps at a Glance

• 1. Arrange your classroom so projected images will be large and clear.
• 2. Ask carefully sequenced questions that lead to discovery.
• 3. Challenge students to read about each image and apply what they learn.
• 4. Have students interact with each image to demonstrate learning.

• Visual Discovery
• Social Studies Skill Builder
• Experiential Exercises
• Writing for Understanding
• Response Groups
• Problem Solving Groupwork