Social Studies

FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
U.S. History Beginning to Present

Jim Eddy, Clanci Brown, John Allen, Howard Meredith, Blue Clark, Jan First, and Barbara Schindler

The struggling student needs more help, not less - here's the U.S. History text that gives them more!

For the People, By the People covers the full scope of U.S. History in a style that students can easily comprehend and succeed with. It gives students the "whys" and the "hows" they need to connect the facts and understand the logical connections.

With a chronological approach, For the People, By the People gives remedial, special education, and reluctant students all the historical content they need in U.S. history courses - and all the content needed for U.S. History competency tests.

Plus, while teaching U.S. History, For the People, By the People also develops students' decoding, reading comprehension, graphic analysis, and critical thinking skills - right in the student text.

For the People, By the People is unique among low-level U.S. History texts. It provides one complete page of skills work (including decoding tips) for every chapter - and this section appears at the start of each chapter, before students read the main chapter text. So there's no need to buy a separate workbook.

For the People, By the People offers over 700 pages of text, divided into 100 carefully paced, chronological chapters that are designed for slower readers. The text also provides end-of-chapter reviews to reinforce students' comprehension.

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In addition, there is a 288-page Teacher's Manual for For the People, By the People and a test manual. The Teacher's Manual gives teachers a clear, step-by-step way to teach United States History to all ability levels.

For the People Tests puts reproducible, ready-to-use, unit, mid-unit, and end-of-book tests in A and B formats at teacher's fingertips so they can spend more time teaching and less time making up tests of their own.

For the People, By the People is available as the complete, 708-page hardcover text, or in split in two hardcover volumes: volume 1 (Beginnings to 1877), 360 pp, and volume 2 (1870 to Present), 452 pp.

Features

• Readability: Students are presented with a complete, chronological history of the United States in 100 short (4- to 5-page), digestible chapters. Each chapter is divided into sections, usually only 3-5 paragraphs long, and begins with a question for guided reading and note taking. Students are tested for comprehension after each section.
• Skills: As students learn history, they also develop the skills they need to be successful, not only in their history class, but in all of their classes. The text carefully teaches the skills remedial students need most (like decoding, reading comprehension, and pre-reading skills).
• Varied Learning Styles: Chapter Review exercises and activities develop critical thinking skills and opportunities for writing portfolios, alternative assessment, and cooperative learning.
• Easy to Read and Understand: Logical connections aid the understanding of the information being read.

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Additional Key Words: American history, social studies, vocabulary, composition, reading comprehension

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