What's the Big Idea? A History of the Ideas That Shape Our World
What's the Big Idea? A History of the Ideas That Shape Our World
Reading Level: 6
Interest Level: 6-8
What?s the Big Idea? introduces readers to the development of important concepts and principles that have shaped the modern world. It shows how contemporary society, and the ideas we often take for granted, reflect different ideas in the past, and provide a snapshot of how things work around the world today.
EACH BOOK CONTAINS
? Photos and graphics that complement and further
explain accompanying text
? Differentiated instruction presented through
easy-to-read graphs, charts, illustrations, and real world
examples
? Information that is appropriate for cross cultural study/team
teaching in language arts and social studies
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
? Readers are able to identify key steps in a
text?s description of a process related to history/social
studies.
? Readers can identify aspects of a text that reveal an
author?s point of view or purpose.
? Readers integrate visual
information with other information in print and digital texts.