Abstract
Social studies education has always been an important component of K-5 education; however, as dedicated, content-specific instructional time has steadily decreased over the past two decades to give more time to mathematics and specifically English Language Arts, literacy scores have also decreased. Partnering ELA and social studies in the K-5 space allows for students to build their background knowledge in social studies, while increasing their literacy by using instructional resources connected to social studies during the ELA block, and then teaching social studies thinking skills during devoted social studies class time.
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Moore, Christopher D.; Shiers, Jennifer; McCabe, Pamela; and Nix, Jeremy
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"Teaching Literacy: The Intersection of Social Studies and Language Arts Through Integration,"
Teaching Social Studies in the Peach State: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sspeach/vol2/iss1/4
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