Civic Education at its finest! Join us as we explore how to integrate language arts and social studies curriculum to build your students' knowledge of civics. This institute provides professional development for teachers incorporating these social studies concepts through content-area literacy best practices: a) civic participation b) characteristics of good citizens c) Texas government d) Declaration of Independence e) Preamble to the US Constitution.
The concepts will be explored through reading/writing opportunities appropriate for fourth and fifth grade students. To support the teaching of the TEKS, a variety of rich materials such as children's texts, primary sources, poems, songs, and biographies are part of the professional learning.