Rhymes for the Times: Literacy Strategies through Social Studies

Offer exciting lessons that incorporate poetry to highlight social studies content in a fun way with Rhymes for the Times: Literacy Strategies through Social Studies. This valuable teacher resource provides strategies for introducing factual poems in a straightforward manner. Each strategy is outlined with a model lesson that guides teachers how to easily implement this lesson, (customizable) student pages, and concrete examples of how would be applied in the classroom. This collection of social-studies poems includes Poems About the 50 United States (20 poems), Poems About American History (20 poems), Poems About Ancient Civilizations (20 poems), and historical background information for each poem. This resource provides the rigor needed to meet today's standards and prepare students for college and career readiness.