Get Ready! for Social Studies : World History
- List Price: $14.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 1
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
- Publish date: 04/01/2002
The Get Ready! for Social Studies series equips proactive parents with the tools they need to help their children develop the core skills required to perform at grade level in social studies-related subjects.
The only comprehensive social studies skill-building series available, the Get Ready! for Social Studies series encourages parents to interact with their children and oversee their children's progress. Corresponding to curriculum content in social studies instruction across the country, each guide in this hands-on series dispenses an abundance of expert tips, techniques, and practice exercises to bring students' classroom performance up to speed while also giving them a bonus heads-up in preparing for state-mandated tests. Each title features:
-- Sample problems and practice exercises that mirror the actual material used in the classroom and on standardized tests
-- Creative techniques for helping children master grade-appropriate concepts
-- Skill review after every section for parents to gauge their children's progress
-- Final test to assess level and areas that may need further development
-- Table of state-mandated tests
Organized chronologically from pre-history to the present, this guide illustrates the developments in all parts of the world during each major time period, including historical events and related economic developments, as well as movements in art, science, technology, and human thought.