Powerful Instructional Practices Social Studies
Social Studies
SREB’s new Powerful Social Studies Instructional Practices show teachers how to design instruction and assignments that inspire students to deepen their understanding of the history and rich cultural diversity of their community, country and world. Teachers can implement these practices alongside our Powerful Literacy Instructional Practices and with any curriculum product they use.
Academics and Exploration Beyond the Classroom
Relevant social studies instruction inspires
students to explore the world and how they fit in it and empowers
them to become our next generation of leaders and informed
decision-makers.
Powerful Social Studies Instructional Practices
Build literacy and inquiry skills and help students understand and engage with their world
Teachers who follow SREB’s six
Powerful Social Studies Instructional Practices
create compelling thematic questions and choose a broad range of
disciplinary and interdisciplinary sources — such as print, oral
or digital texts, letters, cartoons, photographs, audio and video
recordings, art, artifacts, maps and more— that spark students’
curiosity and prompt them to complete inquiry-focused tasks.
