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2. Encourage the use of graphic organizers to help students link and summarize key points. Graphic organizers (charts, diagrams, etc.) are particularly
useful for Spanish-language students. Such graphics help them grasp ideas visually
and synthesize learning. When students complete or prepare graphic organizers
themselves, they are actually analyzing key concepts. Such tasks help them practice key vocabulary and formulate ideas in their own words, without the necessity
of writing complete sentences.

Graphic Organizers in World History: Patterns of Interaction

Component

Description

Location

Section Assessment

Students complete graphic

organizers to summarize key
concepts in a chapter section.

In the student edition at end of

each section

Guided Reading

These worksheets contain

graphic organizers that students can use for organizing
information and for review.
There is one for each chapter
section.

In Spanish in this book

The graphic organizers on

these worksheets require students to apply social studies
thinking skills. There is one for
each chapter.

In Spanish in this book

The graphic organizers on

these transparencies provide
students with various activities
and strategies to help them
comprehend the text.

In the Reading Toolkit for

Social Studies

Skillbuilder Practice

Reading Strategies

In English in the In-Depth

Resources books

In English in the In-Depth

Resources books

3. Have students situate the locale of events. Maps are an integral feature of
World History: Patterns of Interaction, and the ability to situate the location where
events took place is an essential skill for historical understanding. As students read,
direct their attention to the maps in the textbook and suggest that they study them
to pinpoint where key events occurred. Modeling this strategy for students will
help them appreciate the value of the visual dimension in the learning processa
particularly important modality for English learners.

Strategies for Teaching English Learners 3