Annotated List of Instructional Strategies for Social

Science Courses Steeped in the Common Core State

Standards (Retrieved from Examination of National
Center and State Collaborative NCSC Website)

Strategies for Reading Informational Texts:

-Selecting Supporting details: Create reading guides to

monitor and support students as they work (many students
struggle with finding the essential information they are
supposed to know from an informational text)

-Use visuals to gain information: Use the THIEVES

technique (Title / Headings / Introduction / Every 1st
sentence in paragraph / Visuals and Vocabulary / End-of-
chapter questions / Summary) guide students through a
preview of non-fiction text, then have partners work together
on the THIEVES technique to preview the work, and then
have then discuss what information they stole from the
reading

-Distinguishing fact and claim: Create a Discussion web

Assign a reading with clear opposing viewpoints and a main
question. Have students create a graphic organizer on an
index card that summarizes the opposing views to the main
question, and then have them reach a conclusion on the
notecard / index card.

Applying Academic Concepts to Real World Contexts

(Promoting College / Career Readiness):

-Have students view sample resumes and create

resumes of their own that they can add to throughout
their high school careers in order to easily access once they
apply for jobs as young adults (I do this in my economics
classes)