USA Studies Weekly - 1865 to the Present

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Detailed Description:

USA Studies Weekly—1865 to Present comes in 28 colorful student newspapers that look and feel like real newspapers. These are shipped in four shipments, or quarters, each containing 7 weekly units of study in newspaper format.

Each weekly newspaper contains a social studies lesson on United States history, geography, culture, or economics; a current event that relates to the lesson being presented; a biographical spotlight featuring prominent historic and contemporary citizens; a crossword puzzle; a comic strip of American Kids; and more.

A teacher supplement is included with each subscription for ten or more copies. The teacher supplement for each weekly newspaper contains discussion questions, answers to crossword puzzles and other activities; a weekly assessment, and more.

USA Studies Weekly—1865 to The Present is an ideal tool to help students prepare with non-fiction reading and comprehension for state testing. It is also ideal for homeschool United States history and social studies.

This classroom newspaper is based on common social studies benchmarks related to the study of United States history. It is particularly well suited for the fifth grade curriculum standards of Georgia and South Carolina. Both of these states study post Civil War history to the present in fifth grade. There are more than 20,000 students in these states who use this curriculum.

2008-2009 Prices:
1 Student: $24.95  
2-9 Students: $9.50  
10 or more Students: $4.75