Passport to Civics Hardback

ATTENTION GRADE 10 CIVICS TEACHERS Now on the Ontario Trillium List! A Civics program with a difference: Simple, practical, readable! A program designed specifically for struggling students!-Students working below grade level - Students who need to develop core literacy skills of reading, writing and oral communication - ESL students Passport to Civics is an exciting new student text offering the following to students and their teachers:Full-colour, highly-visual text geared to the reluctant or challenged reader- Short, easy-to read paragraphs that are numbered for easy reference - Language sequenced from simple to more complex structures throughout the text - Frequent question blocks to develop comprehension, critical thinking and Social Studies skills Consistent vocabulary-building throughout the program - Key terms defined where they first appear, then repeated in the glossary - Chapter-end vocabulary building in every chapter-end Review section - Ongoing student-generated personal dictionary Concrete, real-life approach to often-abstract content - 33 short, easy-to-read and compelling case studies - 22 Citizen-In-Action profiles of real people making a difference in Canadian society and the world - Take Action Portfolio - Students build their own personal action plan for making a difference as citizens of Canada and of the world Plus much more in the concise, practical Teachers' Resource Book!Everything teachers need to customize the program to their students' specific challenges- Specific lessons in language use and grammatical structures - Suggestions for building lessons and developing skills through reproducible worksheets and guided use of the text - particularly helpful for non-specialist or new teachers!