2. Chapter Opener
NGSSS Benchmarks
Important Names and Terms

3. Florida “Keys” to Learning
The Most Important Ideas Your Students Should Know
Purposes:
An Overview that Provides a Framework for More Detailed Information in the Chapter
A Preview that Checks What Students Already Know
A Summary that Students Can Refer to after Reading the Chapter

4. Student- Friendly Text
Clustered into Sections
Emphasizes Key Concepts
Accompanied by Illustrations, Cartoons and Graphic Organizers

5. Student Interaction: The Active Citizen
Some activities ask students to role play, apply and reorganize information they have just read, or to view this information from different perspectives
Other activities go beyond the book and ask students to conduct research or interpreting primary documents
Student interaction—two features

6. Summary and Reinforcement: Chapter Concept Map
Research continues to demonstrate the value of concept maps for cognition
Each concept map emphasizes key relationships
Concept map—non-linguistic representation
Emphasizes concepts and relationships
Can be used in many ways

7. Review Cards at the End of Each Chapter
Summarization, Reinforcement and Resources for Different Learning Styles
Study cards can be used in many ways
Review Cards at the End of Each Chapter

8. Practice Items based on the EOC Specifications

9. Practice Items based on the EOC Specifications

10. For further information:
Mark Jarrett, Ph.D.
Tel. (925)
Fax (925)