The SIOP Model for Teaching History-Social Studies to English Learners

Deborah Short, MaryEllen Vogt, and Jana Echevarría

The SIOP Model for Teaching History-Social Studies to English Learners

Based on the best-selling resource Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP® Model by acclaimed authors Jana Echevarría, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short, K-12 history-social studies teachers, coaches, and intervention specialists now have access to research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons specifically for the history-social studies classroom.

In The SIOP® Model for Teaching History-Social Studies to English Learners SIOP® techniques, activities, sample lessons and complete units guide educators in promoting academic language and development along with comprehensible content. To learn about other SIOP® Model resources available, see the inside front cover.

Overwhelming Response from Reviewers!

“I LOVE the Teacher Think Alouds—brilliant!! I will have my student teachers do this in their reflections.”
-Maggie Beddow, CSU Sacramento, Sacramento CA

“The lessons are a strength of the book… they demonstrate and illustrate how to implement SIOP in the content area…[and] seem much more likely to elicit higher level thinking skills.”

-Robin L. Gordon, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles CA

Take a Glimpse Inside

• Presents a systematic process for teaching both history-social studies academic content and language to English learners.
• Offers ideas and activities for social studies, history, geography, civics and government, and economics (not just history and social studies) for grade-bands K-2, 3-5 (or 6), 6-8, and 9-12.
• Provides use-tomorrow strategies for implementing the eight components of the SIOP® Model in a history-social studies classroom.
• Includes lesson plans and comprehensive units that illustrate how a particular activity can be effective for all students, not just English learners.

Enhance your History-Social Studies content instruction with the SIOP Model and transform the academic English and content area skills of your English learners.

Based on the best-selling resource, Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model by acclaimed authors Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short; teachers, coaches, and intervention teachers have access to research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons specifically for the History-Social Studies classrooms. This highly anticipated book, The SIOP Model for Teaching History-Social Studies to English Learners addresses the issues faced in teaching history-social studies to English learners (ELs) at each grade-level. SIOP techniques and activities organized around the eight SIOP components guide educators in promoting academic language development along with comprehensible content.

Written for SIOP teachers and those who have learned the SIOP Model, this book includes proven, effective lessons and comprehensive units. In addition, this book provides ideas to adapt the techniques for students at different levels of English proficiency. This book is sure to become an indispensable resource for history-social studies educators of English learners.