Social Studies Knowledge Adventures

Social Studies + Inquiry + Literacy = Student Success!

Social studies helps young learners understand themselves, their communities, and the world around them. Social Studies Knowledge Adventures brings this learning into the classroom through content-rich books, inquiry-based learning, purposeful literacy instruction, and active learning experiences. 

Grounded in the Inquiry Design Model and aligned to the NCSS C3 Framework, this supplemental program helps students explore civics, history, geography, and economics while building knowledge, vocabulary, critical-thinking skills, empathy, and civic responsibility. Flexible, ready-to-teach print and digital resources fit seamlessly into dedicated social studies time or the literacy block, making high-quality instruction meaningful for students and manageable for teachers. 

Each grade-level kit includes:

• 11 Nonfiction Content-Area Books (6 copies each) that build social studies knowledge, vocabulary, and comprehension through rich, content-focused texts.
• 3 Collaborative-Research Books (6 copies each) that support small-group inquiry, research, discussion, collaboration, and presentations.
• 2 Reader’s Theater Scripts (6 copies each) that strengthen reading fluency, oral language, expression, and content understanding.
• 2 Read-Aloud Biographies (1 hardcover copy each) featuring historical figures whose lives build context, perspective, and connections across social studies.
• 4 Teacher’s Guides with student inquiry activities that guide instruction across civics, economics, geography, and history with structured lesson plans, assessments, background information, and support for diverse learners.
• Ready-to-Teach Digital Lesson Slides featuring primary sources, videos, audio recordings, animations, discussion prompts, discourse routines, and clear instructional cues.
• 1 Management & Assessment Guide with research-based strategies, pacing plans, social studies practice progressions, formative assessment tools, rubrics, standards correlations, and PBL guidance.
• 1 Project-Based Learning (PBL) Culminating Activity Card (6 copies) that combines historical fiction with a collaborative challenge, allowing students to apply vocabulary, content knowledge, literacy, and inquiry skills.
• 1 Teaching Social Studies Today Professional Book with classroom-ready activities, pedagogy, best practices, research, and online resources.
• Digital Learning Resources with instructional routine slides, read-along ebooks, digital student activities, audio resources, and digital versions of program materials.