Welcome from Institute Directors, Andi Sosin & Miriam Pepper-Sanello

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Sunday, August 19, 2007

Wednesday workshop: Dr. Leigh Benin

Combining Social Studies & Literacy in the Secondary Classroom
Dr. Leigh Benin
Attainment of literacy is central to knowledge construction in all middle and secondary school curricula, especially in the social studies. Social studies teachers, and all middle and secondary content teachers need to facilitate reading and writing as essential tools for learning subject matter. This presentation will offer ideas for enhancing literacy in the content area classroom.

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