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This chapter provides an overview of the Florida Keys to Learning, including NGSSS Benchmarks, important names and terms, and the most important ideas students should know. The student-friendly text is clustered into sections and accompanied by illustrations and graphic organizers. Activities encourage student interaction and summarization, and practice items are based on EOC specifications.
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ChapterOpener • NGSSS Benchmarks • Important Names and Terms
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
Student- Friendly Text • Clustered into Sections • Emphasizes Key Concepts • Accompanied by Illustrations, Cartoons and Graphic Organizers
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
Summary and Reinforcement:Chapter Concept Map • Research continues to demonstrate the value of concept maps for cognition • Each concept map emphasizes key relationships
Summarization, Reinforcementand Resources for Different Learning Styles Review Cards at the End of Each Chapter
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