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==**By the time students enter high school they have already been exposed to a number of years of social studies education, yet for many of them they have not been taught the skills required to extract the important meaning from content materials and informational texts. It is the goal of every social studies teacher to provide their students with the skills to not only extract meaning from text, but to know what to do with that information once they have it. The social sciences are filled with an array of complex concepts, terms, theories, and patterns that even the most educated teachers struggle with from time to time. It is for that reason that helping students develop a set of skills to help them succeed in their educational pursuits is imperative. This project has explored a wide variety of //Literacy Strategies// designed to facilitate students comprehension and understanding of social studies content. The strategies emphasized in this project provide the building blocks of social studies education from a foundation of understanding complex vocabulary terms to the development of productive study habits. When taught in combination, these strategies will help to foster the type of student success that every social studies teacher desires to facilitate: one that extends far beyond the classroom.**==


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 * Nick Verbon and Todd Whitford**