With courses in World History, World Cultures, and Early American History, Ignite! Social Studies provides instruction for every day of the school year through an innovative combination of print and media that will engage and challenge your students!
Because we learn by building conceptual bridges between new information and what we already understand, Ignite! Social Studies emphasizes connections among concepts, making them "stickier" -- easier to learn and remember. Lessons don't appear as "one-off" media pieces, but as part of a whole course broken into units and topics.
Download a complete list of Ignite! Social Studies topics!
Read more about our Instructional Design Strategies.
We also help students build connections across unit and topic with our index, our enrichment activities, and our use of templates.
The media library consists of movies, songs, animations, charts and graphs, and interactive pieces to engage students and promote a deeper understanding of key concepts. By modeling thinking skills such as compare-and-contrast, cause-and-effect, and problem-solution, students make stronger connections among concepts, improving both learning and retention.
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Read more about our media templates.
Our one-of-a-kind combination of print and media helps teachers address multiple learning strengths, and provides opportunities for practice and reinforcement. Printed materials are available not only for the standard media library, but also for the Knowledge Retrieval enrichment activities.
Download a sample unit.
Glossary: Key words appear as bolded text on screen, letting teachers know that definitions are available in the extensive glossary.
Assessment: Test students' understanding of material through individual or whole-class assessments. Use interactively on the technology or as a print-based tool!
Want to see more samples of our media and print activities?
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Index: Browsing our index gives teachers easy access to relevant media to capitalize on teachable moments and connect concepts across units.
Ignite! Social Studies comes on one of three delivery platforms. Read more about the COW, the Brick, and the ION.
