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How Garland ISD Built Background Knowledge With Newsela Social Studies To Bring Lessons to Life for All Learners

July 1, 2024

Success Story: Garland ISD

How Garland ISD brings social studies lessons to life

See how Garland ISD uses Newsela Social Studies to build background knowledge, support emergent bilingual students, and connect social studies lessons to the world students know today.

Outcome Summary

How Garland connects curriculum goals to relevant social studies content

Garland’s social studies team uses aligned, leveled content to support course goals, make historical context more accessible, and connect classroom learning to current events.

Challenge

Support a new social studies course

Garland ISD needed resources with the depth, context, and standards alignment to support its Mexican American Studies course.

Shift

Connect content to unit goals

The district adopted Newsela Social Studies and worked with Newsela curricular specialists to connect texts and activities to the goals of each unit.

Impact

Build context for classroom learning

Teachers use timely articles, historical context, leveled texts, and Spanish versions to help students build background knowledge and make connections across topics.

Who It’s For

District social studies leaders

Curriculum and instruction teams

School administrators

Social studies teachers

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How Garland ISD Built Background Knowledge With Newsela Social Studies To Bring Lessons to Life for All Learners

Garland ISD social studies resource

Success Story: Garland ISD

How Garland ISD brings social studies lessons to life

See how Garland ISD uses Newsela Social Studies to build background knowledge, support emergent bilingual students, and connect social studies lessons to the world students know today.

Outcome Summary

How Garland connects curriculum goals to relevant social studies content

Garland’s social studies team uses aligned, leveled content to support course goals, make historical context more accessible, and connect classroom learning to current events.

Challenge

Support a new social studies course

Garland ISD needed resources with the depth, context, and standards alignment to support its Mexican American Studies course.

Shift

Connect content to unit goals

The district adopted Newsela Social Studies and worked with Newsela curricular specialists to connect texts and activities to the goals of each unit.

Impact

Build context for classroom learning

Teachers use timely articles, historical context, leveled texts, and Spanish versions to help students build background knowledge and make connections across topics.

Who It’s For

District social studies leaders

Curriculum and instruction teams

School administrators

Social studies teachers

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