The research is clear. Picture books, chapter books, and nonfiction books can help you integrate social studies content knowledge and skills into your instruction. Literature integrated into social studies:

• engages students & creates curiosity
• highlights & solidifies historical content
• creates empathy
• develops multiple perspectives
• builds deep understanding of historical characters
• presents events as nuanced and complex

But what can it look like when we intentionally integrate literature into our social studies instruction?

During this self-paced course, you'll explore the research more deeply, learn about Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, and discover a variety of instructional strategies and activities.

This free section provides an example of a hook activity called Crack the Code, a sample book integration strategy by Dave McIntire, and a book list created by the Library of Congress.