IEW History-Based Thematic Lessons

Experience the adventures of the ancient world! This theme-based writing curriculum from IEW exposes students to the ancient world through cultural literature and the study of famous places and events while they learn to write with the IEW Structure and Style writing method. Offering a full year of instruction for students in grades 4-7, these lessons cover all nine IEW Units. Vocabulary cards, literature suggestions, and access to helpful PDF downloads are also included.

These lessons are designed to be used by an instructor who has been through the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style seminar.

Perfect for homeschoolers, homeschool co-ops, tutors, and hybrid schools, this theme-based writing curriculum supports parents and teachers in teaching writing to elementary and middle school students (grades 4-7). Student Book: 362 pages. Teacher's Manual: 334 pages.

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Introduce your young "time travelers" to the luminaries of the Middle Ages---from Charlemagne, the Vikings, and William the Conqueror to Renaissance knights! Thirty theme-based writing lessons include blank outlines, source texts, checklists, vocabulary cards, and more. The teacher's manual features instructional tips, sample outlines, quizzes, and answer keys. Grades 6 to 8. Two spiralbound softcovers, from Institute for Excellence in Writing.

Travel back in time to early United States history with IEW's US History-Based Writing Lessons! This theme-based writing curriculum allows students to delve into the excitement of explorers, battles, land expansion, famous ships, and founding fathers while learning to write with the Structure and Style writing method. Offering a full year of instruction for students in grades 6-8, these lessons cover all nine IEW Units.

The Student Workbook contains vocabulary cards, literature suggestions, and access to helpful PDF downloads are also included. This Student Book contains assignments, instructions, engaging source texts, blank outlines, checklists, sample compositions, and clever vocabulary cards.

This Teacher's Manual contains answer keys, embedded images of student pages, teaching tips, vocabulary quizzes, student exemplars, simplified source texts, and advanced source texts for older students.

These lessons are designed to be used by an instructor who has been through the Institute for Excellence in Writing Teaching Writing: Structure and Style seminar, either live or on DVD.

This kit includes:

• Teacher's Guide, 354 pages, spiralbound. 2nd Edition. Non-reproducible.

• Student Workbook, 378 pages, spiralbound. 2nd Edition. Reproducible for children within the same immediate family.

6th Grade / 7th Grade / 8th Grade.

The world is at your fingertips with the IEW Modern World History-Based Writing Lessons. This theme-based writing curriculum allows students to experience world history through cultural literature and the study of famous people and events while learning to write with the Structure and Style writing method. Offering a full year of instruction for students in grades 6-8, these lessons cover all nine IEW Units. Vocabulary cards, literature suggestions, and access to helpful PDF downloads are also included.

The Student Book contains assignments, instructions, engaging source texts, blank outlines, checklists, sample compositions, and clever vocabulary cards.

The Teacher's Manual contains answer keys, embedded images of student pages, teaching tips, vocabulary quizzes, student exemplars, simplified source texts, and advanced source texts for older students.

These lessons are designed to be used by an instructor who has been through the Institute for Excellence in Writing Teaching Writing: Structure and Style seminar, either live or on DVD.

This kit includes:

• Modern World History-Based Writing Lessons Student Workbook

• Modern World History-Based Writing Lessons Teacher's Manual

2nd Edition. Reproducible for children within the same immediate family.

Teach students to write with assignments that also teach U.S. history - - from Explorers to the Modern Times! IEW’s Advanced U.S. History-Based Writing Lessons Teacher/Student Combo Package is designed to be used by teachers who have completed IEW’s (Institute for Excellence in Writing) Teaching Writing: Structure and Style (TWSS) seminar and high school students who have at least one year of experience with the IEW model of writing. This course teaches high school students more advanced writing skills such as composing thesis statements, using MLA format, and more, along with covering advanced essay models, helping students to learn to write argumentative, personal, narrative, descriptive, persuasive, research, and literary analysis essays. Grades 9 – 12.

The Teacher’s Manual provides a scope and sequence, lesson planning helps, vocabulary quizzes, and answer keys. Inset pages of the student book are provided along with teacher instructions, question answers, sample key word outlines, brainstorming ideas, review games, and helps for motivating students. 317 pages, spiral-bound softcover.

The Student Book contains assignments, instructions, engaging source texts, blank outlines, checklists, sample compositions, and vocabulary cards printed on cardstock. Lessons are written directly to the student and include easy-to-follow assignments plus in-book exercises. Suggested optional activities using the IEW resource, Janice Campbell's Excellence in Literature: American Literature, 3rd Edition, are included. these are optional. Also included is access to a free download of the Student Resource Notebook, a necessary component, as well as a 31-page Reproducible Checklists e-book. 308 pages, spiral-bound softcover, reproducible for use within a family.

This kit includes:

• Student Book
• Teacher's Manual
• Access to Student Resource Notebook and Reproducible Checklists downloads