History+and+Literacy

History and Literacy

**History provides the perfect opportunity to integrate literacy instruction into this content area. Content area literature can be used to teach elementary students to become more proficient readers and writers and help them to meet their literacy needs. Both fiction and non-fiction literature will enrich historical literacy. Reading, writing, listening, viewing and speaking skills can be developed further through historical literacy. There are several instructional strategies that can be used to help students develop literacy skills through historical literature just like in any content area. These include: Read Alouds, Shared Reading, Choral Reading, students keeping journals, and working with primary sources, fictional books and non-fictional historical literature. **