Academic Language of Social Studies

ESOLALSS: Academic Language of Social Studies

ESOLALSS.A: Geography and Map Skills

ESOLALSS.B: Government, Graphs, Charts, and Diagrams

ESOLALSS.C: History and Timelines

ESOLALSS.D: Political Symbols and Cartoons

ESOLALSS.E: Reading in Social Studies

ESOLALSS.F: Note-Taking

ESOLALSS.A.1: comprehend and use the academic language of Social Studies to explore physical features on the earth, natural resources, migration of people, climate, and natural disasters with visual support, modeling, sentence frames, and other scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.A.2: use the academic language of Social Studies to recognize, identify, describe, and explain how geography has influenced historical or current events using simple and some compound sentences with visual support, modeling, sentence frames, and other scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.B.3: determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to types of governments, different levels of government, basic government concepts, types of economic systems, and basic economic concepts with visual support, modeling, sentence frames, and other scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.C.4: comprehend and use the academic language of Social Studies, including world and U.S. history vocabulary specific to trade, political ideologies, culture, and religious beliefs with visual support, modeling, sentence frames, and other scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.D.5: comprehend and use the academic language of Social Studies to interpret political cartoons (e.g. caricature, symbol, caption) with increasing accuracy and precision with visual support, modeling, and scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.E.6: recognize, identify, and describe the main idea, key details, sequence of events, and/or cause and effect with visual support, modeling, and scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.F.7: use the academic language of Social Studies to take, organize, and maintain notes on topics studied with visual support, modeling, and scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.A.1.a: describe relative location of objects/places using appropriate prepositions and prepositional phrases (next to, near, in front of, behind the desk, etc.) both orally and when writing

ESOLALSS.A.1.b: use cardinal and intermediate directions to describe relationships between places when speaking or writing (e.g., to travel from Atlanta to Tunisia, you travel east; Russia is northeast of Spain)

ESOLALSS.A.1.c: use letter/number grid systems and latitude and longitude to determine absolute locations

ESOLALSS.A.1.d: determine latitude and longitude or grid coordinates for a location, describe orally or in writing how to use latitude and longitude or grid coordinates, and locate places on a map when given grid coordinates or latitude and longitude orally

ESOLALSS.A.1.e: use customary and metric map scales to determine distance on a map, express distances between places on a map in simple sentences, and orally explain how to use a map scale

ESOLALSS.A.2.a: identify, recognize, gather, and interpret information from maps

ESOLALSS.A.2.b: use a map to describe the geography of a particular location

ESOLALSS.A.2.c: read map questions to understand the units required in an answer

ESOLALSS.A.2.d: recognize, identify, describe, and interpret the information provided in a specific special purpose map (e.g., economic activity, climate, vegetation) and describe the details that a special purpose map conveys using simple and compound sentences

ESOLALSS.A.2.e: identify different types of maps based upon their keys/legends and use map key/legend to acquire information from historical, physical, political, resource, product, and economic maps

ESOLALSS.A.2.f: decode information on a map and convey that information both orally and writing using simple sentences

ESOLALSS.A.2.g: determine the appropriate type of map that would be useful to answer a question

ESOLALSS.B.3.a: analyze a variety of graphs, charts, and diagrams (e.g., pie charts, pictographs, bar graphs, line graphs)

ESOLALSS.B.3.b: identify the key differences among the types of graphs, charts, and diagrams most frequently used in a Social Studies course

ESOLALSS.B.3.c: use vocabulary related to graphs, charts, and diagrams with increasing accuracy

ESOLALSS.B.3.e: gather relevant information from an oral presentation, text, or multimedia and put it in graph, chart, or diagram

ESOLALSS.B.3.f: orally explain a graph, chart, or diagram to a partner

ESOLALSS.C.4.a: recognize, identify, and describe the purpose and uses of a timeline in Social Studies with visual support, modeling, and scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.C.4.b: identify and list the sequence of events on a timeline using words and phrases such as before, after, during, cause, effect, with visual support, modeling, and scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.C.4.c: explain relationships between events on a timeline using words and phrases such as a result, due to, because of, in response to, with visual support, modeling, and scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.C.4.d: create a timeline of events using data from a text, oral presentation, or multimedia source with visual support, modeling, and scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.D.5.a: describe the general purposes of political cartoons in Social Studies with modeling, and scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.D.5.b: recognize, identify and describe the meaning of common symbols in political cartoons (e.g. Uncle Sam, John Bull, dove, olive branch, laurel wreath, elephant, donkey, phoenix, vulture, skull and bones, tortoise, hare, scales of justice, eagle, bear) with modeling, and scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.D.5.c: recognize, identify, and describe a political cartoon’s main concept with modeling, and scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.D.5.d: gather relevant information from an oral presentation, text, or multimedia and create a political cartoon with visual support, modeling, and scaffolding appropriate to the proficiency level

ESOLALSS.E.6.a: recognize, identify, describe, and explain cause and effect relationships from a Social Studies text, using appropriate vocabulary (e.g. because, since, if/then, due to, as a result, for this reason, on account of, consequently)

ESOLALSS.E.6.b: compare and contrast two texts that address related topics or themes in Social Studies using appropriate vocabulary (e.g. while, yet, but, rather, most, same, either, as well as, like, and unlike, as opposed to)

ESOLALSS.E.6.c: comprehend and summarize an appropriately scaffolded Social Studies text written in the passive voice

ESOLALSS.F.7.a: copy important vocabulary and phrases learned in class

ESOLALSS.F.7.b: maintain notes in an organized notebook and refer back to them when needed

ESOLALSS.F.7.c: recognize and take notes on important ideas and events using words, strings of words, phrases, and simple sentences

ESOLALSS.F.7.d: organize notes with date, topic, and appropriate headings