Primary Source Readers

Overview

This series was developed by Teacher Created Materials to provide teachers with the perfect mix of social studies content to help students comprehend historical events while building social studies literacy.

  • Leveled readers feature primary sources, high-interest content, and visually appealing layouts
  • Compelling nonfiction text develops academic vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency
  • Each reader has a teacher-designed lesson which addresses reading, writing, and social studies objectives and serves as a crucial bridge between literacy and social studies
  • Different assessment types provide multiple opportunities to check for understanding and develop students' document-based assessment skills
  • Increase student engagement by integrating technology into instruction with Interactiv-eBooks (not included in all levels), audio recordings of books, and additional digital resources
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In the Classroom

  1. Content-area literacy instruction
  2. Document-based assessments
  3. Variety of differentiated texts
  4. Multimodal learning

Perfect Mix

Use Interactiv-eBooks and additional digital resources to enhance the learning experience.

Perfect Mix
In Action

In Action

Learn more about how Primary Source Readers will help you deliver social studies instruction that will stay with your students long after the school bell rings.

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Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit

Grade: K $748.21
Item Number: 18337

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit

Grade: K

  • Guided Reading Level: A-B
  • Item Number: 18337
  • ISBN: 9781433373374

Price: $748.21

Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: K $680.21
Item Number: 22423

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: K

  • Guided Reading Level: A-B
  • Item Number: 22423
  • ISBN: 9781493804238

Price: $680.21

Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for kindergartenstudents.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit

Grade: 1 $748.21
Item Number: 17966

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit

Grade: 1

  • Guided Reading Level: E-K
  • Item Number: 17966
  • ISBN: 9781433369667

Price: $748.21

Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 1 $680.22
Item Number: 22478

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 1

  • Guided Reading Level: E-K
  • Item Number: 22478
  • ISBN: 9781493804788

Price: $680.22

Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for first grade students.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit

Grade: 2 $804.64
Item Number: 17988

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit

Grade: 2

  • Guided Reading Level: I-M
  • Item Number: 17988
  • ISBN: 9781433369889

Price: $804.64

Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 2 $731.52
Item Number: 22533

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 2

  • Guided Reading Level: I-M
  • Item Number: 22533
  • ISBN: 9781493805334

Price: $731.52

Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for second grade students.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit

Grade: 3 $665.02
Item Number: 18359

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit

Grade: 3

  • Guided Reading Level: L-P
  • Item Number: 18359
  • ISBN: 9781433373596

Price: $665.02

Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled informational texts featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 3 $731.52
Item Number: 22588

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 3

  • Guided Reading Level: L-P
  • Item Number: 22588
  • ISBN: 9781493805884

Price: $731.52

Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for third grade students.

Primary Source Readers: World Cultures Through Time Kit

Grade: 4-5 $673.21
Item Number: 10427

Primary Source Readers: World Cultures Through Time Kit

Grade: 4-5

  • Guided Reading Level: M-R
  • Item Number: 10427
  • ISBN: 9780743904278

Price: $673.21

This kit covers a variety of cultures from around the world, using key social studies concepts and related biographies to connect each pair of books. Multiple reading levels within each kit make this a great resource for differentiating instruction!

Primary Source Readers: World History Kit

Grade: 4-5 $731.52
Item Number: 16000

Primary Source Readers: World History Kit

Grade: 4-5

  • Guided Reading Level: P-U
  • Item Number: 16000
  • ISBN: 9781433350009

Price: $731.52

This kit covers topics from World history, using key social studies concepts and related biographies and profiles to connect each differentiated pair. Multiple reading levels within each kit make this a great resource for differentiating instruction!

Primary Source Readers: America's Early Years Kit

Grade: 4-5 $821.78
Item Number: 25068

Primary Source Readers: America's Early Years Kit

Grade: 4-5

  • Guided Reading Level: S-U
  • Item Number: 25068
  • ISBN: 9781493830688

Price: $821.78

Engage your students with these intriguing historical accounts of America's Early Years. These texts breathe life into history by transforming the words on a page into an intimate glimpse of the past with primary source documents.

Primary Source Readers: America in the 1800s Kit

Grade: 4-5 $821.78
Item Number: 25790

Primary Source Readers: America in the 1800s Kit

Grade: 4-5

  • Guided Reading Level: T-W
  • Item Number: 25790
  • ISBN: 9781493837908

Price: $821.78

Engage your students with intriguing historical accounts of America in the 1800s. Build literacy skills and social studies knowledge with readers that feature primary sources documents.

Primary Source Readers: Around the World

Grade: 4-8 $949.99
Item Number: 131732

Primary Source Readers: Around the World

Grade: 4-8

  • Guided Reading Level: T-W
  • Item Number: 131732
  • ISBN: 9781087697147

Price: $949.99

Take a trip around the world while building social studies skills! This kit includes 16 Primary Source Readers (6 copies each), standards-based lesson plans, and more tools to support social studies instruction from a global perspective.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit

Grade: K $748.21
Item Number: 18337

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit

Grade: K

  • Guided Reading Level: A-B
  • Item Number: 18337
  • ISBN: 9781433373374

Price: $748.21

Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit

Grade: 1 $748.21
Item Number: 17966

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit

Grade: 1

  • Guided Reading Level: E-K
  • Item Number: 17966
  • ISBN: 9781433369667

Price: $748.21

Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit

Grade: 2 $804.64
Item Number: 17988

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit

Grade: 2

  • Guided Reading Level: I-M
  • Item Number: 17988
  • ISBN: 9781433369889

Price: $804.64

Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit

Grade: 3 $665.02
Item Number: 18359

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit

Grade: 3

  • Guided Reading Level: L-P
  • Item Number: 18359
  • ISBN: 9781433373596

Price: $665.02

Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled informational texts featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.

Primary Source Readers: World Cultures Through Time Kit

Grade: 4-5 $673.21
Item Number: 10427

Primary Source Readers: World Cultures Through Time Kit

Grade: 4-5

  • Guided Reading Level: M-R
  • Item Number: 10427
  • ISBN: 9780743904278

Price: $673.21

This kit covers a variety of cultures from around the world, using key social studies concepts and related biographies to connect each pair of books. Multiple reading levels within each kit make this a great resource for differentiating instruction!

Primary Source Readers: World History Kit

Grade: 4-5 $731.52
Item Number: 16000

Primary Source Readers: World History Kit

Grade: 4-5

  • Guided Reading Level: P-U
  • Item Number: 16000
  • ISBN: 9781433350009

Price: $731.52

This kit covers topics from World history, using key social studies concepts and related biographies and profiles to connect each differentiated pair. Multiple reading levels within each kit make this a great resource for differentiating instruction!

Primary Source Readers: America's Early Years Kit

Grade: 4-5 $821.78
Item Number: 25068

Primary Source Readers: America's Early Years Kit

Grade: 4-5

  • Guided Reading Level: S-U
  • Item Number: 25068
  • ISBN: 9781493830688

Price: $821.78

Engage your students with these intriguing historical accounts of America's Early Years. These texts breathe life into history by transforming the words on a page into an intimate glimpse of the past with primary source documents.

Primary Source Readers: America in the 1800s Kit

Grade: 4-5 $821.78
Item Number: 25790

Primary Source Readers: America in the 1800s Kit

Grade: 4-5

  • Guided Reading Level: T-W
  • Item Number: 25790
  • ISBN: 9781493837908

Price: $821.78

Engage your students with intriguing historical accounts of America in the 1800s. Build literacy skills and social studies knowledge with readers that feature primary sources documents.

Primary Source Readers: Around the World

Grade: 4-8 $949.99
Item Number: 131732

Primary Source Readers: Around the World

Grade: 4-8

  • Guided Reading Level: T-W
  • Item Number: 131732
  • ISBN: 9781087697147

Price: $949.99

Take a trip around the world while building social studies skills! This kit includes 16 Primary Source Readers (6 copies each), standards-based lesson plans, and more tools to support social studies instruction from a global perspective.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: K $680.21
Item Number: 22423

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: K

  • Guided Reading Level: A-B
  • Item Number: 22423
  • ISBN: 9781493804238

Price: $680.21

Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for kindergartenstudents.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 1 $680.22
Item Number: 22478

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 1

  • Guided Reading Level: E-K
  • Item Number: 22478
  • ISBN: 9781493804788

Price: $680.22

Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for first grade students.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 2 $731.52
Item Number: 22533

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 2

  • Guided Reading Level: I-M
  • Item Number: 22533
  • ISBN: 9781493805334

Price: $731.52

Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for second grade students.

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 3 $731.52
Item Number: 22588

Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit (Spanish Version)

Grade: 3

  • Guided Reading Level: L-P
  • Item Number: 22588
  • ISBN: 9781493805884

Price: $731.52

Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for third grade students.

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