Focus on Genre: Social Science Textbook

A social science textbook gives information about real people, places, and events.

It often explains why certain events happened. Graphs in a textbook help provide important information in a visual way.

20th Century Immigration in the United States (by decade)

20th Century Immigration in the United States (by decade)

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Your Job as a Reader: Reading Strategy: Visualize

As you read, write what you visualize on sticky notes and place them next to the text. Then try to make a sketch of what you “see” and “hear.”

Photograph of the title page of the selection, “Immigrants Today”