Key Academic Vocabulary for Social Studies by Grade Level Why Teach Vocabulary Development? Effective vocabulary instruction is critical for increasing students academic achievement. Educational researc plays a significant role in reading comprehension. Robert Marzano also notes the importance of vocabulary development for building background kno opportunities to learn new concepts. This is especially important for social studies, as 55 percent of students academic vocabulary comes from socia and economics. Although wide reading increases students vocabulary significantly, direct and explicit instruction in vocabulary is also an important co The vocabulary listed here is considered Tier 3. Tier 3 words are domain specific; meaning they apply to a specific content area/school subject. The studies concepts. It is important for Tier 3 words not to be separated from their context. This document was specifically created K-12 to show the pr order to grasp the content. The terms were selected using Robert Marzano's cross-referenced with the Alabama Course of Study. K 1 2 3 4 5 calendar barter century adapt agriculture abolish chore borrowing colonist ancestor artifact abolitionist movement communicate capital consumer border barrier island amendment community capital courage citizenship boundary American Revolution fairness citizen decade city boycott Art. of Confederation flag compass rose desert civilization cash crop Bill of Rights globe continent equality communication civil rights Branches of government group country equator community climate checks and balances hero cultures folktales conservation colony Civil War holiday earn Founding Fathers crop compromise Confederacy job future freedom custom Cracker Congress lake gender goods exploration cultural heritage Constituion language governor honesty explorer discriminate Declaration of Independence leader inventor immigrant factory executive democracy location mayor independence festival export emancipation map natural resource island generation geopolitical map embargo money needs justice goods governor federal mountain opportunity landform government import Founding Fathers neighborhood past landmark income integration immigrant ocean population liberty income judicial liberty president present migration industry latitude loyalist rule recycle monument invention legislature Mayflower Compact safety region patriotic symbols location longitude Parliament season river physical map natural resources map key petition
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