This activity book is based on Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model, by Short and the other co-authors of this book. The book offers ideas, activities, lesson plans, and complete units for K-12 history and social studies teachers and intervention specialists, for teaching both content and academic language related to history, social studies, geography, civics, and government. The lessons contain step-by-step instructions and teacher think-alouds, and many include reproducible worksheets, some illustrated. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)