World Landmarks

Why Use World Landmarks

By reading about different landmarks around the world, students learn about the peoples and cultures that created them as well as the scientific and technical wonders involved in their construction and preservation. Each topic represented in the collection has books of varying text complexities. Support resources and activities accompany each grade range and individual title. The books and ancillary resources will help students meet ELA standards and various social studies standards.

At each grade range you will find support resources for the collection:

• Teaching Tips
• Activity Cards
• World Maps showing the location of each landmark

Each title is accompanied by book-specific support resources as well:

• A Focus Question to engage students in the reading process
• Connections activities to extend learning with writing, art, science, math, or social studies
• Comprehension Quiz
• Fun Facts Poster

How to Use World Landmarks

The variety of resources available in the series allows for flexibility in your instructional approach.

• Follow suggestions in the Teaching Tips for classroom activities using Activity Cards.
• Use the Comprehension Quizzes to check for understanding.
• Select books to assign for independent reading or to use for small-group instruction.
• Review the Fun Facts Poster to get students excited to learn about the landmarks.
• Have students complete the Connections activities in each book to extend learning with writing, art, science, math, or social studies.
• Have students write about the topic of the collection, using the books from the collection as models.
• Assign a research project related to one of the books in the collection.