The best-selling Differentiating Instruction With Menus series has helped teachers nationwide differentiate instruction for their high-ability learners with easy-to-use menus and exciting tools to challenge and reach gifted and advanced students in the classroom. Topics addressed in Differentiating Instruction With Menus: Social Studies (

After teaching science for more than 15 years, both overseas and in the U.S., Laurie E. Westphal now works as an independent gifted education and science consultant. She enjoys developing and presenting staff development on differentiation for various districts and conferences, working with teachers to assist them in planning and developing lessons to meet the needs of their advanced students.

Author's Note Part I: All About Menus and Choice Chapter 1: Choice Chapter 2: How to Use Menus in the Classroom Chapter 3: Guidelines for Products Chapter 4: Rubrics Part II: The Menus Chapter 5: Social Studies and Geography Skills Using Maps Current Events Bias and Validity U.S. Geography Countries of the World My Country in Depth Chapter 6: Culture Cultures Cultures and the Fine Arts Cultures and Religions Chapter 7: Government Our Government Effective Leaders Historical Documents My Amendment in Depth Landmark Supreme Court Cases Citizenship Chapter 8: U.S. History European Explorers Free Enterprise The American Revolution The Constitutional Convention The War of 1812 Native American Resettlement Manifest Destiny Mexican-American War The Civil War Reform Movements Discoveries and Innovations Our State's History References About the Author Common Core State Standards