You begin each activity by quickly modeling the skill and then challenging students to practice that skill again and again.
Students receive feedback as they work.
The activity ends with a debriefing session, allowing students to use their new skill to gain greater insights into history. 1 Tie the teaching of skills to historical content. Without these skills, students cannot fully grasp many historical concepts. In this Social Studies Skill Builder, students examine images representing Mexicano contributions to Southwest culture to create a mural showing the contributions throughout the Southwest. teach such skills. You can resolve this if each skill lesson centers around important content objectives.