At Performance Education we don't just provide teaching materials, but rather we help teachers get their students engaged in and excited about Social Studies.

What is it that we do better than any other company?
We take you and your class beyond the subject, providing the whole package—content, variety, and a unique approach based on Bloom's Taxonomy, making it easy for the teacher, engaging for the student, and resulting in a more effective learning experience.

Top 8 Reasons for Using Performance Education Teaching Materials and Resources:
8. Focus on Social Studies: We produce materials solely for Social Studies Grades 6–12. We are experts in this field. Our materials cover the overwhelming majority of standards in the 50 states. And we continuously update our lessons to conform to changes involving current events, state standards, and state tests. View your State Standards

7. Effectiveness: Students who learn from our products score better on standardized tests. Every child can achieve success on the test, and practice critical thinking skills for life.

6. Comprehensive: Each Teacher's ToolBook contains everything you need to present and reinforce the subject: Facts, lecture guidelines, maps, timelines, graphic organizers, games, homework assignments, links, and practice tests.

5. Affordable: All you need is one P-E Toolbook per class for one full unit. The reproducible lessons eliminate the need for each student to have their own textbook, making it more affordable for the teacher and the school.

4. Efficient: Most exercises take just 15 minutes to complete and are designed to make it easy to cover a great deal of material quickly, allowing 5 or 6 topics to be covered in a typical 90 minute block schedule. When textbook companies say "We need 300 pages"; When supplemental material companies say "We need 68 pages"; P-E says, "What will it take to teach this standard so students actually learn?"

3. Easy to Use: No special training or learning curve is required by you or your students to get the most out of the materials. Just open the ToolBook and get started.

2. Teacher Support: We respond quickly to your questions about our teaching materials and they can fit into your curriculum. Just click here to contact us.

1. Fun and Engaging: Students (and you) will enjoy the materials because they are actively engaged in learning throughout the lesson plan. And as we all know, an engaged student is one who is learning. Just try the "Gong Game" if you don't believe us! Click here to read what teachers are saying about P-E products.

A recent article published in the Atlantic explores a new program called Teach for America that trains teachers to be more effective at teaching kids at all learning levels by engaging them in the class subject. Here's an example:

Mr. Taylor follows a very basic lesson plan often referred to by educators as "I do, we do, you do." He does a problem on the board. Then the whole class does another one the same way. Then all the kids do a problem on their own. During the "we" portion of the lesson, Mr. Taylor calls on students to help solve the problem. But he does this using the "equity sticks"—a can of clothespins, each of which has a student's name on it. That way, he ensures a random sample. The shy ones don't get lost.

Next, Mr. Taylor announces it's time for Multiplication Bingo. As Mr. Taylor reads off a problem ("20 divided by 5"), the kids scour their boards, chips in hand, looking for 4's. One girl is literally shaking with excitement. Another has her hands clasped in a prayer position. I find myself wanting to play. You know you're in a good classroom if you have to stop yourself from raising your hand.

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While this example is from a Math class, Performance Education's Social Studies ToolBooks and Teaching Materials encourage this type of teaching...and learning environment―one where the students are involved, engaged, having fun, getting excited about the subject, and learning the material well enough to ultimately do well on standardized tests.



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State Standards
Our comprehensive product offering fits the majority of standards throughout the U.S., and we are currently building the database to match those standards in every state. Click here to find your state and the P-E products that fit your state's standard.