Social Studies Skill Builders for grade 2-3 helps build many essential social studies and reading skills. This engaging reproducible book is organized into 20 six-page lessons. The book covers five content areas: geography, community and culture, government, economics and history. Each of the five content areas has four lessons. Each lesson includes a two page article adapted from WR News. Each article is accompanied by a two-page reading comprehension and vocabulary activity and by a hands-on social studies activity.