Don K. Philpot is a teacher, teacher educator, and writer. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the topics of instructional methodologies, content area reading, reading and writing instruction, and children’s literature in Pennsylvania.

As a director of social studies programs in teacher education for almost 20 years, it is very promising to read practical pedagogical pieces of work like Don K. Philpot's Reading Actively in Middle Grades Social Stuides: Teachers and Students in Action. Philpot is able to take (action!) on the extremely difficult and daunting task of authentically and authoritatively blending the social studies with an everyday subject like reading, turning it into a compelling read that I shall recommend to my fellow colleagues.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Reading This BookChapter 1: Reading in the Middle GradesChapter 2: The Reading CycleChapter 3: Before Reading ActionsChapter 4: During Reading Actions IChapter 5: During Reading Actions IIChapter 6: During Reading Actions IIIChapter 7: After Reading ActionsChapter 8: Mediational PracticesReference ListAbout the AuthorIndex

Don K. Philpot is a teacher, teacher educator, and writer. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the topics of instructional methodologies, content area reading, reading and writing instruction, and children’s literature in Pennsylvania.

As a director of social studies programs in teacher education for almost 20 years, it is very promising to read practical pedagogical pieces of work like Don K. Philpot's Reading Actively in Middle Grades Social Stuides: Teachers and Students in Action. Philpot is able to take (action!) on the extremely difficult and daunting task of authentically and authoritatively blending the social studies with an everyday subject like reading, turning it into a compelling read that I shall recommend to my fellow colleagues.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Reading This BookChapter 1: Reading in the Middle GradesChapter 2: The Reading CycleChapter 3: Before Reading ActionsChapter 4: During Reading Actions IChapter 5: During Reading Actions IIChapter 6: During Reading Actions IIIChapter 7: After Reading ActionsChapter 8: Mediational PracticesReference ListAbout the AuthorIndex