PEP

Person, Event, Place

For work with social studies texts:As you read your text, ask yourself if you will be reading about a person, event or place. Then focus on the questions below to differentiate relevant from trivial information. The connect question is present to help you connect to other information you have about the subject. You can write answers to the questions, The journal Teaching Exceptional Children Sept/Oct 1999.

Questions to Ask Yourself as you Read:

PERSON (MAN OR WOMAN?)

Read and Find

• what did he/she do
• why did he/she do it
• when & where
• connect ...
• important words

EVENT (something happened?)

Read and Find

• what happened
• why did it happen
• when & where
• players
• connect....
• important words

PLACE (location?)

Read and Find

• where is it
• what is it like
• why is it special
• connect...
• important words

Thanks to Janis Harmon, David Katims and D.Ette Whittington for this strategy.

Background courtesy of: http://school.discovery.com/clipart/category/socs1.html