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What Is TCI?

TCI is a K-12 publishing company created by teachers, for teachers. We believe the best teaching marries great content, meaningful technology, and interactive classroom experiences. The end result — students of all abilities and learning styles succeed.

High School Program Goals

• Teach students to think like social scientists.

• Inspire students with memorable classroom activities.

• Help teachers meet state and national standards.

• Develop critical readers and skilled writers.

• Make social studies an enjoyable and memorable class.

• Build students’ social studies skills.

Lesson: Mapping Latin America

In this Social Studies Skill Builder activity, students work in pairs to complete a series of geography challenges to learn about the region's physical

and human geography.

Lesson: Population Density and Japan

This Experiential Exercise allows students to learn about how population density affects life in Japan as they use their bodies and varying amounts of floor space to simulate the population densities of Australia, the United States, and Japan.