This document provides information about text sets and their use in the classroom. It defines text sets as collections of texts on a specific topic that may include different genres and media. Research findings are presented showing that students who read conceptually coherent text sets demonstrated better knowledge and recall compared to those who read unrelated texts. The document then provides examples of text sets related to entrepreneurs and the book A Land Remembered that include literary texts, informational articles, videos, and websites to help students answer questions about the topics.

1. Text Set
by
Sherry Moser, Ph.D.
&
Deborah Kozdras, Ph. D.

2. Social Studies: What’s going on?
• BILL #: CS/CS/HB 827 Instructional Support
• requires that reading passages and writing prompts
used in state ELA assessments incorporate grade-level
social studies core curricular content
• WHAT!! WE NEED TO TEACH SOCIAL STUDIES?!

3. Text Sets: What are they?
• Text sets are collections of texts
tightly focused on a specific topic.
They may include varied genres
(fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and so
forth) and media (such as blogs,
maps, photographs, art, primary-
source documents, and audio
recordings).
• https://edexcellence.net/articles/
what-are-text-sets-and-why-use-
them-in-the-classroom

4. Text Sets: Why use them?
• “Students who read the conceptually coherent texts demonstrated
more knowledge of the concepts in their texts, more knowledge of
the target words in their texts, and had better recall of the novel text
compared to students who read unrelated texts. Findings suggest that
there is potential for knowledge and vocabulary to be built during
English language arts through a focus on conceptual coherence in the
design of reading experiences for students.”
• Conceptual Coherence, Comprehension, and Vocabulary Acquisition: A Knowledge Effect? Cervetti, Gina N.; Wright, Tanya S.;
Hwang, HyeJin Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v29 n4 p761-779 Apr 2016

5. What is an entrepreneur? How do entrepreneurs
impact their families and the economies of their
communities?

6. Econ Express: Entrepreneurs
https://sunnymoney.weebly.com/4.html

7. 1. Image Analysis
What do I see? What do I
think?
What do I
wonder?

8. Read the literary text.

9. Read the literary text.
• Questions:
• What type of business is Tobias
starting?
• What is a branding iron? Why did it
have MCI built into it?
• Is Tobias an entrepreneur? Why or
why not?

10. Read the informational texts associated with
A Land Remembered.

11. Read the informational texts associated with A Land
Remembered.
• https://www.christopherstill.
com/fl-house-of-reps
https://www.christopherstill.com/fl-house-of-reps

12. Read the informational texts associated with
A Land Remembered.
• Where did the McIvey’s come from
in 1858?
• Compare this map to a current map
of Florida. Where did the McIvey’s
live in 1858? What other locations
can you find on both maps?
• Consider the McIvey’s cattle
business. Why would the area
around the Kissimmee River be a
good place for their new
homestead?

13. Analyze Primary Sources: Interviews with Patrick Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIrgDqZ9
aIE
https://alandremembered.com/all-about-
patrick-smith/

14. Writing about the primary sources.
• How did Patrick Smith feel about authenticity in the writing of A Land
Remembered?
• Is Patrick Smith and entrepreneur? Why?

15. Provide additional tasks if available.
• https://www.floridamemory.com/onlineclassroom/railroads/
• https://www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/photo_exhi
bits/ranching/
• https://www.flaglermuseum.us/
• https://www.floridainvents.org/
• http://www.invent.org/?gclid=CjwKCAjwpKveBRAwEiwAo4Pqm-
t95YbQ9Re6TJzRttJDkTCHa_u8GE5t7Mkg18JvUyIYEpqhRT9v7hoCXm
wQAvD_BwE

16. Answer the essential question.
How do entrepreneurs impact families and the economies of their
communities?

17. Questions?
• Thank you for your time and attention!
• Deborah Kozdras dkozdras@usf.edu
• Sherry Moser smoser@usf.edu