People, Places, Checkmates : Teaching Social Studies with Chess

Fifteen chess-enhanced lesson plans address National Council for the Social Studies standards for grades 4-8 and help prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle. * 25 reproducibles, such as letters home to parents and worksheets * 15 photographs of famous chess players and of students playing chess * 28 chess diagrams and 7 examples of student work * A chronology of chess from ancient times to the present * A glossary of 90 chess terms from past and present, such as chatrang and en passant