“To help every kid fall in love with at least one field of knowledge, our students must encounter our fields’ most galvanizing, tantalizing, and pivotal documents. This book is about making those encounters as compelling as we can make them.”

—Harvey “Smokey” Daniels and Steven Zemelman

Thank you for exploring Subjects Matter, Second Edition. Smokey Daniels and Steve Zemelman have brought their classic up to date for content-area teachers in an era when they are asked to provide kids with more encounters with texts.

Please enjoy the following sample from the book. We hope you’ll soon see why the first edition was a bestseller, and why this second edition is more needed than ever.

Sample includes:

  • The inspiring introduction
  • Two samples from the book’s 26 ready-to-go lessons, including one classic and one brand-new one
  • The If-Then chart that connects student needs to the 26 lessons.
Subjects Matter