A workable plan to help social studies teachers develop the competencies they will need to teach students to read social studies materials in grades K through 12 is provided in this document. A directed reading lesson is included which suggests practical techniques for improving reading skills. A unit sample and some suggested techniques for evaluation illustrate the use of many materials at varied reading levels. Suggested classroom organizational patterns which will help the teacher to individualize instruction and evaluation are also included. To be effective, teachers must know the reading levels of their students. Accordingly, this publication contains some techniques to determine those reading levels as well as the readability levels of social studies books and other written material. (Author/TO)