Offers suggestions for providing social studies instruction to recently arrived refugee students with limited English proficiency (l.e.p.). Examined are levels of English proficiency, how students acquire language skills, and the need to teach the major social studies concepts. A model lesson plan for use with l.e.p. students is included. (RM)

In this article, the author discusses her experiences with developing an English-language science curriculum for students at the experimental Hai Bin Lu Primary School in China. She uses Schwab's (1973) four common denominators (or essential factors) of curricula--teacher, student, subject matter, and milieu--and Genette's (1980) three…