I found this article very useful and interesting for elementary teachers. Integrating Social Studies and literacy is a natural match. We need to be teaching literacy strategies in Social Studies every day. Let me know what literacy strategies that you use and ways that we can better integrate SS and literacy.
http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/free-resources/literacy/social-studies-in-literacy-routines
http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/free-resources/literacy/social-studies-in-literacy-routines