6-12 Social Studies Essential Standards
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Social Studies Essential Standards
6-12 Social Studies Essential StandardsSachelle [email protected] & Expected Outcomes You will be able to:Recognize the use of Revised Blooms TaxonomySummarize what is different about the organizational structure of the 6-12 Social Studies Essential StandardsUse of StrandsConceptual focusUnderstand the intended use of the 6-12 Social Studies Crosswalk documents.Understand the intended use of the 6-12 Social Studies Unpacking documents.
2Revised Blooms Taxonomy Provides the cognitive framework used for all of the North Carolina Essential StandardsProvides common language for all curriculum areasUse of one verb
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StrandsNew essential standards are broken up by concepts into different strands
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Conceptual Focus of the North Carolina Social Studies Essential Standards
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Concepts
TimelessUniversalTransferableAbstract and broad (to various degrees)Examples share common attributesRepresented by 1-2 words
16Concept vs. Topic?
EnvironmentComputer Age The Great DepressionCultureSupply and DemandMovementSystemCivil War17Answers to ActivityConceptsEnvironmentCultureSupply and DemandMovementSystemCivil War
TopicComputer AgeThe Great Depression18
Traditional Standards and Curriculum are topic-based and focused mostly on the factsHistory: Colonial Era, Lost Colony American Revolution, American Civil War
Cultural Geography: South America and Europe, Swahili, Aborigines, Buddhism
Civics & Economics: American Revolution, U.S. capitalism, Brown vs. Board of Education, mercantilism
23Conceptual Standards and Curriculum are concept-based and focused on transferable ideasHistory: continuity and change, leadership, revolution, war, conflictCultural Geography: climate change, location, resources, environmental challenges, human migration, cultural development Civics & Economics: scarcity, justice, freedom, authority, trade
24THE NEW ESSENTIAL STANDARDS BY GRADE AND CLASS
25Sixth and Seventh Grade6thgrade is the first time that students are introduced to the world6thGrade: Shift from a study of just Europe and South America to an integrated study of the Ancient World through Exploration7th Grade: Shift from a study of just Africa, Asia, and Australia to an integrated study of the Age of Exploration to the present 7thGrade economic concepts are more sophisticatedBoth courses should be taught from a comparative perspectiveCase study approach
26Eighth GradeParallel study of North Carolina and the United StatesRevolutionary era to contemporary timesIntegration of Personal Financial Literacy
27New Social Studies ElectivesTurning Points in American History21stCentury GeographySociologyPsychologyAmerican HumanitiesWorld HumanitiesThe Cold WarTwentieth Century Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
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Continuing Social Studies ElectivesAfrican American StudiesAmerican GovernmentAmerican Indian StudiesContemporary Issues in North Carolina HistoryContemporary Law and JusticeEconomicsGeography in ActionLatin American Studies
29United State History I & IITwo distinct coursesSimilar standards/objectivesUnited States History I begins with the European exploration of the New World and continues through the era of ReconstructionUnited States History II begins at the end of the Reconstruction era and continues to the present
30Civics and EconomicsStandards are written to three strands Civics & Government StrandEconomics StrandPersonal Financial Literacy Strand(A Microcosm of the Economic Strand)The addition of Personal Financial Literacy Elements of History, Geography and Culture are integrated throughout the course.
31World HistoryAddresses six periods that reflect accepted periodization by the World History AssociationKey focus of study is from mid 15thcentury to presentSkills Standard integrated
32North Carolina Social Studies Essential Standards: Curriculum documents
33The Instructional Tool KitPriority One Tools:Crosswalks of 2006 & 2010 StandardsUnpacked Content DocumentsPriority Two Tools:Sample Graphic OrganizersSample Learning ProgressionsOther Tools:Unpacking Documents for ElectivesGlossary of Essential TerminologySample Units of InstructionAssessment Samples
34Cross Walk Documents
35Intended Use of Crosswalks
To identify gaps in content (where something new may exist)
To identify existing resources that can be repurposed
To identify professional development needs based on new content areas
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Unpacking Documents
39Unpacking the Essential StandardsThe unpacking documentIdentifies what a student must understand (Conceptual Knowledge)Concepts and GeneralizationsIdentifies what a student must know(Factual Knowledge)Critical ContentIdentifies what a student must be able to do (Procedural Knowledge)Skills
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Where to find information on the new Social Studies Essential StandardsJones County Schools Race to the Top WIKIhttp://jcssrttt.wikispaces.com
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