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Proposed Standards for History, Government, and Social Studies

Curriculum Leaders Update January 11, 2013. Proposed Standards for History, Government, and Social Studies. Standards Committee Chairs. Maureen Donegan Social Studies Coordinator Olathe Public Schools USD # 233 Mary Madden Division Director of Education Kansas State Historical Society

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Proposed Standards for History, Government, and Social Studies

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  1. Curriculum Leaders Update January 11, 2013 Proposed Standards for History, Government, and Social Studies

  2. Standards Committee Chairs Maureen Donegan Social Studies Coordinator Olathe Public Schools USD # 233 Mary Madden Division Director of Education Kansas State Historical Society Glenn Wiebe Social Studies Specialist for Educational Services and Staff Development Association of Central Kansas (ESSDACK) Kim Rasmussen Curriculum Coordinator Auburn Washburn USD #437

  3. Best Practice and Literacy Expectations Casts a Vision for Social Studies Education in Kansas classrooms It integrates the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects It introduces Best Practices which are 8 strategies for instruction promoting the kind of teaching and learning that will yield College Career and Citizenship Ready students

  4. Standards Statements • Choices have consequences • Individuals have rights and responsibilities • Societies are shaped by beliefs, ideas, and diversity • Societies experience continuity and change over time • Relationships among people, places, ideas, and environments are dynamic

  5. Benchmarks Each Standard has 4 Benchmarks asking students to engage in a process of • Recognizing and evaluating • Analyzing context and draw conclusions • Investigate and connect • Construct/create and justify/defend

  6. Proposed Summative Assessment • On-line Performance Assessment • Year round access • Digital video, audio and text libraries • Student choice of standard, content and prompt

  7. “Visible thinking” graphic organizers • 4 Constructed responses addressing each benchmark • Scoring will be done by classroom teachers • Work product will be banked not just the score

  8. Don GiffordEducational Program ConsultantHistory, Government, and Social StudiesKansas State Department of Educationdgifford@ksde.org785 296-3892

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