Social Studies Curriculum Work 2006-07

Hi all.
Our junior/senior high social studies team worked very well last year and we ended in June with a recommended sequence of courses, reading, writing, and research skills/concepts for each grade level. We realize this is only a beginning and that we have more work to do this coming school year: continued reading and meeting as a team, investigating materials to support the recommended sequence, planning out PD for social studies teachers with regards to the CBAs (classroom based assessments), and finding resources to meet the new needs. Here’s the recommended sequence, CBAs, and timeline for implementation:

Content Grade CBA’s Implementation year(s)
WA State History (1 sem) 7 People on the Move 2007 – 08 school year
Geography (1 sem) Enduring Cultures

World History – Magna Carta through 8 History Day 2008 – 09 school year
WWI & start of communism
[milestones; not a survey]

US History – 18th Century (Revolution) 9 Checks and Balances 2009 – 2010 school year
To Industrial Age Constitutional Issues

Elective – AP World History; 10
Pre IB World History

US History – 20th Century 11 Foreign Policy 2010 – 2011 school year
Constitutional Issues

Contemporary Issues: You and the Law 2011 – 2012 school year
Local, state, national, and world 12 Government Revenue & Responsibilities

This upcoming school year we will continue meeting as a group. We read Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat; we hope to find another compelling book to read to push our thinking forward. We have the beginning thinking on which reading, writing, and research skills we want to focus on each year; we will spend this coming school year to develop each component by grade level and content.