North Carolina Social Studies Essential Standards Professional
Development 2012
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What do you know about the new Social Studies Essential
Standards?
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Adoption of Essential Standards + Legislative Changes
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A State Led Effort to Develop Common Standards in Social Studie
s January, 2010NCSS and the Civic Mission of Schools (CMS) convened
a meeting to discuss working together on Common State Standards for
Social Studies. Summer, 2010Professional organizations began to
confer with Social Studies Assessment Curriculum and Instruction, a
collaborative of the Council of Chief State School Officers
October, 2010Three meetings through There is now a shared framework
focused on ways of May, 2011 of thinking about civics, economics,
geography, and history. The ultimate goal is to produce a set of
fewer, higher, clearer standards that prepare all students for
college, career, and citizenship.
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Professional Organizations Involved in Developing a National
Common Core in Social Studies American Association of Geographers
American Bar Association American Historical Association Center for
Civic Education Civic Mission of Schools Campaign National History
Day Constitutional Rights Foundation/USA Street Law, Inc.
Constitutional Rights Foundation/Chicago World History Association
Council for Economic Education National Geographic Society National
Council for Geographic Education National Council for the Social
Studies National Council for History Education
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Legislation Impacting K-12 Social Studies
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Session Law 2009-504: An Act Requiring Credit Education For All
Students
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1474v5.pdf
Public schools shall provide instruction in personal financial
literacy for all students. This instruction shall include: The true
cost of credit Choosing and managing a credit card Borrowing money
for an automobile or other large purchase Home mortgages Credit
scoring and credit reports Other relevant financial literacy issues
The State Board requires that personal financial literacy be
included in the Civics and Economics Course. The new Civics and
Economics Essential Standards include standards for Personal
Financial Literacy. NCDPI Personal Financial Literacy site:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/pfl/educators/
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/pfl/educators/
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Session Law 2009-236 House Bill 1032: Act Modifying The History
And Geography Curricula In The Public Schools
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1032v6.pdf
The standard course of study shall include the requirement that the
public schools provide to all students one yearlong course of
instruction on North Carolina history and geography in elementary
school and one yearlong course of instruction in middle school on
North Carolina history with United States history integrated into
this instruction.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1032v6.pdf
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Session Law 2011-273 House Bill 588: The Founding Principles
Act http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v6.pdf
Requires students to take a semester/year-long course called
American History I The Founding Principles and receive a passing
grade as a requirement for graduation. The United States History I
course meets the requirements of the legislation. Consequently, the
US History I course has been renamed to American History I: The
Founding Principles.
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Session Law 2011-8 House Bill 48: No Standardized Testing
Unless Required by Federal Government
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H48v4.pdf
Eliminated statewide standardized testing in the public schools,
except as required by federal law or as a condition of a federal
grant. This effectively eliminated both the Civics and Economics
and the United States History End-of- Course tests beginning with
the 2011-12 school year.
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Given the legislative constraints, What do we truly want
students to learn in social studies?
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Discuss Lets see whats included in the new Essentials.
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Lets look at the new Social Studies Essential Standards from
kindergarten through high school. Use 2010 Social Studies Essential
Standards: Meeting the Needs of All Students in the 21 st Century
to see the content K-12.
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How are the K-12 Social Studies Essential Standards different
from the Standard Course of Study? Use of five strands Conceptual
focus Use of Revised Blooms Taxonomy
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How are the Social Studies Essential Standards different from
the Standard Course of Study? 1 st Major shift- Use of five
strands
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Strands H History G Geography and Environmental Literacy E
Economics and Financial Literacy C&G Civics and Government C
Culture
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What grade is this? Which strand is this?
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What grade is this? 7th Which strand is this? Geography and
Environmental Literacy
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3.C&G.2.2 Exemplify how citizens contribute to the
well-being of the communitys natural environment. 8.E.1.1 Explain
how conflict, cooperation, and competition influenced periods of
economic growth and decline (e.g. economic depressions and
recessions). AH.H.8.1 Analyze the relationship between innovation,
economic development, progress and various perceptions of the
American Dream through Reconstruction. What grade is each of these?
Which strand is each of these?
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3.C&G.2.2 3 rd grade Civics and Government Exemplify how
citizens contribute to the well-being of the communitys natural
environment. 8.E.1.1 8 th grade Economics Explain how conflict,
cooperation, and competition influenced periods of economic growth
and decline (e.g. economic depressions and recessions). AH.H.8.1
American History, History strand Analyze the relationship between
innovation, economic development, progress and various perceptions
of the American Dream through Reconstruction. What grade is each of
these? Which strand is each of these?
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2 st Major Shift- A curriculum that is based on concepts and
generalizations, North Carolina Essential Standards
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Concepts are Timeless Universal Transferable Abstract and broad
Represented by 1-2 words Examples share common attributes
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Some Concepts: Rules/LawsValues Conflict Interdependence
FairnessDiversity PowerRights AdaptationMovement DiffusionDemocracy
RegionSelf Interest GovernmentCooperation CompromiseAggression
InnovationLeadership Understanding concepts is ultimately what
enables students to transfer understandings learned in one
time/place setting to a new time and place even a setting with
which they have no previous acquaintance. When we teach concepts we
allow our students to transcend the settings that we have taught.
-John Hergesheimer
People migrate to meet a variety of needs. Migrate Needs U.S.
movement west 8 th grade or American History Manifest Destiny Trail
Of Tears Trail Of Tears Gold, furs, and farming Railroad Concepts
Facts Topic Principles and Generalizations
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People migrate to meet a variety of needs. Migrate Needs Libyan
Conflict 2011 7 th grade or World History Gaddafi Human Rights
violations Civil War Egypt and U.K. Principles and Generalizations
Concepts Topic Facts
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People migrate to meet a variety of needs. Migrate Needs Age of
Exploration 6 th grade, 7 th grade, World History or American
History Sir Walter Raleigh Lost Colony freedom money money
Principles and Generalizations Topic Concepts Facts
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Concept or Topic? environment Manifest Destiny culture Great
Depression Computer Age movement Economic System civil war
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Discuss and categorize each word/phrase as a concept or a
topic.
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Answers to Activity CONCEPTS TOPICS environmentManifest Destiny
cultureComputer Age movementGreat civil war Depression Economic
System time specific, not universal
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3 nd Major Change RBT Revised Blooms Taxonomy
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Provides the cognitive framework used for all of the North
Carolina Essential Standards Provides common language for all
curriculum areas Use of one verb
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Revised Blooms Not hierarchical 2 dimensions- knowledge is a
dimension Nouns to verb
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Review How are the Social Studies Essential Standards different
from the current North Carolina Standard Course of Study? Use of
five strands Conceptual focus Use of Revised Blooms Taxonomy
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Unpacking the New Essential Standards
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Vertical Alignment In your grade level groups, organize the
items in the order you think they occur in the Essential Standards.
Begin with the kindergarten level and move through 8 th grade. The
high school courses may be grouped together and labeled with course
names; World, Civics and Economics, American History I and Founding
Principles and American History II.
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Lets Look Closer at the New Essential Standards
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Concepts/ Transferable Generalizations / Enduring
Understandings 1. Students will understand that Examples: Systems
are interdependent. People adapt to changing environments.
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2. Students will know Factual knowledge, memorized knowledge
Critical factual knowledge for understanding the unit
generalizations. Critical factual knowledge for competency with the
unit topics. Non-transferablelocked in time, place or
situation
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Examples: key vocabulary specific to the topic the causes of
the American Revolution dates and places the names and
contributions of specific historical figures in our community
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3. Students will be able to do(skills) Taken (often verbatim)
from the State Skill Standards Transfer across applications Not
tied to a specific topic (attaching a skill to a specific topic
makes it an activity or a performance.) New literacy skills in
social studies
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Examples: Create tables, graphs and charts to display
geographic data. Analyze primary and secondary source documents to
evaluate historical information. Use context clues in reading to
determine meaning.
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Complete New Essential Standards documents
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standa rds/new-standards/
Unpacking the Standards documents
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standa rds/support-tools/
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Looking Deeper
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Annotating the Standards 1. Draw a line to separate each strand
in your grade level. 2. Underline the verb(s) in each objective. 3.
Place a star next to the most challenging objective in each
strand.
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Discussion and Questions
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Literacy Standards in History/Social Studies, Science and the
Technical Arts
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf
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http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf Examples of
Information Text for Grades 6-8
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Comments?
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Text Complexity Grade Old Lexile New CCR Lexile 23 450725
450790 45 645845 770980 68 8601010 9551155 910 9601115 10801305
11CCR 10701220 12151355
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Lexile Scores There are two kinds of Lexile measures: the
Lexile reader measure and the Lexile text measure. Students receive
a Lexile reader measure as a score from a reading test - it
describes his or her reading ability. Books and other texts receive
a Lexile text measure from a software tool called the Lexile
Analyzer - it describes the book's reading demand or difficulty.
http://www.lexile.com/
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3-2-1 What are three things you learned today? What two
questions do you still have? What one topic do you need more time
to address?