North Carolina Social Studies Essential Standards Professional Development 2012

1. North Carolina Social Studies Essential Standards Professional Development 2012

2. What do you know about the new Social Studies Essential Standards?

3. KWL

4. Adoption of Essential Standards + Legislative Changes

5. A State Led Effort to Develop Common Standards in Social Studies January, 2010 NCSS and the Civic Mission of Schools (CMS) convened a meeting to discuss working together on Common State Standards for Social Studies. Summer, 2010 Professional organizations began to confer with Social Studies Assessment Curriculum and Instruction, a collaborative of the Council of Chief State School Officers October, 2010 Three 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.

6. 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

8. Legislation Impacting K-12 Social Studies

9. 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/

10. Session Law 2009-236 House Bill 1032: Act Modifying The History And Geography Curricula In The Public Schoolshttp://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1032v6.pdfThe 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. Given the legislative constraints, What do we truly want students to learn in social studies?

14. Discuss Let’s see what’s included in the new Essentials.

15. Let’s 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 21st Century to see the content K-12.

16. 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 Bloom’s Taxonomy

17. How are the Social Studies Essential Standards different from the Standard Course of Study? 1st Major shift- Use of five strands

21. Strands • H– History • G– Geography and Environmental Literacy • E– Economics and Financial Literacy • C&G– Civics and Government • C– Culture

23. What grade is this? Which strand is this?

24. What grade is this? 7th Which strand is this? Geography and Environmental Literacy

25. What grade is each of these? Which strand is each of these? 3.C&G.2.2 Exemplify how citizens contribute to the well-being of the community’s 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.

26. What grade is each of these? Which strand is each of these? 3.C&G.2.2 3rd grade Civics and Government Exemplify how citizens contribute to the well-being of the community’s natural environment. 8.E.1.1 8th 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.

27. 2st Major Shift-A curriculum that is based on concepts and generalizations, North Carolina Essential Standards

28. Concepts are • Timeless • Universal • Transferable • Abstract and broad • Represented by 1-2 words Examples share common attributes

29. Some Concepts: Rules/Laws Values Conflict Interdependence Fairness Diversity Power Rights Adaptation Movement Diffusion Democracy Region Self Interest Government Cooperation Compromise Aggression Innovation Leadership Sociology Economics U.S. History World History North Carolina History Geography 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

30. Principles and Generalizations Concept Concept Topic F A C T F A C T F A C T F A C T F A C T F A C T

31. People migrateto meet a variety of needs. Principles and Generalizations Migrate Needs Concepts U.S. movement west 8th grade or American History Topic Manifest Destiny Trail Of Tears Gold, furs, and farming Railroad Facts

32. People migrate to meet a variety of needs. Principles and Generalizations Migrate Needs Concepts Libyan Conflict 2011 7th grade or World History Topic Gaddafi Human Rights violations Civil War Egypt and U.K. Facts

33. People migrate to meet a variety of needs. Principles and Generalizations Migrate Needs Concepts Age of Exploration 6th grade, 7th grade, World History or American History Topic Sir Walter Raleigh Lost Colony freedom money Facts

34. Concept or Topic? • environment • Manifest Destiny • culture • Great Depression • Computer Age • movement • Economic System • civil war

35. Discuss and categorize each word/phrase as a concept or a topic.

36. Answers to Activity CONCEPTS TOPICS • environment Manifest Destiny • culture Computer Age • movement Great • civil war Depression Economic System time specific, not universal

37. 3nd Major Change RBT Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

38. Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy • Provides the cognitive framework used for all of the North Carolina Essential Standards • Provides common language for all curriculum areas • Use of one verb

39. Revised Bloom’s • Not hierarchical • 2 dimensions- knowledge is a dimension • Nouns to verb

41. 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 Bloom’s Taxonomy

42. Unpacking the New Essential Standards

43. 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 8th 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.

45. Let’s Look Closerat the New Essential Standards

46. Concepts/ Transferable Generalizations / Enduring Understandings 1. Students will understand that… Examples: “Systems are interdependent.” “People adapt to changing environments.”

47. 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-transferable—locked in time, place or situation

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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.