1. CURRICULUM ANALYSIS By Jennifer Bishop, H. Ece Ugurlu, MucahitKocak, Roulah Aljudaibi, OnurEmreKocaoz

2. PHILOSOPHY Social Studies is important • To know the past of society • To deal with present and future issues of the society • To make individuals more active and responsible citizens • To understand and adopt social changes

3. Progressive tradition is the key to achieve all these goals • The school curriculum should be integrated to the society and its changes. • ‘Reconstruction of Democratically knowledge conscious generation • Child-centeredness

4. Constructivist Theory • Problem-solving • Analyzing • Creating • Critical thinking • Using technology • Different learning styles

5. Other Philosophies Postmodernism • Students are able to create an authentic meaning • The learners also have the opportunity to find their identity. Perennialism • The curriculum rejects conservative view of perennialism • It does not support a strict educational environment. • Mental discipline is not its intended purpose.

6. Mission Statement • Academic-Intellectual development • Problem solving • Higher level thinking • Socio-Civic Development • Experiences for being responsible and engaged citizens • Personal-Individual Development • Independent learning • Vocational Development

7. Curriculum Design • simple design. • formatted in sections. • clear description of the goals .

8. Curriculum Design • may be extended at future levels. • written and formatted for the experienced teacher. • does not specify where the topics are located .

9. Curriculum Design • does not specifically detail how the information or skills should be taught. • does not detail how the teacher presents the material for the class .

10. Curriculum Design • The curriculum is designed very brief and understandable in terms of goals and content perspective for the teacher. • it does not provide clear instructions as to assessment tools for the teacher to evaluate in an informal manner so the multiple means of assessments are not adequately integrated with instruction in the curriculum

11. Content of Curriculum

12. Four main areas of Content • Accuracy • Relevance • Coverage • Appropriateness

13. Developmentally appropriate • Physical • Emotional • Social • Linguistic • Aesthetic • Cognitive

14. The 8th grade students are able to: • analyzing information • Finding main idea • Making generalization • Use standard grammar • Create oral, written and visual presentation of social studies information.

15. Curriculum Content • Standards and Objectives • Logical Sequence • Conceptual Understanding

16. Curriculum Content • Multiple Learning Opportunities • Bias Free • Equitable

17. Curriculum Content • Relation to Daily Lives • Student Engagement • Curriculum vs. Instruction