Social Studies Standards for the Next Generation

Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Public Review Summer 2013: Higher Education Representatives, Social Studies Teachers, Social Studies and Literacy Specialists Summer 2014: 40 Social Studies Teachers as Standards Writers Fall and Winter

Development Process May 2014 Request for Application for Writing Team Members June 2014 Up to Five Teachers Per Cooperative Region Selected June/July 2014 Four Writing Sites Convened Over Five Days July 31, 2014 Representatives from Each Cooperative Region Met to Propose a Completed Draft

At A Glance… August 21, Reconvening of Cohort 1 for guidance and refinement; group gave feedback via survey September Targeted Focus Groups *Higher Education *Content Leadership Networks (GRREC Sept. 25) *Other Key Stakeholders (Sept. 17) October First Read KBE November Continue to solicit/evaluate Feedback and Refine Draft December Second Read January Public Comment Period Final approval Spring 2015 by KBE

September SS Network Targets Target: Prepare teachers to receive, interpret, and give feedback for DRAFT Social Studies Standards for the Next Generation. Awareness and intentions of standards writing process (Why new? Why now?) Architecture of standards Beginner grade-level standard awareness and implications for instruction and professional growth Reflect on Professional Needs Survey: Feedback for standards

The Architecture Inquiry Cycle Disciplinary Core Concepts (DCC)

Anchor Standards for Each Disciplinary Core Concept (DCC)

Anchor Standard 1 Civic and Political Institutions Determine the importance of the institutions of society and the principles that these institutions are intended to reflect, which requires the demonstration of in-depth understanding of law, politics, and government. KIdentify the roles and responsibilities of community members 1stExplain the need for and purposes of rules in a community 2nd Explain what governments are and how communities work to accomplish tasks and establish responsibilities 3rd Explain how citizens responsibly participate in democratic processes and practice civic responsibility 4th Describe the origins, functions, and structure of state government to determine how it supports freedom within a democracy 5thExplain how government effects how citizens, political and economic groups function within society Anchor Standard + K-12 Progression

Inquiry Cycle 15 Standards NOW DIG IN! TAKE 5 MINUTES: What’s new? What’s not?

UNDERLINE THE KNOWS AND DOS IN CIVIC MINDEDNESS KNOWS and DOs NOW: 1.Look at the Progression document. 2.Take a minute to write down the differences in Civic Mindedness Standard 1 for one grade below and one above (grades 4 and 6).

Finally… What implications do these DRAFT Social Studies Standards for the Next Generation have for professional learning needs in your school/district?