1. Customized Learning in the Social Sciences Katie Cook

2. Customized Learning in the Social Sciences Year 3 of Customized Learning at HHS Our Process: Create a framework for Social Science Create Measurement Topics and Learning Targets Create curriculum

3. Curriculum Format

4. Conversations with Dr. Lein Other schools that customize Varied exposure to all the social sciences each year Can certainly have students move through one course (World History, Geography, etc.) at at a time.

5. Course Set Up Each year contains Measurement Topics & Learning Targets from each of the 6 social sciences. Each MT is similar to a unit. Each LT is similar to a chapter LTs have 3 steps each Step 1: Foundational Step 2: Skill Development Step 3: Final Affirmation Each Final Affirmation is directly aligned with a social science standard.

6. Steps Step 1: students should be building a foundation (terms, key people, ideas etc.) with which to complete the LT Step 2: Students should continue building their foundation of knowledge and begin applying it Step 3: Students should demonstrate that they can apply their knowledge within a paper, project etc.

7. Step 1: Foundations

8. Step 2: Skill Develoment

9. Step 3: Final Affirmation

10. Resources Online textbooks Teacher approved/teacher provided links Student research Set expectations early Give guidelines & stick to them

11. Final Affirmation Rubric

12. Grading Scale

13. Level 4 Projects Research projects that go above & beyond expectations for learning and understanding Incorporate several LTs and may be cross-curricular Student-led projects Students that do exceptionally well on Level 4s get GPA bump

14. What’s Next For me? Changes to the Social Science curriculum AP US History AP World History