Navigating the Common Core State Standards through History-Social Science

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What do you know about CCSS & Social Studies?

Session Goals

Participants will…• determine where their departments are

on a continuum of understanding and implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

• be exposed to models of how they can direct the work of implementing the CCSS.

• develop an awareness of how the objectives of the CCSS can be supported in Social Studies

Rationale

… if students are to be truly prepared for college, work, and citizenship, they cannot settle for a modest level of proficiency in reading and writing. Rather, they will need to develop the advanced literacy skills that are required in order to master the academic content areas- particularly the areas of math, science, English, and history.

Rafael Heller and Cynthia Greenleaf

College-Eligible vs. College Ready

College-Eligible:

Students take (and pass) appropriatecourse work, ex. “a-g” courses, and the appropriate exams

College Ready

Students have the knowledge and skills to meet the expectations they encounter at the university level

David T. Conley, College Knowledge

The Common Core State Standards:

• Requires a shift from high school completion to college and career readiness for all students

• Will radically change curricula, state assessments, school culture, and professional development

• Is dependent on principals & school leaders playing a key role for effective implementation

The College Board, CCSS: the Role of the School Leader

San Diego’s Model to Implementing CCSS :

Rigorous Curriculum Design- Larry Ainsworth, Leadership and Learning

A rigorous curriculum serves as both the detailed road map and the high-quality delivery system for ensuring that all students achieve the desired end: the attainment of their designated grade or course-specific standards within a particular content area.

Larry Ainsworth, 2010

RCD- A process not an event!

• Priority standards and supporting standards

• Unwrapping the standards, big ideas, and essential questions

• Common formative assessments (pre and post)

• Frequent progress monitoring checks

• Authentic performance tasks and scoring guides

• High impact instructional strategies

• The data teams process

RCD Implementation in SDUSD

English/Language Ares

• 3 Cohorts of Elementary Teachers• 3 Cohorts of Secondary Teachers• Unit Development and Piloting• Intensive PD

Mathematics

• 3 Cohorts of Elementary Teachers• 3 Cohorts of Secondary Teachers• Unit Development and Piloting• Intensive PD

Science and History-Social Science

• 1 Cohort of Secondary Teachers (in each subject area)

• Unit Development and Piloting• Intensive PD

Cohorts led by Larry Ainsworth

Cohorts led by Larry Ainsworth

History-Social Science in the CCSS:

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History-Social Science

History-Social Science in the CCSS:

The biggest change coming from the Common Core standards is not in the content itself, it’s the notion of a learning target, or level of cognitive demand and critical thinking, attached to a content standard.

Kevin Baird

History-Social Science in the CCSS:

The Role of Informational Text

History-Social Science in the CCSS:

A major goal of content level education must be to:

…introduce students to the ways in which experts in the core academic disciplines look at the world, investigate it, and communicate to one another about what they see and learn.

Rafael Heller and Cynthia Greenleaf

History-Social Science in the CCSS:

Through the writings of our students we are reminded of their individuality. We are reminded, whatever subject we are charged with teaching, that our ultimate charge is to produce broadly educated men and women with a sense of stewardship for the world they live in.

William Zinsser, Writing to Learn

History-Social Science in the CCSS:

Support for History-Social Science in the Common Core

1. History (and Science) have been part of the planning for transition to the CCSS

2. “Overview” training for district principals, vice principals, teacher, and counselors

3. Site visits to discuss impacts of the CCSS4. Curriculum design teams

History-Social Science in the CCSS:

Instructional Shifts (achievethecore.org)

1. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational texts.

2.Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text.

3.Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabulary

History-Social Science in the CCSS:

Historical Thinking

• establish historical significance• use primary source evidence • identify continuity and change • analyze cause and consequence • take historical perspectives • understand the moral dimension of

historical interpretations

Peter Seixas

CCSS Roadmap:

• Read the article “Common Core Standards: Where Do We Begin?”

• Develop a plan for your department on integrating CCSS into your existing curriculum.(Template provided)

Going deeper into CCSS:

Look through the CCSS standards for your grade level including:

• Speaking & Listening• Reading• Writing• Math Practices

• Review your current units of study and explore places where you can explicitly support CCSS standards.