On the other hand, issues can also be taught in separate discipline-based classes e. These standards are intended to be useful regardless of organizational or instructional approach for example, a problem-solving approach, an approach centered on controversial issues, a discipline-based approach, or some combination of approaches.
Specific decisions about curriculum organization are best made at the local level. To this end, the standards provide a framework for effective social studies within various curricular perspectives. What is the Purpose of the National Curriculum Standards? The NCSS curriculum standards provide a framework for professional deliberation and planning about what should occur in a social studies program in grades pre-K through The framework provides ten themes that represent a way of organizing knowledge about the human experience in the world.
The learning expectations, at early, middle, and high school levels, describe purposes, knowledge, and intellectual processes that students should exhibit in student products both within and beyond classrooms as the result of the social studies curriculum. These curriculum standards represent a holistic lens through which to view disciplinary content standards and state standards, as well as other curriculum planning documents.
They provide the framework needed to educate students for the challenges of citizenship in a democracy. The Ten Themes are organizing strands for social studies programs. The ten themes are:. The themes represent strands that should thread through a social studies program, from grades pre-K through 12, as appropriate at each level.
While at some grades and for some courses, specific themes will be more dominant than others, all the themes are highly interrelated. To understand culture Theme 1 , for example, students also need to understand the theme of time, continuity, and change Theme 2 ; the relationships between people, places, and environments Theme 3 ; and the role of civic ideals and practices Theme To understand power, authority, and governance Theme 6 , students need to understand different cultures Theme 1 ; the relationships between people, places, and environments Theme 3 ; and the interconnections among individuals, groups, and institutions Theme 5.
The thematic strands draw from all the social science disciplines and other related disciplines and fields of study to provide a framework for social studies curriculum design and development. The themes provide a basis from which social studies educators can more fully develop their programs by consulting the details of national content standards developed for history, geography, civics, economics, psychology, and other fields, 2 as well as content standards developed by their states.
Thus, the NCSS social studies curriculum standards serve as the organizing basis for any social studies program in grades pre-K through Content standards for the disciplines, as well as other standards, such as those for instructional technology,3 provide additional detail for curriculum design and development.
Snapshots of Practice provide educators with images of how the standards might look when enacted in classrooms. The result of a three year state-led collaborative effort, the College, Career, and Civic Life C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards was developed to serve two audiences: for states to upgrade their state social studies standards and for practitioners — local school districts, schools, teachers and curriculum writers — to strengthen their social studies programs.
The National Standards for the Preparation of Social Studies Teachers describe and explain the national standards for social studies teacher education created by National Council for the Social Studies. Students running a mile outside on the track were calculating whether they were still on pace to finish in eight minutes. StateImpact seeks to inform and engage local communities with broadcast and online news focused on how state government decisions affect your lives.
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