CCSS and Social Studies

1. CCSS and Social Studies Curricular Implications for Social Studies Based on the New York State Common Core K-8 Social Studies Framework Matthew Schultz Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Greece Central School District

2. What We Know • NYS Published a K-8 Common Core Social Studies Draft Curriculum • The draft curriculum integrates common core principles with social studies standards, themes and practices. • We can predict 9-12 curricular changes based on this document.

3. What We Know • Key Components to the K-8 Curriculum: • NYS Learning Standards for Social Studies • K-12 Unifying Themes • K-12 Common Core Literacy Skills • K-12 Social Studies Practices • Grade level Key Ideas • Grade level Conceptual Understandings

4. What We Know – Social Studies • In social studies, there are standards, themes and practices provided by NYS that guide instruction. • Five NYS Social Studies Standards: 1) History of the United States and New York 2) World History 3) Geography 4) Economics 5) Civics, Citizenship and Government

5. What We Know – Social Studies • Ten Social Studies Themes: • Individual Development and Cultural Identity • Development, Movement, and Interaction of Cultures • Time, Continuity, and Change • Geography, Humans, and the Environment • Development and Transformation of Social Structures • Power, Authority, and Governance • Civic Ideals and Practices • Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems • Science, Technology, and Innovation • Global Connections and Exchange

6. What We Know – Social Studies • The New York State Common Core K-8 Social Studies Framework identifies five social studies practices: • Chronological Reasoning and Causation • Comparison and Contextualization • Geographic Reasoning (people, places, regions, interactions) • Gathering, Using, and Interpreting Evidence • The Role of the Individual in Social and Political Participation

7. What We Know – Common Core • Common Core uses anchor standards to guide literacy practices in reading and writing. • Four Reading Anchor Standards: • Key Ideas and Details • Craft and Structure • Integration of Knowledge and Ideas • Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

8. What We Know – Common Core • Common Core uses anchor standards to guide literacy practices in reading and writing. • Four Writing Anchor Standards: • Text Types and Purposes • Production and Distribution of Writing • Research to Build and Present Knowledge • Range of Writing

9. What We Know – K-8 CCSS Social Studies Draft Curriculum • The social studies framework is broken into three major segments: • Vertical Articulation and Progressions of Literacy Skills and Practices, Grades 5-12 in CCSS Reading and Writing Anchor Standards. • Vertical Articulation and Progression of Social Studies Practices, Grades 5-12. • Key Ideas and Conceptual Understandings, Grades K-8

10. Vertical Articulation and Progressions of Literacy Skills and Practices, Grades 5-12 in CCSS Reading and Writing Anchor Standards. • Example in CCSSReading:

11. Vertical Articulation and Progressions of Literacy Skills and Practices, Grades 5-12 in CCSS Reading and Writing Anchor Standards. • Example in CCSSWriting:

12. Vertical Articulation and Progression of Social Studies Practices, Grades 5-12. • Example in SS Practices:

13. Vertical Articulation and Progression of Social Studies Practices, Grades 5-12. • Second example in SS Practices:

14. Key Ideas and Conceptual Understandings, Grades K-8 • Example, Grade 4

15. Key Ideas and Conceptual Understandings, Grades K-8 • Example, Grade 8

16. What to Anticipate in Grades 9-12 • Patterns of Common Core State Standards in the NYS K-8 Social Studies Draft Curriculum: • Combine NYS Standards with Common Core Skills and Social Studies Practices • Increases in non-fiction reading • Use of argument, rather than persuasion, citing evidence from multiple texts and use of logic. • Integration of the four CCSS Anchor Standards (Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening) rather than viewing them as isolated. • Compare, debate, argue and converse over texts. • Increase and differentiate the level of text complexity.

17. Shifts in Teaching • The K-8 NYS Draft Curriculum encourages risk-taking in the classroom – by teachers. Here are some examples:

18. Works Cited/Resources • Engageny.org • Video on Common Core Implications in the Classroom by 2010 Teacher of the Year, Sarah Brown Wessling • New York State Common Core K-8 Social Studies Framework • http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ss-framework-k-8.pdf