All Things Social Studies

1. All Things Social Studies Social Studies Standards, Curriculum, and Testing In and Beyond Colorado 2012 Educating for Citizenship Conference December 7, 2012

2. Session Overview • State Social Studies Assessment • Vision for the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3): Framework for Inquiry in Social Studies State Standards • District Sample Curriculum Project • Literacy in History/Social Studies – CCSS Reading & Writing standards for the social studies classroom 2

3. Colorado’s State Social Studies Assessment

4. State Assessment • ETS/Pearson is the contractor for test development • Assessment based on Colorado’s social studies standards • Concept and skill based • All standards/GLE’s (history, geography, economics/PFL, and civics) are eligible to be assessed • Grades to be tested: 4 & 7 (spring), 12 (fall) • Pilot the new assessment in Spring 2013 • Full implementation Spring 2014 For additional information, contact Joyce Zurkowski (zurkowski_j@cde.state.co.us ) or Glen Sirakavit (sirakavit_g@cde.state.co.us ) in the assessment office at CDE 4

5. Vision for the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3): Framework for Inquiry in Social Studies State Standards 5

6. C3 Update "Since this is a geography book, shouldn't it have a table of continents?" • A framework to guide states as they rework their own standards in social studies • The "four dimensions of informed inquiry" • developing questions and planning investigations; • applying disciplinary concepts and tools; • gathering, evaluating, and using evidence; • working collaboratively and communicating conclusions • Release anticipated “sometime next year” 6

7. District Sample Curriculum Project

8. Colorado’s Unique Standards Based Template • Design reflects emphasis on concepts and content in CAS • Centers around ideas • Supports teaching to greater intellectual depth • Emphasizes knowledge TRANSFER and APPLICATION • Addresses the 21st skills (in the CAS) that prepare students for the complexities of an ever-changing world • Design reflects feedback from educators across the state • Customizable and flexible • Technical assistance from Dr. Lynn Erickson • This is Colorado’s Template!

9. Year at a glance

10. Unit Overview

11. Literacy in History/Social StudiesReading & Writing • The Reading and Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies are part of the Common Core State Standards in ELA • They point to specific skills that students should be acquiring as they read and write in a social studies classroom • They provide additional clarity for the CAS that refer to skill acquisition and transfer • The standards were considered based on the context and the concepts and content within the unit • For example: the first unit overview for 6th grade has students “start at the beginning” in the development of reading and writing skills • Appropriate standards selected by unit • Consideration for how the Reading & Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies could be distributed across the year 12

12. Unit Overview pg. 2 13

13. Unit Overview pg. 3 14

14. Phase One: Fall Workshops • Educators attended a single two-day workshop, arranged by grade level and content area, to help create year-at-a-glance and unit overview samples for the CAS. • Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Curriculum Development • October12-13, 2012 • 3rd Grade - 5th Grade Curriculum Development • October 26-27, 2012 • 6th Grade - 8th Grade Curriculum Development • November 2-3, 2012 • 9th Grade - 12th Grade Curriculum Development • November 9-10, 2012

15. Phases Two & Three • Phase 2: Regional Curriculum Development Workshops (1/13-5/13) • Develop curriculum samples - Differentiated by sequence and/or concepts • Phase 3: Regional Instructional Design Workshops (5/13-8/13) • Regional instructional unit build out • http://www.cde.state.co.us/StandardsAndInstruction/SampleCurriculumProject.asp 16

16. All Things Social Studies http://www.cde.state.co.us/CoSocialStudies/index.asp 17

17. Questions?Comments? Please contact: hartman_s@cde.state.co.us 18