1. History Social science frameworks
Most information cribbed from:
the California history – Social science project

2. (different from the frameworks)
The standards
(different from the frameworks)
California Content Standards,
K-12 Social Science Standards
Next Generation Science Standards for CA
Common Core State Standards for California
English Language Arts Standards with pieces for Social Studies and Science
Mathematics
English Language Development Standards
Adopted 2012 to Augment all other Standards

3. Why Frameworks and not new standards?
Unofficially the answer is: POLITICS Easier to overlay frameworks than open the debate about what history we should and should not teach, as well as deal with the issue of coverage.
Modesto Bee

4. Broken Out By Grade Level
Frameworks –
Broken Out By Grade Level
“It is intended as a guide to support new teachers… It is a reference for more experienced educators who are looking for suggestions to update their teaching... For administrators seeking to support their teachers, it offers an overview of the content and disciplinary knowledge...” Pg. 23

5. Four Pillars of the Frameworks
Content: Yes content, but using discipline specific skills – depth not breadth
Literacy: Common Core and ELD standards need to be integrated into our teaching – literacy is a priority
Inquiry: Use of thematic questions to direct learning – some of us know it as using essential questions
Citizenship: Curricula needs to help students gain career and higher ed skills
UCBerkeley History-Social Science Project

6. Frameworks’ view of teaching
social studies
“Teaching history and the related social sciences demands more than telling students to memorize disconnected content.” Pg. 8
“To effectively shift to more substantive instruction, schools must emphasize disciplinary practices and concepts – investigation, evidence, close reading, and argumentative writing... Given the opportunities for student learning and literacy development presented by history and the related social sciences and the challenges presented by the increased expectations for student learning, every California school should offer a robust and integrated instructional program in social studies for kindergarten through grade twelve with the development of thematic and conceptual understandings throughout the entire sequence.” Pg. 3
“Educators will use this framework as a road map for curriculum and instruction.” Pg. 4

7. So how do we accomplish the goals of the frameworks?
Depth Over Breadth
Yep – seriously! The pendulum has swung and we are moving away breadth.
Most of us have been wanting to dive deeper into topics now we have permission
Framing Questions
So how do we decide what to teach?
Thematic questions to focus our inquiry. With an eye toward teaching literacy, citizenship, as well as content.

8. Creating a thematic course
One Version:
Group standards to find themes
Create thematic questions from there
Another Version:
Write Your End of the Year Exam or Goals for Learning
Create thematic questions from there

9. What are good thematic questions?
Questions should ask students to use big history based skills to answer them – for example:
Cause and Effect
Understanding Bias
Change over Time
Empathy and Compassion
And From the Frameworks:
“All students must be able to deconstruct subject-area texts to make transparent the disciplinary modes of information processing, synthesis, and dissemination.” Pg.16

12. A NOTE ON LITERACY SKILLS
The Frameworks are very interested in increasing student literacy.
VERY INTERESTED.
The take away being, we are just as much English teachers as History teachers.
From the Frameworks:
“The relationship of English language development and history–social science is both reciprocal and inextricable. Cross-curricular collaboration between history–social science and English language arts teachers should come naturally and necessarily to develop in students a well-rounded history-social science understanding.” Pg.15-16

13. TAKE-AWAYS Depth is In – Breadth is Out
Curricula should be tied to literacy as well as content standards
Thematic Units and Courses are highly encouraged
Textbooks coming out in the next year look like they will have this focus – FAIR Act info will be included as well
Resources
History Social – Science Project
CDE History Social Science Frameworks
SFUSD Humanities Department