1. High School Social Studies

2. EQ – What do we need to know, understand and be able to do to write good lessons and assessments?
What we teach
How we teach
Assessment
How to write good assessments
How to respond to assessment data

3. Prior knowledge Four core Social Studies classes
Examples of great Social Studies instruction
Comfort with the Social Studies essential standards

4. What we teach NC Essential Standards Compare and contrast Standards
Examples
Compare and contrast
Standard 1 in WH, AM1 & AM2
All standards AM1 & AM2
Civics

5. What we teach Unit Plans Standards Summary Essential Questions
“Potential Factual Content”

6. How we teach Daily essential question Key vocabulary Teacher input
Guided Practice
Independent Practice

7. How we teach Inquiry Based Projects Compelling Question
Supporting Question
Summative Argument
Civic Action

8. Assessment Common Exams Benchmarks Common Assessments
Inquiry Based Projects

9. How is High School Social Studies Doing?

10. How is High School Social Studies Doing?

11. How is High School Social Studies Doing?

12. 2014-2015 WH – +0.9 Civics – +0.9 Am 1 – +1.1 Am 2 – +5.2 ELA 1 - -0.5

13. MA MA
MA 3 – 0
PHYS – +0.1
PSCI

14. How did we do in ?
30 tests administered in various grades / subjects
WSFCS exceeded the state outcomes in 8 of these tests
4 of the 8 were Social Studies
World
Civics
American I
American II

15. NC Final Exam
Conceptual / Factual Questions

16. EQ – What do we need to know, understand and be able to do to write good lessons and assessments?
What we teach
How we teach
Assessment
How to write good assessments
How to respond to assessment data