1. Milan Area Schools Social Studies Curriculum Revision 2002-2004 ● Reactions to Current Curriculum ● Goals ● How do we get there?

2. Reactions to Current Curriculum ● Too narrowly focused ● Clear goals were difficult to interpret ● Resources were lacking at early elementary ● EE, LE, MS, HS goals were not grade specific

3. Goals ● Clearly defined curriculum at each grade level(GLCE) ● Resources to support the curriculum ● Articulated Scope and Sequence K-12 ● Improve state-wide test results ● Improved communication of available resources

4. How Do We Get There? ● Identify areas of weakness ● 3 year MEAP analysis ● Investigate Resources ● Pilot texts—National Geographic, Harcourt Brace, McDougall- Littell

5. Weak Areas ● Civics and Economics across 5, 8, and 11 MEAP ● Four Strands of Social Studies focus: History, Geography, Civics and Economics ● Core Democratic values and five themes of geography embedded within these strands at all levels.

6. Changes ● Introduced economics/civics and core democratic values to all elementary grades ● 2 nd grade cultures expanded to compare with local community ● 3 rd grade focus on comparing local community and other regions of the U.S. ● Study of regions extended to all elementary grades ● 4 th grade focus on Michigan studies ● U.S. History moved from 11 th grade to 10 th grade ● 11 grade Global Issues course to be added (2005) ● 12 AP Government added (2005)

7. Research ● MDE Website ● GLCE (differences in current curriculum) ● ScoPE Website ● Core Democratic Values books/posters ● Local District Comparison ● MEAP Prototypes ● Economics books/posters (Virginia Inc.) ● Newsprint Test Prep ● Karen Todorov-Social Studies Educational Consultant-MDE

8. District Communication ● Beginning of year inservice regarding revised curriculum ● Staff views MDE website, MIEPIC website, and ScoPE website ● Communication regarding civics/econ and CDV focus ● Discuss other available materials ● Hand out purchased resources/posters ● MEAP Prototype awareness and use

9. Did we achieve our goals? ● Clearly defined curriculum—GLCE's are available in draft form—will check in fall for final draft ● Resources to support—Available web resources, Virginia Inc. books—Delayed purchase for texts, existing curriculum ● Articulated Scope and Sequence—yes ● Improve state-wide test results--?????? ● Improved communication--yes

10. Continued Work ● Update the GCLE as they become available ● Provide information on ScoPE units as they become available ● Continue to analyze MEAP results to determine progress

11. On-Line Resources ● http://www.michigan.gov/scope http://www.michigan.gov/scope ● Unit Plans ● http://www.michigan.gov/mde http://www.michigan.gov/mde ● http://www.michcouncilss.org/ http://www.michcouncilss.org/ ● Grade Level Content Expectations Grade Level Content Expectations ● http://www.michiganepic.org/ http://www.michiganepic.org/ ● History Themes

12. Thank You!!! ● Sara Dubey ● Mary Jo Monroe ● Sue Perry ● Chris Price ● Sue Tomford ● Kristen Weatherwax ● Maureen Sullivan ● Carolyn Wetzler ● Dan Makarewich ● Kathy Viets ● Ken Bobicz ● Jaime Schlack ● Tom Gephart Julie Helber Curriculum Director Milan Area Schools