1. Birmingham Public Schools A K-12 Narrative of Social Studies Education in 2015

2. 9 th Grade World History/ Excel 9

3. 9 th Grade World History Meet Lily. Lily is a bright, sweet girl from Mexico. Lily is still working on her English skills, and works with Maria Hutzley for support in World History. She’s diligent, thoughtful, and more than a little shy about speaking in front of her peers. Lily often needs a little extra time to digest what we go over in class, and feels a lot of pressure to “ get it ” right away. Luckily, Lily has two amazingly supportive dads that are very involved. They often go over her work at home, and are happy that she is adjusting well to Groves. Lily, age 15

4. Conditions Lily has an entire first hour class devoted to World History. She likes the content, if not the timing! List of Resources: Schoology, Stanford Education Project, videos, presentations, lectures, guided notes, maps, textbooks... Content has been aligned with MDE standards. Yes. Resources have also, through the Schoology platform, been made availale to students at home/ outside of school hours for greater accessibility of course material.

5. Major Units of Study – World & Excel 9 World: Unit 1A – Rise of Civilizations Unit 1B – Collapse of Civilizations Unit 2A – Trade Systems Unit 2B – Ideas Excel: Unit 1 - What Does It Mean To Be Human: The Rise of Civilization Unit 2 –The Hero’s Journey: Interactions with Systems of Control Unit 3 – \Interconnected Systems: The benefits and pitfalls of expansion Unit 4 - Struggle for Freedom: Roots of the Individual & the Modern World

6. Foundational Skills & Concepts Foundational Vocabulary Mapping/ geography skills Claim – Evidence – Reasoning Document / Primary Source Annotation Group / Conversation Norms

7. Assessment Strategies Strategies: Schoology Quizzes PBL DBQ CER Vocab Mostly teacher created. All World Assessments common. She’s kicking butt and taking names. Connections with... The goals of the Strategic Plan – All of them. BPS Learner Profile – Global Citizen, Creators & Contributors, Connected & Self-Directed, Critical Thinkers, Communicators & Collaborators... All of them. C3 Framework (Inquiry Arc) – Hugely important to Social Studies Social and Emotional Learning Standards – Students are afforded many opportunities to question/ deal with cognative dissonance (shout out to Pete Smith!), self-advocacy skills, personal responsibility. Character Education’s 11 Principles – Motivation, Leadership, Ethical Learning Community, Engaging Material