PRESENTATION OUTLINE
4 Disciplines of Social studies
History: The study of past events that have shaped and continue to influenced the country or world as a whole.
Civics: The study of how governments function and the influence of laws and statutes on the citizens that live in them. There is also an element of training on how to become good citizens of the country you live in.
Geography: The study of the physical land and features of planet Earth as well as humanity’s impact on it.
Economics: The study of how the world’s economies work on both large and small scales.
What is a grade-level standard? How is it different from an anchor standard? Give an example.
An anchor standard is the overall knowledge that students are supposed to have within a subject. The grade standards are derived from the anchor standard and designed to complete a specific goal that will lead to completing the overall anchor standard.
How are standards different from curriculum?
Standards focus more on what students need to learn by the end of the given school year. Curriculum is the day to day instruction and plan on how to teach the stands and provide a more detailed lesson plan.
Learn about the C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards. To gain a contextual understanding of the SD Social Studies Standards, you will review the work on which the standards were largely based. As you read the links below, think about and write your thoughts in response to these questions:
Who wrote the C3 Framework? Why was it written?
It was written to help support the states’ standards and serve as a tool used to inform what the state standards should be. It was designed to help bring higher quality instruction within the department of social studies and to incorporate other disciplines.
What are the 4 dimensions of the C3 Framework? In your own words, what does each dimension mean?
Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries: Students will naturally question and seek answers to the world around them and how it works. Exposing students to to the world around them will cause them to ask deeper questions and give them a desire to seek more meaning from the world.
Applying Disciplinary Concepts and Tools: Students build the foundation they need to enable their future learning in the fields of Social Studies (civics, economics, geography, and history). There are concepts and tools the students learn that will act as scaffolding to all of their future learning.
Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence: Students learn how to find reliable and reputable sources, fact check the information they collect, and supply evidence to the claims they are making using the information and sources they have found.
Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action: Learners engage in conversations and articulate their thoughts and positions adequately using the sources and evidence they have gathered. Learners will also communicate with others to be able to bolster their claims.
