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=Welcome to K-8 Social Studies Support!=

Purpose
With great intention this site is to respond to the needs of K-8 teachers in Guilford County who teach social studies. On this site, you will be able to access information regarding best of teaching and learning. This site will be the base camp to networking by sharing in the successes, challenges and celebrations of teaching social studies. Information regarding updates regarding teaching social studies and policies that impact this content area from local, state and other national sources will be linked here. Teaching & Learning session pre and post information are also found on this site as well. Cultural Infusion, part of the strategic plan, is also located on this website. If there is a need, and you believe this site can meet that need, please email the K-8 Social Studies Specialist as she is pleased to be here to support you!

Where is the K-8 social studies specialist today? For the end of August, the social studies specialist will be in the office and in schools. Click here for a description of how the K-8 SS specialist can support teachers.

Find resources and links here in preparing for...
9/11/2011: Tenth Anniversary & Remembrance Constitution Day on September 16, 2011

6-8 Grade Resources
This is an offshoot of this wiki where FREE, online resources are collected for you and your students to use in the classroom. If you become a member of the site, you will be able to contribute to the resource list and edit too. Please join as we all know--- the more brains, the better!

Preparing for the Essential Standards and Enriching Content Knowledge & Practice
Western Region, 8th grade || Enrich Classroom content knowledge and collect more resources ||  || (Teaching & Learning) || Basics of Conceptual Design & Geography Standard ||  ||
 * **Date** || **Topic** || **Purpose** ||  ||
 * Sept. 7 || Cultural Infusion -
 * Sept. 8 || Essential Standards

Supporting Resources Behind the Work:
Please note, people are not expected to purchase the books but the information is listed in case a person would like to know or obtain a copy for personal knowledge or bibliography.
 * Sample Information and Units for
 * 6th Grade
 * 7th Grade
 * 8th Grade
 * //Concept Based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom// can be found (mostly) here in Google Books. If you wish to purchase it, find it here at Amazon.com or choose your favorite book supplier. This book will be the basis for the year's work.
 * //Rigorous Curriculum Design// This is the best, all-encompassing book for powering, unwrapping, unit pacing and design along with thought put into assessment.

Key Documents:
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT). This revamp of Bloom's Taxonomy impacts the meaning and performance that should be driven out of the Essential Standards. The Essential Standards for Social Studies can be found on the DPI website and there are PDFs for download. The 2010 K-12 Social Studies Essential Standards are organized around five strands:
 * history
 * geography and environmental literacy
 * civics and government
 * economics and financial literacy
 * culture