Have you looked at the proposed essential standards for social studies? If not, you should. They are posted at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/phase2/. There is a mechanism for commenting about them while on-line. You can also comment in more detail by following these instructions from DPI:
Call for Track Changes Feedback Specific feedback and suggested changes in content, sequencing and wording are very helpful to the writing teams working on these standards particularly in this early draft stage. With that in mind, we have posted 1.0 versions in Word format to encourage the use of track changes and comments to gather feedback. Below is a brief video on using track changes and comments function in Microsoft Word to provide detailed line-by-line feedback within the draft documents. Feedback in this form can be send to feedback@dpi.state.nc.us. [Actually, the video can be found here: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/movies/acre/standards/phase2/standards-feedback.mov]
I know everyone is very busy, but if you can find a few minutes, please make comments. After all, unless you plan to get out of teaching in the next couple of years, some form of these standards will be guiding your classroom work.
I noticed MAJOR changes in World History, US History, and 6-8 social studies. If you teach in, or are certified in, any of these areas, the changes will astound you. You may be delighted, or appalled, but either way you will be informed. Let DPI and the writing teams know what you think.
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