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History/Government/Social
Studies Update
December 15, 2011
Don Gifford
History/Government/Social Studies
Standards Timeline
Jan thru Mar 2012
Standards writing committee meets, reviews public feedback and continues work
Standards review committee reviews writing committee draft and provides feedback
Summer 2012
Standards writing committee meets, reviews and implements changes/additions and
continues work
Second draft is placed on website for public review
Information is sent to the field regarding the draft
Standards writing committee meets, reviews public feedback and continues work
Standards review committee reviews writing committee draft and provides feedback
Information is placed on KSDE Public Comments website
Kansas State Department of Education
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Standards Timeline
Sept 2012
Third draft is placed on website for public review
Information is sent to the field regarding the draft
Develop board item regarding standards
Oct 2010
Present to State Board draft of standards and request feedback
Writing committee meets to review board feedback makes changes and gets final
document ready for board and field.
Nov 2012
Develop board item for standards adoption/approval
Final standards ready for board adoption and field.
Dec 2012
Board approval/adoption
Standards are posted on website
Kansas State Department of Education
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Draft Mission Statement
The Kansas Standards for History, Government, and Social Studies prepare
students to be thoughtful, informed, engaged citizens, as they enrich their
communities, state, nation, world and themselves.
A thoughtful citizen . . .
An informed citizen . . .
An engaged citizen . . .
applies higher order thinking skills to
make connections between the past,
present, and future in order to
understand, anticipate and solve
problems.
possesses and connects knowledge
of History/Government and Social
Studies disciplines and current life
situations.
shares, collaborates, contributes,
compromises, and participates as an
active member of a community.
Kansas State Department of Education
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Practices
Champion Multiple Perspectives and Disciplines
Units should include multiple perspectives/points of view as well as considering
viewpoints from other academic disciplines.
Champion Multiple Causes and Consequences
Units should ask students to identify and defend a number of possible causes and a
variety of resulting consequences.
Champion Primary Sources
Units should require the analysis and interpretation of primary sources in various
types of communication mediums across all History/Government/Social Studies
disciplines.
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Practices
Champion Authentic Intellectual Work
Units and tasks should have value beyond the classroom not just for a
grade or to meet a requirement.
Champion Higher Order Thinking
Units should require students to apply knowledge to the analysis, evaluation,
production, or creation of something.
Champion Literacy Across the Disciplines
Units should require students to read, comprehend, analyse and interpret difficult
discipline specific texts and media.
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Practices
Champion Multiple Means of Communication
Units should require students to construct communication of substantial
relevant information by speaking, writing, and/or visual media.
Champion Research and Student Construction
of Knowledge
Units should require student to gather and collect information constructing, as they
go, an understanding of the relevant evidence as it applies to a particular topic.
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#1 Choices have consequences
1.1
The student will recognize and evaluate significant choices
made by individuals, communities, states and nations that have
impacted our lives and futures.
1.2
The student will analyze the context under which choices are
made and draw conclusions about the motivations and goals of the
decision makers.
1.3
The student will investigate examples of causes and
consequences of particular choices and connect those choices with
contemporary issues.
1.4
The student will use his/her understanding of choices and
consequences to construct a decision making model.
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#2 Individuals have rights and
responsibilities
2.1
The student will recognize and evaluate the rights and
responsibilities of people living in societies.
2.2
The student will analyze the context under which these rights
and responsibilities are defined and demonstrated, their various
interpretations, and draw conclusions about those interpretations.
2.3
The student will investigate specific rights and responsibilities
of individuals and connect those rights and responsibilities with
contemporary issues.
2.4
The student will use his/her knowledge of rights and
responsibilities to address contemporary human rights issues.
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#3 Societies are shaped by beliefs,
ideas and diversity
3.1
The student will recognize and evaluate significant beliefs and ideas
of the many diverse peoples and groups and their impact on individuals,
communities, states and nations.
3.2
The student will draw conclusions about these beliefs and ideas
analyzing the origins and context under which these competing ideals were
reached and the multiple perspectives from which they come.
3.3
The student will investigate specific beliefs, ideas, and/or diverse
populations and connect those beliefs, ideas and/or diversity to
contemporary issues.
3.4
The student will use his/her understandings of beliefs, ideas and
diversity to justify or redefine personal, community, state, national and
international ideals.
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#4 Societies experience continuity and
change over time
4.1
The student will recognize and evaluate continuity and
change over time and its impact on individuals, institutions,
communities, states and nations.
4.2
The student will analyze the context of continuity and change
and the vehicles of reform drawing conclusions about past change
and potential future change.
4.3
The student will investigate an example of continuity and/or
change and connect that continuity and/or change to a
contemporary issues.
4.4
The student will use his/her knowledge of continuity and
change to construct a model for contemporary reform.
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#5 The relationships among people,
places, and environments are dynamic
5.1 The student will recognize and evaluate the dynamic
relationships that impact lives, in communities, states, and nations.
5.2 The student will analyze the context of these relationships and
draw conclusions about a contemporary world.
5.3 The student will investigate the relationship among people,
places, and/or the environment and connect those relationships to
contemporary issues.
5.4 The student will use his/her knowledge of these dynamic
relationships to create a personal, community, state and/or national
narrative.
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Scope and Sequence
Grade
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
High School
Focus
Self
Families
Then and Now (Past and Present)
Communities (Local History)
Kansas and Regions of the United States
United States History (Beginnings to 1800)
World History (Ancient and Medieval Civilizations)
Semester 1 – World Geography
Semester 2 – Kansas History and Government
United States History (1800 – 1900)
World History (Renaissance to present)
-and United States History with Kansas History integrated into
coursework (1900 to present)
-andCivics-Government
Kansas State Department of Education
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Don Gifford
[email protected]
785 296-3892
Kansas State Department of Education
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