Secondary Social Studies

Social Studies Instructional Resources

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Course Companion Resources

Designed to Support Course Implementation

We are committed to providing teachers with additional tools to help implement the Secondary Social Studies courses and make the biggest possible impact on student achievement.

Virtual Library General Social Studies Resources Folder

American Government Resources

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For the American Government courses, both full year and single semester, there are unit test guides and unit summaries for each unit. These resources can support teachers in differentiating the course, lesson introduction page creation, custom assessment creation, and LiveLesson planning.

World History Resources

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For the World History courses, both Beginnings to Present and 1450 to Present, there are unit test guides and unit summaries for each unit. These resources can support teachers in differentiating the course, lesson introduction page creation, custom assessment creation, and LiveLesson planning.

Student Course Resources

These resources will help students with the key words and notetaking strategies to support their work in their Social Studies courses.

What is Acadience?
(LINKS ARE STILL TO GOOGLE DOCS)

By the end of First Grade, students should successfully be reading words with the decoding patterns in the Kindergarten and First Grade decoding scope and sequence.

Screening Tool: Acadiance PSF
May Goal = segment 40 phonemes in 1 min. (PSF)

Screening Tool: Acadience NWF
May Goal = 28 correct letter sounds/min. (NWF)

What if students do not meet the goal?
Diagnostic Tool: Phonological Awareness Assessment

This is for all your screening purposes.
Complete resource
(Acadience is similar to DIBELS, FastBridge, AimsWeb, Renaissance CBM, etc.)