Social Studies in
Tulsa Public
Schools
New Teacher Induction
July 30-31st, 2013
Why is Social Studies
instruction important?
“The primary purpose of social studies
is to help young people make informed
and reasoned decisions for the public
good as citizens of a culturally diverse,
democratic society in an
interdependent world.”
~National Council of Social Studies
How can the C&I office help you?
• CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
Curriculum Maps, DBQs, Active Classroom, Textbooks, Strategies, Web Resources
• ASSESSMENT
Pre/Post Assessments, Testing Updates, Web Resources
• COMMUNICATION/COLLABORATION
C&I website, District meetings (Department Chair, AP/Pre-AP, Horizontal),
email/phone
C&I Website
http://tulsa.curriculum.schooldesk.net
You will need your 5x2 login and
password to access documents.
Curriculum Maps
• Map
o a visual representation of a whole or a part
• Curriculum Map
o A work in progress, “living and breathing
document”, not a one time initiative
o the basic requirements for learning in a given
course to be utilized for planning what students
will be learning before instruction
o Updated throughout the year based on feedback
from teachers and horizontal team meetings
Our Curriculum Maps …
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Ensure all standards are taught
Provide a pacing guideline
Identify skills that need to be practiced
Suggest resources and sample lesson
ideas
• Offer assessment and performance task
examples
Elementary Textbooks
GRADE AND TITLE
PUBLISHER
K-2nd – Social Studies
3rd – Our State: Oklahoma
History
Studies Weekly
K-2nd
(if your school did not
purchase new texts)
Holt/Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt
4th - My World Social Studies:
Region of Our Country
5th - My World Social Studies:
Building Our Country
Pearson
6th – Western World
Geography
Glencoe -McGraw Hill
All textbooks come with online platforms for
both teachers and students.
Textbook Publisher Trainings
K-2nd – Social Studies
3rd – Oklahoma History
August 1st, 12:30pm -3:30pm
August 2nd, 8:30am-11:30am
August 14th, 12:30pm-3:30pm
4th – Regions of the U.S.
5th – U.S. History 1607-1806
August 1st, 8:30am-11:30am
August 2nd, 12:30pm-3:30pm
August 14th, 8:30am -11:30am
6th Western World Geography
August 2nd, 8:30am -11:30am
August 12th, 8:30am-11:30am
• Choose 1 session
• You will need to register on DK or call Vicki Berry-Cox at
925.1102
Secondary Textbooks
GRADE/SUBJECT
PUBLISHER
6th Western World Geography
7th Eastern World Geography
8th U.S. History 1754-1877
Glencoe - McGraw Hill
Oklahoma History
University of Oklahoma
Press
Government
African American History
Pearson-Magruders
World History, Psychology,
Sociology
Glencoe -McGraw Hill
U.S. History 1878-Present,
Economics, Geography
Holt McDougal – Houghton
Mifflin
All textbooks come with online platforms for
both teachers and students.
Textbook Publisher Trainings
6th Western World Geography
7th Eastern World Geography
8th U.S. History 1754-1877
World History, Psychology,
Sociology
August 2 – 8:30am-11:30am
August 12 –8:30am-11:30am
Oklahoma History
n/a
Government & African
American History
August 12- 12:30pm-3:30pm
U.S. History 1878-Present,
Economics, Geography
August 12- 8:30am-11:30am
• Choose 1 session
• You will need to register on .DK or call Vicki Berry-Cox at
925.1102
U.S. History Resources
for grades 5,8,11
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The DBQ Project Binders
Active Classroom
TAH grant resources
iCivics
Why America is Free Curriculum
• Created for 5th grade students
• Integrated study in every subject on the
topics of heroes, issues and events of the
American Revolution
• Allows students to apply the Founders’
problem solving techniques and principles
to issues of today
Currently only available the following schools: Lee, Field,
Twain, Whitman, Henry, Salk, Grissom, Eliot
Active Classroom
“A web based classroom that helps leave the
chalkboard behind and harness the power of the
internet” by including:
• Web based resources and lessons,
• A plethora of primary and secondary sources,
• The ability to create, administer and grade webbased quizzes, and
• Allows for web based threaded discussion forums.
*For 5th, 8th and 11th grade teachers/students only.
Contact Mary Jane Snedeker for login information.
iCivics
• Web based project that prepares students
to become knowledgeable, engaged 21st
Century citizens
• Founded by Justice Sandra Day O’Conner
• Standards aligned, free curriculum
• Simulations, Games, Units, Web Quests
and Individual lessons
• Vary from 45 minutes to 5 days
Visit iCivics.org to register for an account
DBQs: Document Based Questions
• Connects social studies and writing using
document based questions and activities
• Integrates skills with historical content
• Helps students read with understanding,
think critically and write clearly about
history
Check with your team/department to see if you have the
The DBQ Project Binders on your campus and/or plan to attend the
Oct 17th professional development to get your own copy!
DBQs: Document Based Questions,
continued
• District goal
– Train all 5th, 8th, 11th social studies teachers
by the fall of 2013 and all other social studies
teachers by the end of spring 2015. Training=
free binder for your team/school.
• Schools can purchase binders now with
their own funds (dbqproject.com)
Social Studies Teaching and Learning
Are Powerful When They Are…
• Meaningful - 21st century; deep; connected
to technology
• Integrative – ESPN; past, present, future;
all disciplines
• Value Based – multiple perspectives;
decision making
• Challenging – analysis; investigation;
inquiry
• Active – hands-on; minds-on; process and
think
Position Statement of the National Council for the Social Studies
Communication/Collaboration
• Check the C&I Social Studies webpage
frequently (http://tulsa.curriculum.schooldesk.net/)
• Attend district horizontal meetings and
professional development workshops
• Email or call Mary Jane Snedeker at
918.925.1132 or
snedema@tulsaschools.org