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T.E.A.’s TAKS Resource Links:
Social Studies Info Booklets
Blueprints
Released Tests and Results
Review Activities
World Geography / World History Correlations
TAKS Resources:
• 8th Grade
•10th Grade
•11th Grade
Glencoe
TAKS REVIEW GAMES
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The Texas General Land Office
and
Texas Capitol Visitors Center
present:
“Stories on the Land:
Exploring the Texas General Land Office
Archives
June 8, 2009 – June 10, 2009 (9:00 AM – 4:00 PM)
Click for more info. / registration
New on the SOCIAL STUDIES WEBSITE
PBS Teachers Activity Packs
provided by www.pbs.org/teachers
The following categories are posted on these High School webpages:
• World History topic : “Genocide”
• U.S. History topic : “Patriotism”
• Government topic : “Constitutional Controversies”
New on the SOCIAL STUDIES WEBSITE
PBS Teachers Activity Packs
provided by www.pbs.org/teachers
The following categories are posted on these High School webpages:
• World History topic : “Genocide”
• U.S. History topic : “Patriotism”
• Government topic : “Constitutional Controversies”
… and for Economics
BrainPOP wants to help students build financial literacy skills
and come to a better understanding of what they're hearing
about in the news with their Spotlight: Financial Literacy -it's free throughout April, which is Financial Literacy Month.
“The Spotlight includes new movies on banking, mortgages, and more. You'll
also find content covering everything from the stock market and taxes to
comparing prices and credit cards. The featured quiz ("Mortgages") and all
related Activity Pages are free as well.
The goal of our Spotlight: Financial Literacy is
to help get parents, teachers, and students
alike talking about
healthy financial habits. To
that end, we invite you to share
the Spotlight's
movies on your curriculum website. You can do
that by adding our Financial Literacy Movie
Player. Once embedded, the player will
automatically rotate one of BrainPOP’s Spotlight
movies each day in April. Starting in May, it will
take viewers to BrainPOP’s permanent Financial
Literacy unit.
Be aware of RTI…
Response to Intervention (RTI) is a new and highly-effective approach to help identify students at
risk for learning disabilities and work with all students to ensure their educational success.
Response to intervention integrates assessment and intervention within a multi-level prevention
system to maximize student achievement and to reduce behavior problems.
With RTI, schools identify students at risk for poor learning outcomes, monitor student progress,
provide evidence-based interventions and adjust the intensity and nature of those interventions
depending on a student’s responsiveness, and identify students with learning disabilities.
Keep handy :
~ National Center on Response to Intervention
http://www.rti4success.org
• CD Resource, “idea Partnership’s Together…on RtI”
A collection of free resources selected by national organizations
for their members. (Provided in your folder)
Bookmark and review
• National Center for Learning Disabilities’ RTI Action Network
http://www.rtinetwork.org
• T.E.A. website information on RTI at
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/rti/
• More RTI activities can be accessed through the
T.E.A.’s Division of Curriculum.
The Social Studies Website’s
End-of-Year Department Recognition
• 2007 ~ International High School Social Studies Department
• 2008 ~ Johnston High School Social Studies Department
2009 ~ Anderson High School Social Studies Department
Presenting our…
2009 Summer Read
for next year’s
Fall Book Study & Social
Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America
author Evan Carton is founder and director of the
University of Texas Humanities Institute, which fosters
collaborations between university faculty and local
communities via public programs such as the Mayor's
Book Club, Writing Austin's Lives, Living Newspapers,
Free Minds Project and Community Sabbatical program
for non-profit professionals.
For more information, visit the Humanities Institute.
Your gift from the Social Studies Curriculum Department