What's New in Social Studies?

• News from Caleb Perkins
  Visit the Washington State Council for Social Studies website to view current News from Caleb Perkins, Social Studies/International Education Program Supervisor at OSPI.

Standards

• Social Studies EALRs
  Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements for Social Studies, Curriculum Frameworks, and Classroom-Based Assessments (CBAs)

Presentations

• Finding the "World" in the Washington State Social Studies Standards (EALRs), Frameworks, and Assessments
  (PPT 614K)
  presented by Caleb Perkins at 2003 Summit
   
• Social Studies Classroom-Based Assessments
  (PDF large file 2400 K)
  presented by Caleb Perkins at 2003 Summit

Curriculum

• Learning Across Borders/Curriculum Connections
  A program of World Studies classes for K-12 students, open to public, private, and home-schooled students. Classes focus on world issues enabling students to learn history and geography while understanding current day complexities. Middle and high school students are also prepared for participation in the Washington State Model United Nations Conference. For more information contact Michele Mohamed at mlmohamed@hotmail.com or phone (425) 742-2150
   
• National Geographic Lesson Plans
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/lesson_plans/index_archive.html
  Lesson Plans for all types of Geography topics from grades K-12.
   
• Trade Is
  http://www.wcit.org/tradeis/index_archive.htm
  A multiple media teaching tool from the International Trade Education Foundation designed to help students understand international trade. This new tool contains videos, lesson plans, a CD-ROM and this web site, all designed to make trade issues engaging, accessible and real for teachers and students.
   
• World Wise Schools
  http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/index_archive.html
  Curriculum materials available from the Peace Corps

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