Click Here for Social Studies Resources
Elementary
Social Studies Program
Studies include:
| Grade |
Content |
| Kindergarten |
Basic Social Studies
Concepts |
| Grade 1 |
Home, School, and
Community |
| Grade 2 |
Community, with focus
on state and nation |
| Grade 3 |
Communities past and
present |
| Grade 4 |
Texas in the Western
Hemisphere |
| Grade 5 |
United States Studies |
| Grade 6 |
Contemporary World
Societies |
Professional Development training will
be provided for all AISD fifth and sixth grade Social
Studies teachers presented by Teachers’ Curriculum
Institute, History Alive.
Three premises behind the TCI approach:
Students learn best through multiple intelligences
Cooperative interaction increases learning gains
All students can learn via the spiral curriculum
Developed by teachers, the TCI approach consists of a
series of instructional practices that allow students of
all abilities to experience key social studies concepts.
Professional Development teacher timeline:
Spring 2004 > 5th and 6th
Fall 2004 > 8th, 9th, 10th &11th
Fall 2005 > 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th
There will be two district wide follow up Staff
Development dates after initial training.
Secondary
Social Studies Program
Studies include:
| Grade |
Content |
| Grade 7 |
Texas Studies |
| Grade 8 |
U.S. Studies
(through reconstruction) |
| Grade 9 |
World Geography |
| Grade 10 |
World History Studies |
| Grade 11 |
U.S. History
Studies
(since Reconstruction) |
| Grade 12 |
U.S. Government & Economics |
Professional Development training will
be provided for all AISD grade eight - eleven Social
Studies teachers presented by Teachers’ Curriculum
Institute, History Alive.
Three premises behind the TCI approach:
Students learn best through multiple intelligences
Cooperative interaction increases learning gains
All students can learn via the spiral curriculum
Developed by teachers, the TCI approach consists of a
series of instructional practices that allow students of
all abilities to experience key social studies concepts.
Professional Development teacher timeline:
Spring 2004 > 5th and 6th
Fall 2004 > 8th, 9th, 10th &11th
Fall 2005 > 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th
There will be two district wide follow up Staff
Development dates after initial training.
Web Resources
Teachers
>
Celebration Freedom Week
>
Digital
History
>
Discovery Channel
>
Education & Computer Connection
> Guide to
U.S. Government
> Maps Online
> National Council
For Social Studies
>
National Mock Election
> SAS in
School
> TEKS
(Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills)
> Texas Council
For Social Studies
>
Texas Social Studies Center
>
Today
in History
> Utopia
Parents and Students
>
Citation Machine
>
Discovery Channel
> Geography
Fact Monster
> Guide to
U.S. Government
> History
Channel
>
Hyper History Online
>
National Geographic
> Our
Documents
> States &
Capitals
> Time
For Kids
> Timelines of
History
2004 Presidential Election
>
National Mock Election
>
PBS: By the People: Election 2004
>
Scholastic: Election 2004
>
TIME for Kids Classroom
>
TIME: Election 2004
>
YAHOOLIGANS: Election 2004
>
Kids Voting USA: Students Only
Contact
Barbara Myer
Social Studies Coordinator
612 E. Bethany Drive
Allen, TX 75002
972.727.0482 |
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