Educator currents, 10/15/2012

              SDE: Newsletter for Oklahoma Educators
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SDE: Newsletter for Oklahoma Educators
OK State Dept of Ed sent this bulletin at 10/15/2012 11:46 AM CDT
Social Studied Implementation Guide
Posted
The new Implementation Guide for the Oklahoma C3 Standards for
the Social Studies has been posted on the Oklahoma State
Department of Education’s Website on the Social Studies page.
The Implementation Guide can be accessed directly here.
The Implementation Guide provides information on the following
topics.
The role of the Social Studies in developing citizen ready
graduates.
An overview of the four core areas of social studies education.
An explanation of the design principle and philosophy for the
standards, the Coherency Storyline.
The use of the Common Core State Standards Literacy for
History/Social Studies as the new social studies process
skills.
A summary of the significant differences between the new
social studies standards and the old social studies Priority
Academic Student Skills.
A summary of the impact of the new standards on the four
state-mandated social studies assessments.
The use of Basic Academic Vocabulary in social studies
instruction including new word lists for all grades and courses.
A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section that covers the
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