--- ## title: Social Studies Curriculum Review --- ## Curriculum Materials ## Review ## Social Studies 2025-2027 ## Curriculum Shifts Continued focus on: ●History ●Geography ●Economics ●Citizenship/Government ●Addition of Ethnic Studies with particular focus on Indigenous studies Stronger emphasis on: ●Inquiry-based learning ●Applying concepts and tools/using primary and secondary sources ●Civic engagement ●Multiple perspectives ●Skills over memorization ## Current Curriculum K-4 - Junior Achievement/Selected Texts from current books Grade 5 - Classroom set/teacher developed materials/Newsela access Grade 6 - Northern Lights (Minnesota specific curriculum) Grade 7 - Classroom set/teacher developed materials/Newsela access Grade 8 - TCI/Newsela access ## Grade 9 - Contemporary Human Geography (Rubenstein) Grade 10 - World History (Savvas)/teacher developed materials Grade 11 - US History (McGraw Hill)/teacher developed materials ## Grade 12 - US Government and Economics ## Curricular Material Review Overview Provide an overview of how your team reviewed curriculum. ●What was reviewed? ○Current curriculum and alignment to new standards and 3Cs ●Who reviewed it? ## ○Administrative leads: Annette Engeldinger & Jana Sykora ○K-4 grade level reps ○MS social studies department ○HS social studies department ●What rubric was used to make decisions? ○K-4 selection tool ○5-12 selection tool ## Curricular Material Recommendation ●Based on your review, what is recommended for purchase? ○K-5, 7, and 8 teachers need a curriculum that is aligned to standards and 3Cs ○6th grade updated Northern Lights curriculum ## ○9-12 - Updated World Geography and World History ●What does it include (online, workbooks, PD, etc.)? ○TCI includes teacher online access only or workbooks/consumables/journals (5 year access) ○TCI 7th grade includes classroom set of texts ○Grade 7 includes 5 year online subscription and classroom set ○9-12 includes Human Geography text and World History online subscription (6 year access) ●How much does it cost? ○2-5, 7, and 8 ■$74,770.25 (primarily digital access model for teachers) ■$79,352.35 (print and student digital bundles) ○Grade 6 ■$2,000 (updated classroom set (currently in year __ of an online subscription) ○Grade 9 ■$13,958.35 (6 year online subscription and texts) ○Grade 10 ■$11,150 (6 year online subscription)