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=CCTS Social Studies Curriculum Writing: 2011=


 * The new curriculum will focus on students learning social studies skills. Historical content, studied thematically, will be embedded in primary source documents. Throughout the courses of study, there will be an emphasis on documents based questions (DBQs). Both the 2009 NJCCCS for Social Studies and the 2010 National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies will be incorporated into the curriculum. **

1. Historical content will be studied thematically. 2. Primary sources and documents based questions will be emphasized. 3. Language Arts Literacy (as required by the NJCCCS) will be appropriately incorporated, and will include reading and writing skills. 4. Mathematics skills (as required by the NJCCCS) will be appropriately incorporated. 5. Department-wide standardized test will be established to measure student progress and achievement of curriculum standards. (See Assessment Chart)

1. //Understanding by Design: 2nd Edition //, Wiggins & McTigh 2. //Understanding by Design: Professional Development Workshook.// 3. //National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies //
 * Our organizing materials will include:**


 * Important Links:**
 * NJCCCS (2009) for Social Studies: []
 * NJ Common Core/LAL (Grades 9 - 10): []
 * NJ Common Core/LAL (Grades 11 - 12): []

Holocaust Curriculum Guide: //The Holocaust and Genocide: The Betrayal of Humanity, Vol. I// and Vol. II (A Curriculum Guide for Grades 9 -- 12 from the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education -- We have hard copies of both volumes in my office.)
 * Curriculum Guides:**
 * 1) Volume I @ []
 * 2) Volume II @ []


 * Additional Links:** Please add links that will be helpful in our work. (These can include links to already existing online curriculum.)


 * Article: Interpreting and Implementing the NJ Amistad Legislation ( //Moving Beyond Black History Month: How Three Teachers Interpreted and Implemented the New Jersey Amistad Legislation//) - a PDF file: []
 * This is from Edutopia about Project Based Learning. The links in the document are great (and there are tons!). []
 * New Jersey Digital Highway: History units expressly aligned to the 2009 NJCCCS: []