ESC Region 17 Social Studies
Volume 6 Issue #1
"Technique and ability alone do no get you to the top; it is the will power that is most important."
New 8th Social Studies and US History EOC Blueprints Have Been Released!
2022 STAAR/EOC Released Tests Published on TEA's Website
Being a Game Changer when the Game Changes-STAAR Redesign
8th Grade U Begins Soon
September 7, 2022 is the Session #1 Focus on Colonization and the American Revolution. Click here to register!!!!
Join us for a meeting of instructional coaches, curriculum specialists, and department heads as we discuss TEA updates, STAAR Redesign, and social studies support for the 2022-2023 school year.
Update on SBOE's TEKS Review and Revision
New Work Group F Drafts for K-8 Social Studies
Educators can send feedback on the K-8 Framework to the SBOE and TEA. Click here to visit the SBOE page on TEA's Website. And, educators can submit feedback on a specific course to teks@tea.texas.gov.
Fall 2022 SBOE Meeting
NEW PFL/Economics Combined Course Approved for 2022-2023!
"As required by SB 1063, beginning this year with the start of the 2022-2023 school year, the new Personal Financial Literacy and Economics course, adopted by the SBOE at its June 2022 meeting, is part of the required curriculum that districts must offer. To satisfy the half-credit economics requirement for high school graduation, students may successfully complete either this new course or Economics with an Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System course.
However, districts with a total high school enrollment of fewer that 500 students can apply to the Commissioner of Education to offer either Economics with an Emphasis on Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits or the new Personal Financial Literacy and Economics course. This new SBOE rule 74.3(b)(2)(D) is only for a district with fewer than 500 high school students, district wide. All other districts must offer both the new Personal Financial Literacy and Economics course and the Economics with an Emphasis on Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits course.
Students may not be awarded credit for both the new Personal Financial Literacy and Economics course and the Personal Financial Literacy high school elective course.
The service code for Personal Financial Literacy and Economics is 03380083 and the course abbreviation is PFLECO. The TEKS for the course have been published: 113.76 Personal Financial Literacy and Economics (One-Half Credit) "
-TEA Social Studies Update, August 23, 2022
Around the State
UPDATE: Free Webinar: Museum Distance Learning Programs
Update: Even though the webinar is over, (click here for the recording) feel free to reach out to the Museum for some great virtual classroom opportunities!!!!
Going the Distance: Delivering Accessible Programming through Distance Learning
Thursday, August 25, 10:00 a.m. CT
Kyna Stys and Bryan Degner, National Museum of the Pacific War
Is your organization contemplating how to build or expand a distance learning program? In this free webinar, educators from the National Museum of the Pacific War will dive into the lesson plans, technology, collaborations, and platforms they have utilized to make their award-winning program a success. They'll share the challenges they faced, how they overcame them, and the benefit this program has on the museum. They'll also provide insights into how incorporating pre-produced videos, green screens, and props have changed the game. Click on the link below to register.
*I know it is during the school day, but by registering, I hope they will send us the recording!!!
TCSS Fall Conference in Denton, Texas
Summer Learning at the ESC!
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Sabrina S. Blankenship
Email: sblankenship@esc17.net
Website: https://www.esc17.net/page/ci.socialstudies
Location: 1111 West Loop 289, Lubbock, TX, USA
Phone: 806-281-5884