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Volume 2 Issue 4
Welcome!
Curriculum Updates
TEA Update on STAAR Social Studies
- Optional online interim assessments will be available for Grade 8 social studies and U.S. History during the 2019-2020 school year.
- Summative social studies assessments during the 2019-2020 school year and thereafter will be aligned to the streamlined 2018 social studies TEKS.
- Questions from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) civics test will be field-tested on the spring 2020 U.S. History STAAR test.
- The USCIS civics questions on the 2020 test will not be counted in the calculation of student scores and campus and district accountability ratings. They will be used for field-testing purposes only.
Holiday Insights & Celebrations
National Native American Heritage Month
Today: Veterans' Day (November 11)
- International Day for Tolerance (November 16)
- Thanksgiving (November 28)
Coming up in December: National Pearl Harbor Day of Remembrance
Let's Talk Pacing
By the end of the fall semester:
5th grade - Westward Migration
6th grade - Europe
7th grade - Republic of Texas
8th grade - Early Republic/Age of Jackson
World Geo - Europe
US History - The Great Depression
Instructional Innovation
Vocabulary Tip
The Power of Social Studies
Digital Resources
History Dilemmas
A collection of historical dilemmas that ask students to make tough decisions.
PearDeck
Have you tried the new PearDeck templates specific to social studies and world languages? Check them out here!
Snagit Screen Capture
Literacy Connections
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer
The People Shall Continue
Student Opportunities
Professional Learning Opportunities
Remember...
THREE PREMIER SOCIAL STUDIES CONFERENCES UNDER ONE ROOF!
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), Texas Council for the Social Studies (TCSS), and National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) invite you to attend the largest annual gathering of K-12 social studies classroom teachers, college and university faculty members, curriculum designers and specialists, district and state social studies supervisors, international educators, and social studies discipline leaders.
- Attend over 600 sessions designed to increase your professional learning
- Get the latest in social studies and geography education
- Network with 3,500 colleagues
- Gain valuable CEUs and college credit
- Learn about the revised social studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
P.S. I'll be presenting! Helping Children “Read” the World - Global Education Through Literature and Making History Relevant for the Social Media Generation!
Jessica Torres
Ed Specialist - Digital Innovation/Gifted Education & Social Studies
ESC Region 12
o: 254-297-1118
Email: jtorres@esc12.net
Website: https://www.esc12.net/page/ge_socialstudies
Location: ESC Region 12, West Loop 340, Waco, TX, USA
Phone: 254-366-3856
Twitter: @owl_b_torresedu