Social Studies

• Pearson: My World (K-5)- CA approved History Social Studies Curriculum K-5th grades.

• TCI: History Alive! (6-8)- CA approved History Social Studies Curriculum 6-8th grades.

K-8

• The History Social Studies textbook and resources can be accessed through the Google dashboard

  • Students must be logged into their school Google account.

  • Go to https://gsuite.google.com/dashboard

  • Scroll down to the bottom

    • Pearson Realize (K-5) 

      • Once on Pearson, click on realize on the right hand side to get to the textbook and resources.

    • TCI (6-8)

2-8

 

Using their district account and the class code provided by the teacher (one time), students can access assignments and ask questions to the teacher.

Framework by grade level:

Kindergarten	1st Grade	2nd Grade
3rd Grade	4th Grade	5th Grade
6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade

Complete History-Social Studies Framework

Brochures for Parents/Guardians 
These brochures on the history–social science framework provide parents/guardians insights into what their children are learning as they progress through the grade levels. The brochures also provide a brief summary of the instructional shifts in the framework.
 

The Elementary Grades, History–Social Science(PDF)
The Middle Grades, History–Social Science(PDF)

 

• iCivics* -“iCivics gives students the necessary tools to learn about and participate in civic life..”

• Library of Congress - “News, events, new content & more from the National Library of Congress & specific subject areas — from legislature to poetry, from music to science, from cataloging to copyright.”

• National Archives - “Teach with documents using our online tool. Locate teachable primary sources.”

• Historical Thinking Matters - “focused on key topics in U.S. history, that is designed to teach students how to critically read primary sources and how to critique and construct historical narratives in a webquest format.”

• California History-Social Science Project - Find out about the CA History Social Studies Framework and Standards.

• Smithsonian Education “The Smithsonian Learning Lab is a free, interactive platform that gives you and your children access to millions of Smithsonian digital resources and provides easy-to-use tools to create school projects. Easily find something of interest to your child or set them loose to discover on their own..”

• National Constitution Center “The first and only institution in America established by Congress to “disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a non-partisan basis in order to increase the awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.”

• Hippocampus* - “Free, core academic web site that delivers rich multimedia content–videos, animations, and simulations–on general education subjects to middle-school students, free of charge.”

• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - “A nonprofit organization devoted to the improvement of history education. The Institute has developed an array of programs for schools, teachers, and students that now operate in all fifty states, including a website that features more than 60,000 unique historical documents.”

• Digital History - “Enhances history teaching and research through primary sources, an online textbook, extensive reference resources, and interactive materials.”

*This site and tool has not been approved for our district per the Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA).