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VCSSSCE Meeting October 15 , 2015
Virginia Department of Education
History and Social Science Standards of Learning
UPDATE
Goal of the History and Social Science
Standards of Learning
The study of history and social science is vital in promoting a civic-minded, democratic society.
All students need to know and understand our national heritage in order to become informed
participants in shaping our nation’s future.
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Discussion Standards of Learning Review Process Overview of the Revisions Local Alternative Assessments TEIs and the History and Social Science SOL
Assessments Resources and Training Communications
History and Social Science Standards of LearningReview
Code of Virginia§ 22.1-253.13:1. Standard 1. Instructional programs supporting the Standards of Learning and other educational objectives.
The Board of Education shall establish educational objectives known as the Standards of Learning, which shall form the core of Virginia's educational program, and other educational objectives, which together are designed to ensure the development of the skills that are necessary for success in school and for preparation for life in the years beyond.
Code of Virginia § 22.1-253.13:1-2. The Board of Education shall establish a regular schedule, in a manner
it deems appropriate, for the review, and revision as may be necessary, of the Standards of Learning in all subject areas. Such review of each subject area shall occur at least once every seven years. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the board from conducting such review and revision on a more frequent basis.
Timeline for the Review of the Standards of Learning
The History and Social Science Standards of Learning were reviewed and revised as necessary in 2014 and
adopted by the Virginia Board of Education on March 26, 2015.
History and Social Science Standards of Learning Review
History and Social Science Review ProcessJanuary 2014 – March 2015
Revised the 2008 History and Social Science Standards of Learning
March 2015: Virginia Board of Education approved 2015 History and Social
Science Standards of Learning
Fall 2015: The proposed History and Social Science Standards of Learning
Curriculum Framework goes to the Virginia Board of Education for first review. Public comment period follows.
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Overview of the Revisions
2015 History and Social Science Standards of Learning
by Grade Level/Course
RevisionsSocial science skills were added to
strengthen career and college performance expectations.
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RevisionsRestructuring of K-3 content
–Kindergarten: Community–Grade One: Virginia–Grade Two: United States–Grade Three: Ancient cultures in
World History
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Revisions• Virginia Studies and United States
History courses–clarity, specificity, rigor, and alignment
of skills and content to reflect current academic research and practice
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Revisions• World Geography, World History and
Geography to 1500 A.D. (C.E) and World History and Geography: 1500 A.D. (C.E.) to Present–Restructured the course content to
expand the global focus
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Revisions• Virginia and United States
Government–Removed redundancy of content
presented in the mandatory Economics and Personal Finance course.
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History and Social Science Standards of Learning
andLocal Alternative
Assessments
Legislative Mandate: House Bill 930 and Senate Bill 306
Legislation in the 2014 General Assembly amended § 22.1-253.13:3.C of the Code of Virginia to eliminate several Standards of Learning (SOL) tests:
– Grade 3 History, – Grade 3 Science, – Grade 5 Writing, – United States History to 1865, and – United States History: 1865 to the Present.
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Guidelines for Local Alternative Assessments for 2014-2015
Developed in Response to 2014 Acts of Assembly
Approved by the Virginia Board of Education on September 18, 2014
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Guidelines for Local Alternative Assessments for 2014-2015
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Use of Authentic Performance Assessments
Performance assessments generally require students to perform a task or create a product that is typically scored using a rubric.
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Use of Authentic Performance Assessments
Authentic performance assessments often include tasks that mirror those that might occur in a “real-life” situation.
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“…this [test replacement] should be viewed as an opportunity to engage in innovation that will provide new
opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge of the
curriculum.”
Guidelines for Local Alternative Assessments for 2014-2015 Developed in Response to 2014 Acts of Assembly
Approved by the Virginia Board of Education on September 18, 2014
How do the changes in the 2015 History and Social Science Standards of Learning support Local Alternative Assessments?
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The addition of social science skills at every course were strengthened to prepare students for career and college readiness
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Social Science Skills• A: Using Information sources• B: Applying geographic skills• C: Organizing information• D: Questioning and critical thinking• E: Comparing and contrasting
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Social Science Skills• F: Determining cause and effect• G: Making connections• H: Making economic decisions• I: Exercising civic responsibility• J: Demonstrating comprehension
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Provides an opportunity for teachers to develop instructional lessons and activities that engage students with the content using the essential skills.
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Active Engagement
Best Way to Infuse the Essential Skills into
Instruction
Active Engagement
ARTIFACT BOXESInformation
SourcesOrganize information
Ask appropriate questions and summarize points and evidence
Compare and ContrastMake
Connections
Active Engagement
Best Way to Infuse Nonfiction into instruction
PAIRED PASSAGES
Active Engagement
Abraham Lincoln to Congress, January 12, 1848 (Speech regarding Mexican War)
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico (which became the Second Federal Republic of Mexico during the war) from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory, despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. It was the fourth of the five major wars fought on American soil which was preceded by the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and succeeded by the American Civil War.
Mexican-American War
Online ArticlePrimary Source
Active Engagement
Synthesize EvidenceDocument Based
Questions
Active Engagement
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Provides an opportunity for teachers to teach for understanding rather than memorization.
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• Discourage teaching for memorization of FACTS• Ask questions that are open-ended and require
evidence to support arguments• Use of ‘cold reads’ • Make connections• Use of text-based vocabulary• Apply writing components
Understanding
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Provides an opportunity to effectively collaborate and integrate.
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Reading Chronological/Sequential
Comparison/ContrastCause & Effect
Enumeration/ListingProblem/Solution
Concept/ DefinitionProcess
Order of ImportanceSpatial
ClassificationQuestion/Answer
Explanation/Generalization
History and Social Science
Using Informational SourcesApplying Geographic SkillsOrganizing InformationQuestioning Comparing and ContrastingDetermining Cause & EffectMaking ConnectionsExercising Civic ResponsibilityDemonstrating comprehension
History and Social Science
Using Informational SourcesApplying Geographic SkillsOrganizing InformationQuestioning Comparing and ContrastingDetermining Cause & EffectMaking ConnectionsExercising Civic ResponsibilityDemonstrating comprehension
Collaboration and Integration
Text Types Found on the Reading SOL TESTS
InformationalFunctionalNarrative
These guidelines seek to ensure flexibility for local school divisions while
simultaneously reassuring content teachers in later grades that the content
upon which their own instruction is dependent has been taught, and that
students come to them prepared to learn.
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Finally . . . …reassuring content teachers in later grades that the content upon which their own instruction is dependent has been taught, and that students come to them prepared to learn.
TEIs and the History and Social
Science SOL Assessments
Superintendent’s Memo #163-15:2015 History and Social Science Standards
of Learning Implementation Timeline
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Superintendent’s Memo #163-15:2015 History and Social Science Standards
of Learning Implementation Timeline
Some of the items to be field-tested in the spring of 2016 for all online history tests will be technology-enhanced items (TEI) which assess the 2008 Standards. Technology-enhanced items require students to indicate their answers in item formats other than the common multiple-choice format. TEI field-tested in the spring of 2017 will assess the revised 2015 Standards.
A set of TEI practice items and accompanying guides will be released in the fall of 2015 on the Virginia Department of Education Web site to assist teachers as they prepare students for this new item type. Please note that the practice items will only be samples. They will not cover all history content for the course, nor will they provide examples of all item types or functionality that may be found in the field-test items.
Superintendent’s Memo #163-15
Please note that the practice items will only be samples. They will not
cover all history content for the course, nor will they provide examples of all item types or
functionality that may be found in the field-test items.
History and Social Science Standards of Learning
Resources and Training
Resources and TrainingAdoption of the Curriculum Framework
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Resources and TrainingCreation of Resources (Spring/Summer 2016)
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• Alignment to the Standard• Focus on Essential Skills by creating
opportunities for historical and critical thinking
• Relevant and Accessible External Resources
• Exemplars to support creation of Performance and Authentic Assessments
• Connect to other disciplines
Resources and TrainingExternal Partners
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Access to Information
Sources
Train the Trainers
Demonstrate Instructional Strategies
Provide Resources
ExternalPartners
Resources and TrainingFormat of Resources
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Webinars
Exemplars
History and Social Science Communication
CommunicationsSuperintendent's Memos
Teacher DirectDepartment of Education
History and Social Science Monthly Newsletter
VCSSSCE Virginia Consortium of Social Studies
Supervisors and College Educators53
Questions?
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Thank you!
Betsy Barton, Elementary, History and Social Science Specialist
E-mail: [email protected]
Christonya Brown, K-12, History and Social Science Coordinator
E-mail: [email protected]