Curriculum Planning Manual Social Sciences 3LIT3341 205 N.W. 63rd Street Oklahoma City, OK 73116 800.222.2811 www.amered.com Table of Contents Social Sciences Curriculum Planning Manual Teachers’ Guides and Scope & Sequences Please note: Courses are listed in grade level sequence. Technical Requirements Social Sciences Overview ......................................... 1 For detailed workstation specifications, please visit the American Education Corporation’s web site: Social Science for Grade Levels 1-8 ........................... 5 Social Science I ................................................. 10 www.amered.com/awl_requirements_wba.php Social Science II ................................................ 15 Additionally, some courses require Adobe® Acrobat Social Science III ............................................... 20 Reader®, Adobe Flash®, and/or Adobe Shockwave® Social Science IV ............................................... 27 plug-ins for your browsers. These are available for free Social Science V ................................................ 34 from http://www.adobe.com. The required software Civics ............................................................... 42 version numbers are listed on our website (see above). History of America I and II .................................. 50 History of America I ........................................ 51 For those using our Web-based A+LS (WBA+) product, the History of America II ....................................... 63 initial WBA+ screen offers links to download the necessary Mid-level Social Sciences .................................... 73 Adobe Acrobat and Flash files. Social Sciences for Grade Levels 9-12 ...................... 80 For detailed instructions for configuring your browsers to History of the World I and II ............................... 84 work with A+LS™ (such as Active X), please see History of the World I ...................................... 85 Troubleshooting in the following document on our website: History of the World II .................................... 97 A Teachers Guide to Web-based A+LS U.S. Geography ................................................ 110 ® World Geography .............................................. 115 To access Encyclopædia Britannica and other Internet U.S. History I ................................................... 119 based resources found in some courses, a connection to U.S. History II .................................................. 137 the Internet is required. To view multimedia from these Economics ....................................................... 156 sites a fast connection is recommended. Government .................................................... 165 i Copyright © 2013 K12 Inc. All rights reserved. K12 is a registered trademark of K12 Inc. The K12 logo and other marks referenced herein are trademarks of K12 Inc. and its subsidiaries, and other marks are owned by third parties. Adobe, Acrobat Reader, and Flash are registered trademarks of the Adobe Systems Incorporated. Encyclopædia Britannica is a registered trademark of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. MetaMetrics, Lexile, and Quantile are registered trademarks of MetaMetrics, Inc. ii A+nyWhere Learning System Teachers’ Guide Social Sciences Overview Grade Levels 1-12 A+LS™ Social Sciences are comprehensive, completely integrated Social Science courses for grade levels 1–12. The lessons are designed to develop the facet of students’ knowledge that helps them understand who they are, where their ancestors came from, how they got where they are, and why current and past events are important to them. • Social Sciences is presented as a collection of one- and two- semester long courses. • All lessons contain a study guide, a practice test, and a mastery test. Most lessons have an essay or other constructed response. • Lessons include a variety of essay types such as descriptive, persuasive, expository, and letter writing. • All Social Sciences lessons are certified by MetaMetrics® with Lexile® scores. • These courses are enriched by Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition (EB) workspaces that contain learning materials. Learning materials may contain articles, games, images, maps, and/or videos. 1 A+nyWhere Learning System Social Sciences Teachers’ Guide Grade Levels 1–12 • The content in these titles is designed to meet and exceed the standards of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) whose goal is to achieve excellence by programs in which students gain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to understand, respect, and practice the ways of the scholar, the artisan, the leader, and the citizen in support of the common good. • All Social Sciences titles provide for an extensive, integrated solution that is fully correlated to major mastery standards and leading, adopted textbooks. • Social Science I through Social Science V titles provide a solid foundation for students in grade levels one through five, respectively, using a cross-curricular approach to the study of geography, history, and societies. • The Social Science I–III titles feature a special, animated character named Globert who personally guides younger students through the A+LS lesson content and teaches them about the world and the people around them. • For grades six through ten, two Geography titles (U.S. and World), two History of America titles, two History of the World titles, and titles on Civics and Mid-Level Social Sciences titles take students into specific areas in greater depth, consistent with their grade levels. • Economics and Government are covered in two separate titles for high school students. 2 A+nyWhere Learning System Social Sciences Teachers’ Guide Grade Levels 1–12 Third-Party Content in A+LS Lessons The Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition provides teacher resources and student learning materials. The materials include a wide range of interactive lessons, research projects, animations, and worksheets that support many A+LS lessons. Each workspace may contain an article, diagram, study guide, video, or interactive media. The launch icon for EB objects is located at the top of the A+LS screen in the study guide section. 3 A+nyWhere Learning System Social Sciences Teachers’ Guide Grade Levels 1–12 The Social Sciences courses each contain a variety of lessons and differ in length, grade level, and available features. Listed below are the courses found within the curriculum planning manual. Course Number of Grade Lexile Name Lessons Levels Measure Social Science I 33 1 640L Social Science II 36 2 730L Social Science III 36 3 680L Social Science IV 41 4 760L Social Science V 45 5 840L Civics 36 6–7 1020L History of America I 48 6–8 910L History of America II 47 6–8 930L Mid-level Social Sciences 34 7–8 970L History of the World I 46 8–10 920L History of the World II 48 8–10 1040L U.S. Geography 34 6–8 940L World Geography 35 8–9 990L U.S. History I 34 9–12 1060L U.S. History II 35 9–12 1040L Economics 28 9–12 1120L Government 42 9–12 1110L 4 A+nyWhere Learning System Teachers’ Guide Social Science for Grade Levels 1-8 Social Sciences include a cross-curricular approach to the study of geography, history, and societies. The A+LS Social Sciences curriculum develops the facet of students’ knowledge that helps them understand who they are, where their ancestors came from, how they got where they are, and why current and past events are important to them. Social Sciences include: • the use of both cooperative and exploratory learning • printable and detailed maps and charts to dynamically illustrate key concepts • geographic terms • American and world history • a study of diverse cultures 5 A+nyWhere Learning System Social Sciences Teachers’ Guide Grade Level 1–8 A+LS Social Sciences are comprehensive, completely integrated Social Science courses for grade levels 1–5. The lessons are designed to develop the facet of students’ knowledge that helps them understand who they are, where their ancestors came from, how they got where they are, and why current and past events are important to them. • Social Sciences are presented as a collection of one- and two- semester long courses. • All lessons contain a study guide, a practice test, and a mastery test. Most lessons have an essay or other constructed response. • Lessons include a variety of essay types such as descriptive, persuasive, expository, and letter writing. • All Social Sciences lessons are certified by MetaMetrics® with Lexile® scores. • These courses are enriched by Encyclopædia Britannica® Online School Edition (EB) workspaces that contain learning materials. Learning materials may contain articles, games, images, maps, and/or videos. 6 A+nyWhere Learning System Social Sciences Teachers’ Guide Grade Level 1–8 • The content in these titles is designed to meet and exceed the standards of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) whose goal is to achieve excellence by programs in which students gain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to understand, respect, and practice the ways of the scholar, the artisan, the leader, and the citizen in support of the common good. • All Social Sciences titles provide for an extensive, integrated solution that is fully correlated to major mastery standards and leading, adopted textbooks. • Social Science I through Social Science V titles provide a solid foundation for students in grade levels one through five, respectively, using a cross-curricular approach to the study of geography, history, and societies.