Social Studies Curriculum Writing Project

PESD teachers are working during intersession to:

• Develop big ideas for 5 Social Studies strands
• Develop essential questions for each strand
• Develop conceptual focus for each of three units for K-6 and 6 units for 7-8.

Along with the Social Studies work, teachers are exploring ways to integrate technology into instruction. One of the on-line tools they are exploring is Learning.com's Easy Tech program.

They will spend the next three days working on this project. The district has chosen to use the research-based framework "Understanding by Design" in partnership with http://www.afre.org/.