1. 6/5/12
Connec&ng
Social
Studies
to
the
Common
Core
Key Advances of the Common Core State
State
Standards
for
English
Language
Arts
Standards for English Language Arts
Reading
 Literature and information texts
Preparing Students for College, Career,  Text complexity
and CITIZENSHIP:
Aligning Civic Education to the Writing
Common Core State Standards  Emphasis on argument and informative/explanatory writing
 Writing about sources
Michelle
M.
Herczog,
Ed.D.
Speaking and Listening
Consultant
III,
History-­‐Social
Science
 Inclusion of formal and informal talk
and
English
Language
Arts
Division
of
Curriculum
and
InstrucConal
Services
Herczog_Michelle@lacoe.edu
Language
 Stress on general academic and domain-specific vocabulary
commoncore.lacoe.edu
Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-12
o Key Ideas and Details
o Craft and Structure
o Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
o Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6-12
o Key Ideas and Details
o Craft and Structure
o Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
o Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and
Technical Subjects 6-12
◦ Text Types and Purposes
◦ Production and Distribution of Writing
◦ Research to Build and Present Knowledge
◦ Range of Writing www.lacoe.edu/historysocialscience
http://commoncore.lacoe.edu
Grades
K-2
Building a
Foundatio
Language n for Civic Reading
Literacy
Grades 9-12
Civil Liberties
Civic
Grades 3-5
and the
Common
Action Our
Good in a
Constitutional
for American
Democracy
Democracy Today
Speaking and Grades 6-8
Writing
Listening The
Historic
Road to
Civic
Literacy
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2. 6/5/12
Reading Standards for Literature, Grades 3-5 Reading Standards for
Literature, Grades 3-5
Our American Democracy: Grades 3-5
OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Yertle the
Turtle
By Dr. Seuss
Reading Standards for
Reading Standards for Literature, Grades 3-5
Literature, Grades 3-5
OUR AMERICAN
OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRACY
Reading Standards for Literature, Grades Reading Standards for
3-5 Informational Text
KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS
KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS CRAFT AND STRUCTURE
INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
AND IDEAS
CRAFT AND STRUCTURE
INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND
IDEAS
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3. 6/5/12
Speaking
and
Writing Listening
Research to Build
and Present
Knowledge
Presentation of Knowledge and
Ideas
Reading Standards for Informational
Code of Hammurabi Text
Grades 6-8
THE RISE OF DEMOCRATIC IDEALS
Magna
Carta
The Qur’an
Twelve Tables of Roman
Law
Reading Standards for Informational Text, Grades 9-12 Connections from the Past–
CIVIL LIBERTIES IN THE 20TH CENTURY REDEFINED CIVIC ACTION TODAY!
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4. 6/5/12
Brainstorm
“Literacy is the key word here, because the
teaching of history should have reading
 How
does
social
studies
prepare
students
for
college,
and writing at its core… This means
career
and
ci&zenship
in
the
21st
century?
teaching students to be informed readers,
writers, and thinkers about the past as well
 How
does
social
studies
promote
LITERACY?
as the present—a goal all parties should
 How
does
literacy
promote
SOCIAL
STUDIES?
be able to embrace. Our democracy’s
vitality depends on it.” - Sam Wineburg
 What
instruc&onal
prac&ces
are
you
currently
using
NOW
to
promote
reading
of
informa&onal
text,
wri&ng,
speaking/listening,
and
language?
 What
can
YOU
do,
star&ng
today
to
become
more
“Reading proficiency isn’t
inten&onal
about
increasing
the
rigor
of
literacy
in and of itself the magic key to
instruc&on
to
prepare
students
for
college,
career
and
competence. It’s what reading enables
ci&zenship?
us to learn and to do that is critical…”
-E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
“Democracy cannot
succeed unless those who
express their choice are
prepared to choose wisely.
The real safeguard of
democracy, therefore, is
education.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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