Social Studies Resources

Betsy Almerico, Ed. D.

Marybeth.almerico@jppss.k12.la.us
January, 2014

JPPSS Social Studies Resources for Teachers

Resources and Documents

State Resources
Academic Standards Classroom Support Toolbox Comprehensive Curriculum Social Studies Assessment, Structure, Sample Items, Key Concepts Sample Pacing Guides

Louisiana Pass

Sample online test Sample task Elementary School Level PASS Destinations(readings)

Social Studies Task

Task: The following question requires you to write an extended response that combines information from documents 1 through 4 with your knowledge of social studies. To earn full credit, you should: Read the question and then study the information in the documents. Support your ideas with both examples from the documents and information from your knowledge. Write a response that is long enough to fully address the topic. This may require more than one paragraph. Responses with fewer than 25 words will not be scored.

Question: What effect did the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960 on the lives of the students who integrated schools and what has been the effect on students in schools today. Determine if the risk to the first students was worth it. In your response give evidence from the documents and your knowledge of schools to support your claim.

Task Documents
Photograph Leona with Marshalls Ruby Leaves Building The Problem We All Live With painting by Norman Rockwell Internet article The McDonogh Three Oral History Gliding Towards an Education Ruby Bridges Long Walk News Broadcast NBC Learn What It Took to Integrate Central High School

3rd Grade
Task

3 questions 2 documents

4th Grade Task

5 questions

4 documents

5rd Grade
Task

5 questions 4 documents

Social Studies Documents

Social Studies Task Planner

Social Studies Task Rubric

Resources for Primary Sources

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

American Memory
Worldbook Online

Resource Links
JPPSS Social Studies Resources for Teachers https://sites.google.com/site/jppsssocialstudiesresources/documents Elementary School Level PASS Destination http://www.louisianapass.org/t_lounge/tl_destinations_elem.php Louisiana Pass http://www.louisianapass.org/index.php Smithsonian National Museum of American History http://americanhistory.si.edu/ Engaging Students with Primary Sources http://historyexplorer.si.edu/PrimarySources.pdf American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Worldbook Online http://worldbookonline.com Newseum Digital Classroom http://newseum.org/digitalclassroom/default.aspx NBC Learn http://www.nbclearn.com