Scope+and+Sequence+Information

Many people are dealing with scope and sequence questions and issues. This page has the statues and laws guiding the development, a chart of scope and sequences from across the state, a sample agenda to go through the process... Please share other resources!!!!

A great read to begin the process is "Where Did Social Studies Go Wrong". ([]) It is sure to light some fires on current topics in the field. You may want to balance it by also having them read: The response: Social Studies: Wrong, Right, or Left? A Critical Response to the Fordham Institute's Where Did Social Studies Go Wrong? [] You can also have them read the many position papers put out by NCSS: []

Statues guiding decisions in social studies:


 * Elementary Time requirements: **
 * Grades Kindergarten (K) through 6: Recommended allocations of time per week for a six-hour school day**
 * **Grade Level** || **K*** || **1** || **2** || **3** || **4** || **5** || **6** ||
 * Reading/English Language Arts || 30% || 700 || 700 || 600 || 600 || 500 || 425 ||
 * Mathematics || 10% || 250 || 250 || 250 || 250 || 250 || 250 ||
 * Social Studies || 10% || 125 || 150 || 175 || 200 || 225 || 250 ||
 * Science || 10% || 100 || 100 || 150 || 150 || 175 || 250 ||
 * Health || 10% || 75 || 75 || 100 || 100 || 125 || 125 ||
 * Physical Education || 10% || 150 || 150 || 150 || 150 || 150 || 150 ||
 * Art || 10% || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90 ||
 * Music || 10% || 75 || 75 || 75 || 75 || 75 || 75 ||
 * Foreign Language || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || 100 || 100 ||
 * Environmental Education* || * || * || * || * || * || * || * ||
 * Computer Literacy* || * || * || * || * || * || * || * ||
 * Career Exploration and Planning || --- || --- || --- || --- || --- ||  ||   ||
 * Total Allocated Instructional Minutes ||  || 1565 || 1590 || 1590 || 1615 || 1690 || 1715 ||

Middle and High School: Grades 5-8 Grades 9-12 High School Graduation Statute  For more information: [|American Indian Tribes & Bands]** s.118.01(2)(c) Educational goals and expectations **(c) Citizenship. Each school board shall provide an instructional program designed to give pupils:**
 * s. 121.02(1(L)2. In grades 5 to 8, provide regular instruction in language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, health, physical education, art and music. The school board shall also provide pupils with an introduction to career exploration and planning.**
 * s. 121.02(l)(L)3. In grades 9 to 12, provide access to an educational program that enable pupils each year to study English, social studies, mathematics, science, vocational education, foreign language, physical education, art, and music. In this subdivision, "access" means an opportunity to study through school district course offerings, independent study, cooperative educational service agencies or cooperative arrangements between school boards and postsecondary educational institutions.**
 * s.118.33(1)(a)1. In the high school grades, at least 4 credits of English including writing composition, 3 credits of social studies including state and local government, 2 credits of mathematics, 2 credits of science, and 1.5 credits of physical education.**
 * s.121.02(1)(L)4. Beginning September 1, 1991, as part of the social studies curriculum, include instruction in the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the high school grades.
 * 1) An understanding of the basic workings of all levels of government, including the duties and responsibilities of citizenship.
 * 2) A commitment to the basic value of our government, including by appropriate instruction and ceremony the proper reverence and respect for and the history and meaning of the American flag, the Declaration of Independence, the U. S. Constitution, and the constitution and laws of this state.
 * 3) The skills to participate in political life.
 * 4) An understanding of the function of organizations in society.
 * 5) Knowledge of the role and importance of biological and physical resources.
 * 6) Knowledge of state, national, and world history.
 * 7) An appreciation and understanding of different value systems and culture.
 * 8) At all grade levels, an understanding of human relations, particularly with regards to American Indians, Black Americans, and Hispanics, on available school and community prevention and intervention assistance or services and shall be provided to pupils in elementary schools.

The //National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools// was formed in 1987 by the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the National Council for the Social Studies to study the state of social studies in the schools and to make recommendations for curricular change. The Commission's curriculum report, CHARTING A COURSE: SOCIAL STUDIES FOR THE 21st CENTURY (1989), is summarized here: [|Social Studies for the 21st Century.doc]

Scope and Sequence data from across the state: [|DIstrict scope and sequence data.xls]

Sample agenda for the process: [|general scope and sequence plan.doc]**