Updates- Senior High School World History Pacing Guide Update for

Updates- Senior High School World History Pacing Guide Update for the 2011-2012 School Year The Division of Social Sciences and Life Skills

The Need for Pacing Guide Revision for Senior High School World History As M-DCPS Transitions from the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC’s) to the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies (NGSSS-SS) for the K-12 Social Studies required courses, certain learning gaps for students will occur. This especially affects Senior High School World History. See a detailed description of this issue on the next slide.

Student Learning Gap- mainly deals with the study of Ancient Civilizations Changes in the pacing guides for the 2011-2012 school year reflect the need to address learning gaps for students that will occur as the District transitions fully to the NGSSS-SS. A further description of this need/gap in knowledge is as follows: Beginning in the 2012-2013 school year, the 6th grade required World Geography course will change to 6th grade World History (which will cover from early Civilizations to Middle Ages). The Senior High School Course for World History under NGSSS-SS covers benchmarks from the Renaissance to Modern Times. To ensure that no gaps in student knowledge exists as this transition takes place, the Division of Social Sciences and Life Skills has included the study of ancient civilizations based on the District’s Competency Based Curriculum in the pacing guide on a temporary basis.

Specifics in the Pacing Guides The District’s Competency Based Curriculum benchmarks and related topics on ancient civilizations are highlighted in green in the pacing guide. Links to Unit Plans are also included in the pacing guide to assist with the instruction of ancient civilizations and are highlighted in the guide in yellow. Studying ancient cultures in the Senior High School World History course must be done until school year 2015-2016. Afterwards, the Senior High School Course will utilize fully and exclusively the NGSSS-SS which cover topics from the Middle Ages to Modern Times. The remaining benchmarks in the guide are based on the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Senior High School World History. The study of ancient civilizations should only take place during the 1st quarter. Pacing of instruction for the remainder of topics in the course has been adjusted and all 4 nine weeks’ guides have been changed accordingly.

Ancient Civilization Topics Addressed in the 1st 9 weeks and Based on CBC’s Topic One: The Origins of Agriculture/Neolithic Revolution Topic Two: The First River Valley Civilizations Topic Three: The Ancient Middle East Topic Four: Ancient Greece Topic Five: Rome and the Rise of Christianity

Each Ancient Civilization Topic Contains a Link to a Unit Plan Each Unit Plan is Based on the CBC’s. Related NGSSS-SS are also Included

What the New Pacing Guide Looks Like Ancient Civilizations CBC Benchmarks and related topics are Highlighted in Green Ancient Civilizations Unit Plan Links are Highlighted in Yellow.

Beginning with Topic 6- 1st Nine Weeks: Pacing Guide Resumes with Full Implementation NGSSS-SS Beginning with Topic 6Byzantium and Eastern European Empires- NO CBC Benchmarks/ONLY NGSSS-SS

The New World History Pacing Guides can be downloaded from the Division of Social Sciences Website: http://socialsciences.dadescho ols.net /

If you have questions or need additional information regarding this issue, please contact Division of Social Sciences and Life Skills Supervisor, Bob Brazofsky, via email [email protected] or via phone 305 995-1599.