Presenter:
Allison Tuchardt
Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
Dave Cresap
Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
Background:
High school social studies core curricula were last adopted in 2016. The courses listed below are the only social studies courses being considered in this adoption. Specialized courses (example: History Through Film) do not need new curriculum at this time. Social studies courses taught through Career and Technical Education (example: Crime and Society) are also not part of this proposal. AP Social Studies curricula were recently adopted this past winter. With respect to Contemporary World Problems (CWP), Upfront Magazine has been used in the past at some of our high schools as a supplemental curriculum. Adding them to this adoption will, if approved, add consistency to all our CWP courses. All the curricula listed below support the Washington state learning standards in Social Studies. This proposal comes with the endorsement from the Instructional Materials Committee (IMC) that the adoption process for this proposal has met all requirements of Board Policy 2020 and Procedure 2020P.
The list of recommended curriculum for high school social studies courses follows:
Civics: United States Government and Civics. McGraw HIll. Copyright 2024.
United States History: United States History - Modern Times. McGraw HIll.
Copyright 2023.
World Studies (1491-1945): World History. McGraw HIll. Copyright 2023.
Contemporary World History (1945-2010): World History. McGraw HIll.
Copyright 2023.
Contemporary World Problems: Upfront (magazine New York Times). Scholastic. Copyright: Current magazines.





