Social Studies Curriculum Meeting Agenda

February 4^th, 2003 / 3:45 – 5:30 pm

Room 23 Administration Center

*Please bring your Social Studies 3-ring binder with you

Agenda

ü Review K-12 Social Studies Themes/Content Areas Document

o Reporting out on concepts ideas shared at the last meeting

o Revisions? Next steps? How should this document be used?

ü Review of Social Studies Performance Descriptors (ISBE document)

o How can this document help us add performance descriptors to the RISD #41 document that we are creating?

ü Task- Create Grade Level (or course) Alignment Document (Work In Grade Level Groups)

o Task- Begin creating “grade level indicators” that better define the Illinois Learning Standards and Benchmarks

o Utilize ISBE performance descriptors and student friendly standards as a resource

ü Evaluation of meeting

o Plus/delta

ü Next Meeting: Thursday, February 27^th/ 3:45-5:15pm in room 23 of the Admin. Center

o Continue identifying grade level indicators for social studies benchmarks