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Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1990
An annotated list of readings is suggested for high school teachers of U.S. history and geography at grade 11 and for teachers of courses in the principles of democracy at grade 12. The list was designed for use in California where the 11th grade curriculum emphasizes 20th century U.S. history and the 12th grade concentrates on the institution of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Resources, Grade 11, Grade 12
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. – 2002
The booklet contains samples from the Missouri social studies test for eleventh graders. The first sample asks students to use their own knowledge and the information gleaned from two illustrations that are focused on U.S. history. The second samples, based on a drawing of a map of 1914 East Asia, asks students to use their knowledge and the map…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Civil Rights, Grade 11, High Schools
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. – 2002
The Social Studies assessment on the Graduation Exit Examination for the 21st Century (GEE) is designed to measure student mastery of Louisiana's social studies content standards. The GEE 21 assesses the mastery of U.S. history from the end of the reconstruction era through the 20th century. Emphasis in high school is on U.S. history from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Concept Teaching
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Curriculum Development. – 1987
The course content is organized around 15 major concepts and ideas identified as fundamental to the social studies program. The concepts are: (1) change, (2) choice, (3) citizenship, (4) culture, (5) diversity, (6) empathy, (7) environment, (8) human rights, (9) identity, (10) interdependence, (11) justice, (12) political system, (13) power, (14)…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Fundamental Concepts
Sewall, Gilbert T. – 1987
United States history as a linchpin in the school curriculum and as a potentially exciting, sometimes electrifying, subject was the conviction underlying this analysis of U.S. history textbooks. This assessment investigates the capacity of leading U.S. social studies and history textbooks to inspire the imagination of students through effective…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11, Grade 5, Grade 8
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 2002
Beginning in 2003, there will be no standardized or norm-referenced test in history-social science for California students. That test is being replaced by assessments at grades 8, 10, and 11 based on California History-Social Science (H-SS) Content Standards. The H-SS standards tests at grades 10 and 11 count for 20% of the Academic Performance…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Ancient History, Critical Thinking, Geography
