{"id":33,"date":"2016-07-25T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T15:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/socialstudies\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2023-06-07T14:06:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T19:06:27","slug":"middle-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/socialstudies\/middle-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"\"<\/a>The Lincoln Public Schools Social Studies Blueprint (left) provides a frontpage for important resources for social studies teachers while also representing a design for the integration of social studies content and skills across a student\u2019s career as a social studies learner.\u00a0 The \u201cStudent as Citizen\u201d reminds us that student learning is at the center and emphasizes a broad definition of \u201ccitizen\u201d that includes all students as participants in their communities, nations, and world.\u00a0 Students learn to become informed, active, and engaged citizens.\u00a0 Teachers, click on the image to open up the blueprint.\u00a0 Each piece of the blueprint is linked to a more detailed document with specific explanations and examples.<\/b><\/i><\/p>

Strategies Cornucopia<\/a><\/span>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>This document outlines strategies to be adapted to any social studies lesson. \u00a0Strategies include: guiding students into, through, and beyond a source, lesson openers, helping students organize their thinking, and assessment strategies.<\/p>

Online Content Recommendations for Secondary Social Studies Courses<\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0– This document contains recommended online resources to be used by teachers when delivering content instruction, separated by course.\u00a0 It was originally created to support remote learning and continues to offer reliable and accessible materials for teachers to use during instruction.<\/p>

Recommendations for Instructional Technology in Social Studies\u00a0<\/a><\/u><\/span>– This chart is updated several times a year with Instructional Technology Tools (ITTs) recommended by the social studies curriculum department, in consultation with social studies teachers.\u00a0 All tools are approved by the district ITT committee and are organized by purpose.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Please see below for links to resources for your grade level.\u00a0 Our curriculum guides are continually updated with new resources and lesson plans for teachers.\u00a0 Our curriculum guides are also aligned with the Nebraska State Social Studies Standards<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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