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History-Social Science

Information that defines the knowledge, concepts, and skills students should acquire at each grade level.
Content Standards
All of the state content standards, including history-social science. Content standards were designed to encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.
History-Social Science Framework
The State Board of Education adopted the History-Social Science Framework on July 14, 2016. Curriculum frameworks provide guidance to educators, parents, and publishers, to support implementing California content standards.
Education & the Environment Initiative Curriculum
Development and review of an environment-based curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12 in the subject-matter areas of history-social science and science.
External Resources
Outside Web sites providing information regarding History-Social Science.
Instructional Materials
Information and resources for instructional materials.
Professional Learning
Resources and information for enhancing the content knowledge and teaching skills of classroom teachers and links to foundational documents which guide California's History‒Social Science instruction.
Recommended Literature for Pre-K Through Grade 12
Collection of outstanding History-Social Science (HSS) and Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) literature for children and adolescents in grades kindergarten through grade twelve.
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