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Social Studies Department Program Review
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Recommendation #6
● Promote engagement through meaningful learning opportunities in K-12 classes.
○ Integrate socratic seminar, simulations, oral history projects, controversial images and text into
learning activities to promote discussion, inquiry-based learning, problem-based learning, role
plays, media production, etc.
○ Utilization of classroom space and configuration to promote discussion, collaboration, and
engagement (e.g. non-traditional; not rows).
● Foster the development of soft skills.
Recommendation #7
● Authentic, active, and common assessment development with growth-based feedback opportunities
(common rubrics).
● Systematically embed formative assessments to allow teachers to tailor instruction based on the learning
needs of the students.
Recommendation #8
● Evaluate the resources and tools available for each class and school to support learning (e.g. textbooks,
primary source documents, technology, research tools, etc.)
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