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Department of Social Sciences

The overarching goal of social studies instruction is to prepare students to be knowledgeable, informed, and active citizens in an increasingly diverse community and nation and interdependent world. Social Studies programs exist to promote civic competence and ensure that the values and ideals that have shaped our democratic republic continue to be instilled in our youth.

Financial Literacy Civics Support History Support Academies
Current News
 
History Labs Civics in a snap
local history Digital Training
2020 High School Mock Trial Case

Human Rights Day - December 10

Human Rights Day Overview for Volunteers with audio
WTP State High School Hearing Questions 2019-20
WTP State Middle School Hearing Questions 2019-20
2018 NTO MS & HS PRESENTATION

World History Reboot 2018-19

Participant Agenda Copy
Global Scholars_Introductory Session_Miami-Dade_Mar13-1420-21_NoVideo
Thinking Like a Historian Article
World History Reboot Flyer
World History Reboot Presentation
1st Quarter Ancient Civilization Lab revised 8.11 kw
8th grade World History 1st Nine Weeks- DRAFT
8th Grade World History Pacing Guide Timeline
8th Grade World History Year at a Glance 2018-19
Miami World History Grade 8 1st Nine Weeks NBC Learn video summaries

New Social Sciences Textbooks

K-2

MDCPS K-2 User Guides

1.Florida Social Studies WorkText K-5 Digital Training Guide May 2017.pdf
2.Florida Social Studies PSL K-5 Digital Training Guide May 2017.pdf
3.Florida Social Studies LRL K-5 Digital Training Guide May 2017.pdf
4.Locate & Modify Assessments K5.pdf
5.Create Online Assessment K5.pdf
6.Monitor Online Assessment K5.pdf

McGraw Hill Networks Training BrainSharks
M-DCPS Social Sciences- McGraw Hill K-2 Demo Access.pdf
Webinars for McGraw Hill K-2.doc
Summer Professional Development Sessions for the New Social Sciences Instructional Materials _BID21311
Textbook training notes to participants

3-5

M-DCPS Social Sciences TCI Grades 3-5 Demo Access
Summer Professional Development Sessions for the New Social Sciences Instructional Materials _BID21311
Textbook training notes to participants

6-8

MDCPS 6-8 User Guides

Nine Week Challenge

1.Week One - Explore Resource Library and Mark Favorite Resources.pdf
2.Week Two - Add Personal Resources to My Files.pdf
3.Week Three - Adjust Reading Level for Students.pdf
4.Week Four - Explore Digital Lesson Plans and Customize.pdf
5.Week Five - Use Digital Lesson Presentation.pdf
6.Week Six - Assign Digital Work.pdf
7.Week Seven - Assign LearnSmart.pdf
8.Week Eight - Locate and Modify an Online Assessment.pdf
9.Week Nine - Assign and Monitor an Online Assessment.pdf
Outline for Networks Nine Weeks Challenge.pdf

01.Homepage_Navigation.pdf
02.Resource_Search_Feature.pdf
03.Marking_Reources_as_Favorites.pdf
04.Most_Popular_Resources.pdf
05.My_Files.pdf
06.Notes_Feature.pdf
07.Adjusting_Individual_Student_Profiles.pdf
08.Adjusting_Reading_Level_for_Entire_Class.pdf
09.Creating_Digital_Assignments.pdf
10.Viewing_Student_Digital_Assignments.pdf
11.Locating_Lesson_Plans.pdf
12.Adding_Lesson_Plans_to_Planner.pdf
13.Editing_Lesson_Plans.pdf
14.Assigning_Resources_from_Lesson_Plans.pdf
15.Lesson_Presentation.pdf
16.Locating_and_Modifying_Online_Assessments.pdf
17.Creating_Online_Assessment.pdf
18.Filtering_Questions_by_Standard.pdf
19.Assigning_and_Monitoring_Online_Assessment.pdf
20.Assigning_and_Customizing_LearnSmart.pdf
21.Accessing_Reports_in_LearnSmart.pdf
TOC_Training_Guide_for_Networks_6-12.pdf

McGraw Hill Networks Training BrainSharks
Webinars for McGraw Hill- 6-8
M-DCPS Social Sciences- McGraw Hill 6-8 Demo Access
Summer Professional Development Sessions for the New Social Sciences Instructional Materials_BID21312
Textbook training notes to participants

9-12

FL World History To Examview Topic Correlation
FL US History to ExamView Topic Correlation
SHS MDCPS SS Pearson Demo Access
Psychology- demo access
Summer Professional Development Sessions for the New Social Sciences Instructional Materials_BID21313
Textbook training notes to participants
WorldHistory_HS_ProgActAgenda_FL
USHistory_HS_ProgActAgenda_FL 7_21
Pearson Participant Guide for MyPsychLabFL
Pearson FL HS SS 2018 Participant Guide
MagrudersAmGovt_HS_ProgActAgenda_FL
Economics_HS_ProgActAgenda_FL

Psychology

InstructorAccessManual_2017 - Psych Only
Minter_Psych_Student w code

MS Sequence of Courses

MS Sequence of Courses
MJ US History and Civics Correlations Chart
Snap Shot Charts- Civics US History
Translating Social Studies into Spanish
Changing Reading Level of text

SHS AP Online Resources

Miami Dade_AP Social Studies OLC Teacher Access Information * (password protected) Email Here from district email to obtain password

 

Best Practices Quick Start

Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Upper Elementary
Guide for Best Instructional Practices
MDC Social Sciences Best Practice and Resources Overview Presentation
Best Practices- Social Science Labs
Best Practices- Comprehensive-Instructional-Sequence
Best Practices- Stimuli Based Instruction
Best Practices- Claim-Evidence-Reasoning
Teaching Inquiry with Primary Sources
Best Practices- Differentiated Instruction
Social Studies Student Data Chat Form
Data Analysis Sheet
 

Voter Education and Registration Program

1- 2020 VR ONLINE Directions and Plan
2- Online voter registration student sign-in form
3- Why Should Students Vote
4- Voter Registration Directions- Online Registration
5-voter-information-guide
6- Voter Registration Application- English
7- Voter Registration Application- Spanish
8- Voter Registration Application Creole

Elementary Civics Modules by the National Literacy Project

Flyer Collection oct17
Standards Matrix for All Modules
 

Vocabulary Replay

Vocabulary REPLAY Teacher Instruction
Vocabulary REPLAY Template
Vocabulary Replay SS.5.A.1 Sample 5th Grade
Vocabulary Replay SS.7.C.4.3 Sample 7th grade
Vocabulary Replay SS.912.A.2.1 Sample 11th Grade

News Literacy


Checkology
 

Miami Dade Council for the Social Sciences

MDCSS Fall 2018 Conference Information
2018-19 MDCSS Conference Presentation Form
MDCSS Membership App
MDCSS Elem TOY App 2019
MDCSS Middle TOY App 2019
MDCSS High TOY App 2019
MDCSS High School Student of the Year Application 2019
MDCSS Middle School Student of the Year Application 2019
MDCSS Teacher of the Year Tips 2019
 

Online Forms

Competitions

  • Competition Rules for Geography Bees and History Bees
  • Model United Nations
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    State Mandated Programs

  • African American History
  • Character Education
  • Hispanic Contributions to the United States
  • Holocaust
  • Women's Contributions to the United States
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