History and science

Science/History Instructional Models

Teachers using Comprehensive Instructional Program (CIP)

will follow our instructional models below:

Science is meant to be taught on a daily basis using the SOL .1 standard - Science Process Skills. Each day we hope to see lessons that are taught by engaging students in experimenting, predicting, collecting data and more. Students should go through the full scientific process weekly. As related to pacing, it should not be taught in isolation. Click here for more!


History is meant to be taught just like science on a daily basis using the SOL .1 standard - historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship. Each day we hope to see lessons that are taught by engaging students in experiences instead of activities. Click here for a recent VDOE presentation for elementary. Click here for a recent VDOE presentation for secondary for further support. In addition, the pacing chart should not teach these skills in isolation, instead they should be embedded across all units.

Instructional Model

Instructional Model


HISTORY CHANGES:

On October 15, 2020, the Board of Education (BOE) approved the recommended edits from the African American History Education Commission (AAHEC) to the Curriculum Frameworks for Kindergarten, Grade One, Grade Two, Virginia Studies, United States History to 1865, United States History: 1865 to the Present, and Virginia and United States History. See 2015 History and Social Science Standards of Learning (Item H – Attachment A), and the addition of Virginia and United States History substandard VUS.8g (Item H – Attachment D). The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) was authorized to proceed with updating the History and Social Science Standards of Learning Curriculum Frameworks for the identified courses.

School divisions are encouraged to adjust the locally developed curriculum during the 2020-2021 school year and fully implement the approved changes to the identified Curriculum Frameworks beginning in the fall of 2021