NYS Guidance for Social Studies
New York State Education
New York State has five specific content areas for standards:
History of the United States and New York
World History
Geography
Economics
Civics, Citizenship, and Government
New York State has six specific skill areas for social studies practices:
Gathering, Interpreting, and Using Evidence
Chronological Reasoning and Causation
Comparison and Contextualization
Geographic Reasoning
Economics and Economics Systems
Civic Participation
Students enrolled in Global History and Geography II (grade 10) and United States History and Government (grade 11) will take the NYS Regents Examination in those respective courses.
Civic Ready students use civic knowledge, skills and mindsets to make decisions and take actions for themselves, their communities, and public good as members of a culturally diverse, democratic society. Schools, therefore, must provide students meaningful opportunities to develop specific civic knowledge, skills, and mindsets—and to participate in authentic actions and experiences—that are necessary for them to function as productive civic participants within their schools, communities, states, our country and the world.