Scope & Sequence:  6th grade

• FULL Version (includes Units of Study, Vocabulary, Essential Questions, Strategies, Resources, and more)

• ABBREVIATED Version (includes Units and Standards to cover for each grading period)

  • PDF PRINTABLE Abbreviated Version (formatted for printing)

District Common Formative Assessment

• District Common Formative Assessment Outlines (Secondary)

• School City

• ACE Score Rubric (Teacher Version)

• ACE Student Guide (Student Version)

• Accessing District Common Assessment via School City 24/25 (Google Slides/Step-by-Step)

• DEADLINES are the end of Quarter 1, Quarter 2, and Quarter 3.  Teachers are strongly encouraged to assess within one week of each other at their site.

Scope & Sequence:  8th grade

• FULL Version (includes Units of Study, Vocabulary, Essential Questions, Strategies, Resources, and more)

• ABBREVIATED Version (includes Units and Standards to cover for each grading period)

  • PDF PRINTABLE Abbreviated Version (formatted for printing)

** Additional Required Lessons **

• FAIR Act Lessons *REQUIRED*

• Native American Unit (8 Lessons) *REQUIRED*

District Common Formative Assessment

• District Common Formative Assessment Outlines (Secondary)

• School City

• ACE Score Rubric (Teacher Version)

• ACE Student Guide (Student Version)

• Accessing District Common Assessment via School City 24/25 (Google Slides/Step-by-Step)

• DEADLINES are the end of Quarter 1, Quarter 2, and Quarter 3.  Teachers are strongly encouraged to assess within one week of each other at their site.

District Common Assessment

• District Common Assessment Outlines (Secondary)

  • School City

  • ACE Score Rubric (Teacher Version)

  • ACE Student Guide (Student Version)

  • DEADLINES vary by grade - See outline above for DATES

Resources

• PSUSD - Secondary Instructional Map

• California Teachers Association / Share My Lesson - Lesson Plans and Resources

• National Education Association

  • Lesson Plans

  • Classroom Management 

Writing

• AXES Writing Templates and Frames

Rubrics, etc

• Explanatory Writing Task Rubric

• Argumentative Writing Task Rubric

• Analyzing Primary and Secondary Sources

• SOAPSTone Resource for DBQs

• AP Central SOAPSTone Sample Activity

Text Dependent Questions Using SBAC Question Frames

• Grades 6 - 8

George Washington Teacher Institute:  Symposium sessions are designed to guide K-12 teachers in expanding content knowledge, finding resources, and identifying strategies to host deeper discussions with students about this difficult subject. 

• Teaching Slavery in Washington's World - FREE Symposium (Recorded Sessions; Lesson Plans; Primary/Secondary Resource Materials) - ALL GRADES

George Washington's: Mount Vernon

• FREE, searchable lessons plans on business, farming, government, leadership, legacy, personal, presidency, slavery, war, women - ALL GRADES

Lesson Plans

• Washington's 1799 Will and Testament Concerning National Education - Primary Source Worksheet - GRADES 6-8

Education World:  Holidays / Special Days

• Teaching resources for a wide variety of holidays and celebrations. Here you will also find resources for special occasions such as the 100th day of school, Children's Book Week, Pi Day, and many others.

EDSITEment! (NEH.gov) 

• EDSITEment offers free resources for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality K-12 humanities education materials in the subject areas of history and social studies, literature and language arts, foreign languages, arts, and culture.

Constitutional Rights Foundation:  Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) seeks to instill in our nation's youth a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights and to educate young people to become active and responsible participants in our society.

• The Election of Barack Obama: Webinar and NEW Lesson Plans

  • Webinar

  • Lesson Plans

    • K-2 Plans

    • 3-6 Plans

    • 6-12 Plans