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The NYCDOE Department of Social Studies & Civics is part of the Curriculum and Instruction in the Division of School Leadership. We produce resources, materials, and provide year-round professional learning for all things social studies and civics. You might have seen our flagship K–12 social studies curriculum: Passport to Social Studies, or its companion guides: the Hidden Voices collection, the K–12 Civics for All curriculum, or our comics collection produced under the Civics for All Comics Group imprint. You can access all of those resources and more on the Social Studies & Civics Hub.
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Social Studies
Our goal is to make sure that all students graduate from high school prepared for college, a career, and a future as a productive adult. Students use rich content, themes and big ideas to learn history, geography, economics, civics, citizenship and government. They also use important skills to “think like historians,” developing crucial critical literacy.
To support teachers and students, we've collaborated with NYC public school educators, historians, and other experts to produce Passport to Social Studies. The first NYC educator produced curriculum of any subject area available to every NYCDOE teacher K–12.
Civics for All
Civic education is an essential part of every student’s core academic program. The DOE believes that teaching the foundations of American government and the democratic process is necessary to build a more engaged, active future citizen and informed voter.
Civics for All, an initiative that launched in Spring 2018, provides resources, programming, and professional learning to all NYC schools. The initiative focuses on education models that are interactive, project-based, and relevant to students’ lives.
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