PK - 5 Social Studies Instructional Resources

Topeka Public Schools strives to integrate social studies content and instruction through English Language Arts. This happen during shared reading, writing, and guided reading. Integration occurs through our core resource as well as supplemental programming such as Newsela and Discovery Education. Students also read a wide variety of texts such as historical fiction, biographies, and informative pieces to deepen their knowledge of social studies content.

Social Studies Assessment

Students in elementary grades 3-5 will take the Kansas State Social Studies Asessment beginning the 2021-2022 school year. The 2020-2021 school year a pilot year. This year fourth grade students will take the pilot assessmendeveloped during the summer of 2020.

The following video gives an introduction to the classroom based HGSS state assessment.