2016 History-Social Science Framework

C3 Framework

California Department of Education

• Model Curriculum, “Information provided on these Web pages is a standards-based model curriculum on the life and work of César E. Chávez. The curriculum is provided for grades Kindergarten through 12, with biographies, pictures, and other resources provided to help teachers prepare lessons for this state holiday.”
  • César E. Chávez Model Curriculum
    “Research Center is now available. Contains several thousand primary source documents and more than 500 pictures from historical archives.”
  • Model Curriculum And Resources for Teachers
    
    • K-3 Lessons
    • 4-6 Lessons
    • 7-9 Lessons
    • 10-12 Lessons
• Human Rights and Genocide Model Curriculum (PDF; 2MB)

According to the California Council for Social Studies (CCSS), “Reading and analyzing primary sources is a major component of the Common Core ELA Standards for Literacy in History-Social Studies. The following resource links provide access to key primary sources to support instruction in American history, civics, and economics.”

Primary Source Resources:

• Library of Congress Primary Source Analysis Tools
• http://www.loc.gov/teachers/primary-source-analysis-tool/

Early America

• Exploring the Early Americas – Explorations and Encounters
• http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/exploring-the-early-americas/explorations-and-encounters.html
• Exploring the Early Americas – Aftermath of the Encounter
• http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/exploring-the-early-americas/aftermath-of-the-encounter.html 

The Constitution

• Primary source set and teachers guide from the Library of Congress
  http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/constitution/
• This is a Lesson from the National Archives for grades 4-12
  http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-workshop/index.html

The Civil War in America

• “The Valley of the Shadow” website-Primary documents from two communities, one Northern and one Southern. Documents cover the period from Fall 1859 to Fall 1870.
• http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/

Economics

• Primary Sources and More for Economics and the Federal Reserve
• http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/

Images from Japanese American Internment Camps

• This Calisphere site includes photographs, artwork, questions for students, and connection to standards.
• http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/themed_collections/subtopic5e.html

Cold War – Cuban Missile Crisis

• “To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis” Exhibit at the National Archives site has TV footage of JFK and a mobile app for iPads with items from the exhibit.
• http://www.archives.gov/nae/visit/gallery.html 

Civil Rights

• The Civil Rights Movement as seen through California Photographers
• http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/themed_collections/subtopic6a.html

Cartoon America

• NARA’s cartoon analysis sheet
  http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/cartoon_analysis_worksheet.pdf
• A good collection of cartoons for high school students from the Library of Congress
• http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/cartoonamerica/cartoon-political.html

Lost LA, is an Emmy award winning local history program “available to stream on the free KCET and PBS Video apps available on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, the App Store and Google Play, as well as on YouTube, kcet.org/lostla and pbssocal.org/lostla.”

• • The Lost LA Curriculum Project launched lesson plans, each based upon an episode of the show, that can be accessed through
    kcet.org/lostlacurriculum. Teachers and students will be able to navigate lessons by topic, watch a variety of episodes, download lessons and classroom activities, as well as find related articles and digital content pertinent to topics that range from Los Angeles’ coded geographies to the city’s original roots in “The Wild West.”