Don Gifford, KSDE Social Studies Content Specialist, has been kind enough to provide a guest commentary on the C3 Framework published by NCSS this week.  You can find a link to the Framework here.

NCSS Publishes New Help for Social Studies Educators  by Don Gifford, KSDE

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards: State Guidance for Enhancing the Rigor of K-12 Civics, Economics, Geography, and History

 The National Council for the Social Studies has just released a framework for enhancing the rigor of Social Studies education.  Over the past several years the Kansas Department of Education (KSDE) and a couple of Kansas teachers have been involved in crafting and reviewing this work.  The September edition of Social Education, a publication of NCSS, has several articles about the process and content of this framework.  The intent of my writing today is to demonstrate the alignment with the Kansas History, Government, and Social Studies Standards and encourage the use of this document writing curriculum and designing units of study.  Continue reading Guest Post: NCSS Publishes New Help for Social Studies Educators →