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Welcome to the Seattle
Public Schools Social Studies Home Page
The
Social Studies department supports students, families, and teachers
in learning about the world in the contexts of History, Economics,
Geography, and Civics. Social Studies skills are used to build new
understanding and utilize background knowledge to construct meaning
and share complex ideas in these four areas.
Social Studies,
History, and Humanities classes will require students to develop
life-long learning and critical thinking skills as they engage in
"authentic intellectual work."
"Authentic
intellectual work," engages students in "construction of knowledge,
through the use of disciplined inquiry, to produce discourse,
products, or performances that have value beyond
school."
King, Newman &
Carmichael, 2007 http://www.thedlcteam.com/DLC/AIW_Books.html
Seattle Public Schools
students will engage in authentic intellectual work by researching
events from multiple perspectives, analyzing their findings and
developing responses to questions in the context of History,
Economics, Geography, and Civics. Students will use reading,
writing, and communication skills to create papers or presentations
that show their ability to think critically and struggle with
complex ideas.
"A
democratic education means that we educate people in a way that
ensures they can think independently, that they can use
information, knowledge, and technology, among other things, to draw
their own conclusions."
Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, School of Education, Stanford
University
Last
update: February 13, 2009
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Quote of the month:
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside
you."Maya
Angelou
Book of the month:
The Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age of
Revolution, by Gary B. Nash, Professor of History Emeritus,
UCLA, and Professor and Director, National Center for History in
the Schools
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