BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING - SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 WANAQUE SCHOOL DISTRICT
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BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
WANAQUE SCHOOL DISTRICT
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM
• THE DIGITAL AGE HAS TRANSFORMED SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION, ALLOWING OUR STUDENTS
EXPERIENCE HISTORIC EVENTS VIRTUALLY
• INCREASED DEPTH OF UNDERSTANDING OF OUR GLOBAL SOCIETY AND CULTURES DUE TO
CONNECTING WITH OTHERS AND ABILITY TO EXPLORE
• STRUCTURED AROUND GUIDING OUR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE CORE DEMOCRATIC
VALUES, THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS, AND HOW KEY PEOPLE
AND EVENTS IMPACTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN HERITAGE
• STANDARDS GRADE BANDS
• BY THE END OF GRADE 4….
• BY THE END OF GRADE 8…SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM • NEW JERSEY STUDENT LEARNING STANDARDS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED IN FIVE YEARS, HOWEVER, OVER THE SUMMER MANY STANDARDS FOR DIFFERENT SUBJECTS WERE UPDATED BY THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY , SOCIAL STUDIES WAS ONE OF THEM. • THESE NEW UPDATED STANDARDS NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED SEPTEMBER 2022 SCHOOL YEAR, SO WE WILL BE WORKING TOWARDS THIS.
UPDATED SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM
TEACHERS DID NOT UPDATED THE STANDARDS, BUT RATHER THE ACTIVITIES, LESSONS, RESOURCES, AS WELL AS MADE
SURE WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE REGARDING MANDATES
• MANY OF THE UNITS ARE NOW INTEGRATED WITH READING AND WRITING THROUGH INFORMATIONAL UNITS AND TEXTS
• INTEGRATION OF CURRENT EVENTS THROUGH NONFICTION ARTICLES
• K-3 THEME BASED
• LEARN FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS ABOUT GOVERNMENT, CITIZENSHIP, GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS, AND HISTORY, WHAT IS MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN & EVENTS & PEOPLE WHO IMPACTED AMERICAN HERITAGE
• GRADE 4, NEW JERSEY
• GRADE 5, GEOGRAPHY
• GRADE 6, UNITED STATES HISTORY I
• GRADE 7, UNITED STATES HISTORY II
• GRADE 8, WORLD HISTORY
• MANDATES
• AMISTAD (K-8)
• HOLOCAUST MANDATE (K-8)
• LGBTQ & DISABILITIES MANDATE (GRADE 7 & 8)AMISTAD MANDATE N.J.S.A. 18A 52:16A-88 EVERY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL INCORPORATE THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO OUR COUNTRY IN AN APPROPRIATE PLACE IN THE CURRICULUM OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. https://www.nj.gov/education/about/divisions/amistadcommission.shtml
AMISTAD MANDATE https://www.wanaqueps.org/domain/168
KINDERGARTEN:
• NEWS MAGAZINE--HIGHLIGHTING INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN AMERICANS-- READ AND DISCUSSED DURING SOCIAL STUDIES &
LANGUAGE ARTS
• STUDENTS SING SONGS ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
• BOOKS ARE READ THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SUPPORT A DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE
AFRICAN AMERICANS PLAYED IN OUR NATION’S HISTORY, AS WELL AS KINDNESS AND EQUAL RIGHTS.
• ELIZABETI’S DOLL BY STEPHANIE STUVE-BODEEN ; YO! YES? BY CHRIS RASCHKA; CHARLIE PARKER PLAYED BE BOP BY CHRIS
RASCHKA; MY STEPS BY SALLY DERBY
• AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS, POETS, ATHLETES, AND OTHERS ARE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH READ ALOUDS, VIDEOS, AND
THROUGH CLASS DISCUSSIONS.
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTIN LUTHER KING BY JEAN MARZOLLO; MARTIN’S BIG WORDS BY DOREEN RAPPAPORT ; ROSA PARKS;
WILT CHAMBERLAIN ; GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ; HANK AARON
• STUDENTS ILLUSTRATE AND LABEL PICTURES, DETAILING HOW WE COULD TREAT PEOPLE EQUALLY (HOW WE COULD SHOW RESPECT).
• READING THEME ENTITLED: THE IMPORTANCE OF KINDNESS
• AMAZING AMERICANS WRITING STATIONS: STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE TO WRITE A STORY OR A LETTER TO THEIR PARENTS ABOUT THE
AMAZING AMERICANS THEY LEARNED ABOUT.AMISTAD MANDATE https://www.wanaqueps.org/domain/168
SIXTH-EIGHTH GRADE:
• POETRY
• MAYA ANGELOU, LANGSTON HUGHES, HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
• AFRICAN AMERICANS IN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR: JAMES ARMISTEAD, PRINCE ESTABROOK
• CHAINS BY LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON
• HISTORICAL DOCUMENT ANALYSIS FOR RELATED SLAVERY CONTENT
• ABOLITIONISTS—WILLIAM LOLYD GARRISON, SOJOUNER TRUTH, FREDRICK DOUGLASS, GRIMKE SISTERS, HARRIET TUBMAN
• ANALYSIS OF “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH
• EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
• SHARE CROPPING
• SHORT TEXT AND ARTICLES SUCH AS LIFE OF A SLAVE ON A SOUTHERN PLANTATION
• SOME SPECIFIC TOPICS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
• HIGH-PROFILE COURT CASES: DRED SCOTT DECISION, BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
• CIVIL RIGHTS ERA: ROSA PARKS, MARTIN L. KING, FREEDOM RIDERS, MALCOLM X., JACKIE ROBINSON, NEGRO LEAGUES,
RACISM IN THE SOUTH AND JIM CROW LAWS, BLACK PANTHER PARTY, HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RRHOLOCAUST MANDATE N.J.S.A. 18A:35-28 EVERY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL INCLUDE INSTRUCTION ON THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDES IN AN APPROPRIATE PLACE IN THE CURRICULUM OF ALL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS. THE INSTRUCTION SHALL FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT EACH CITIZEN BEARS TO FIGHT RACISM AND HATRED WHENEVER AND WHEREVER IT HAPPENS. https://nj.gov/education/holocaust/about_us/mandate.html
https://www.wanaqueps.org/domain/168
HOLOCAUST MANDATE
GRADE TWO
• OUR FIRST AND SECOND STEP CURRICULUM AND LESSONS TEACH STUDENTS TO STAND UP FOR ONE ANOTHER AND
SUPPORT EVERY STUDENT IN OUR SCHOOL
• INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM LESSONS ON THE VALUE OF DIVERSITY
• SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES AND BOOK TITLES ARE PROVIDED IN OUR SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM TO HELP OUR STUDENTS TO
VALUE THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AND TO LEARN THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF PREJUDICE AND RACISM.
• DURING LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE, BOOKS ARE READ THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SUPPORT A
DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THESE VALUES. STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE IN
DISCUSSIONS AROUND SOME OF THE FOLLOWING TITLES:
• INTERACTIVE READ ALOUD TEXTS FROM THEME 1: IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP
• HORACE AND MORRIS
• INTERACTIVE READ ALOUD TEXTS FROM THEME 2: CARING FOR EACH OTHER
• THE BIG RED LOLLIPOPHOLOCAUST MANDATE https://www.wanaqueps.org/domain/168
GRADE SEVEN
• A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE HOLOCAUST IN PART OF THE ELA AND SS CURRICULA
• INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM LESSONS ON THE VALUE OF DIVERSITY
• STUDENTS READ PLAY OF THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ANSWERING HOLOCAUST RELATED
QUESTIONS THROUGH JOURNALING AND REFLECTIONS. RESEARCH IS PROVIDED BY THE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS
AND MEDIA SPECIALIST FOR THIS TIME PERIOD.
• STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN BOOK CLUBS AND LITERATURE CIRCLE PROGRAM THIS YEAR THAT WILL CENTER AROUND THE
HOLOCAUST AND SOCIAL INJUSTICES. THROUGH THE LENSES OF THE NOVELS: BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY, DANIEL’S
STORY, I AM MALALA, THE BOY IN THE STRIPPED PAJAMAS, STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCES OF THE
HOLOCAUST IN ORDER TO INTERNALIZE AND UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED DURING THIS
ABHORRENT TRAGEDY.
• HOST AN ASSEMBLY PROGRAM THROUGH THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ, WHERE ‘SURVIVORS’
COME TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADDRESS THE 7TH GRADE STUDENTS RECOUNTING THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
• A COMPREHENSIVE HOLOCAUST CURRICULUM IS IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM
• TEACHERS USE HTTPS://ECHOESANDREFLECTIONS.ORG/TEACH/ AND THEY FOCUS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/PL19/6_.HTM LGBTQ & DISABILITIES MANDATE C.18A:35-4.36 SCHOOL BOARDS MUST ADOPT INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT PORTRAY THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY OF SOCIETY INCLUDING THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, WHERE APPROPRIATE. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AND SHALL FIRST APPLY TO THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
LGBTQ & DISABILITIES MANDATE (7 TH & 8TH GRADE) ARTICLE OF THE MONTH (EDUCATORS TAKE A NEUTRAL APPROACH AND PRESENT FACTS) • TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS, PRACTICE NONFICTION READING SKILLS, AND ENGAGE IN THOUGHTFUL CLASSROOM DISCUSSION, STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN ARTICLE OF THE MONTH. THEY WILL LEARN ABOUT RELEVANT PAST AND PRESENT EVENTS, AS WELL AS LEARN ABOUT PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO AMERICAN SOCIETY, POLITICALLY, ECONOMICALLY, AS WELL AS SOCIALLY. THE ARTICLES CAN INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: • IMPROV COMEDIANS WITH DOWN SYNDROME IMPROVE COMMUNICATION HTTPS://NEWSELA.COM/READ/IMPROV-TROOP-DOWN-SYNDROME/ID/55684/ • MEET THE CANDIDATES: PETE BUTTIGIEG HTTPS://NEWSELA.COM/READ/ELECTION-2020-PETE-BUTTIGIEG-BIOGRAPHY/ID/2001005013/ • WHO DESIGNED THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON? HTTPS://KIDS.BRITANNICA.COM/STUDENTS/ARTICLE/BAYARD-RUSTIN/335157 HTTPS://KINGINSTITUTE.STANFORD.EDU/ENCYCLOPEDIA/RUSTIN-BAYARD • THESE GIRLS BROKE BARRIERS
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