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Here is a .pdf of the Massachusetts Common Core Standards that high school teachers build their lessons plans around to assure that all students are given the best, and most equal education that they all deserve. These standards help get students ready for standardized test, and their college career to follow.

 

Here is a quick and easy chart detailing the Historical Thinking Skills that are important to all students and their understanding of history. By teaching to these skills, students learn the correct ways to think like a historian, and learn the skills that are specific to history.

Here is a .pdf of the NCSS standards. Quoting the website, "these standards (1) emphasize subject matter knowledge and the abil- ity to teach it, and (2) focus on the professional performance of those individuals whom a teacher education institution recommends for licenses. These two shifts in focus-to a greater emphasis on academic social studies content and toward performance-based assess- ment- are consistent with general trends in teacher education; the national move toward greater accountability for schools, teachers, and teacher education programs."

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