• District Curriculum Overview
  • Introduction to Curriculum Guides
  • Professional Teaching Standards
  • Professional Development Guiding Principles
  • Social Justice Commitment
  • Curriculum Guide Glossary of Terms
• Teaching Standards
  • Knowledge of Students
  • Planning and Teaching for Learning
  • A Culture and Environment for Learning
  • Monitoring Progress
  • Professional Growth
• Subject Areas
  • English/Language Arts
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Social Studies

Social Studies Curriculum Guide

I. Amherst Pelham Regional School District Curriculum Overview

1. Introduction
2. Professional Teaching Standards
3. Professional Development Guiding Principles

II. Social Studies Program

A. Mission and Goals

B. Benchmarks/Measures of Progress

III. Grade and Course Curriculum Overviews

IV. Standards and Expectations in Social Studies

A. K-12 Social Studies Curriculum Standards Overarching Big Ideas

B. Excerpt from Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Guide - 1995

C. Curriculum Maps by Grade or Course

• Middle School
• High School

D. Social Studies Vocabulary

V. Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Standards Not Covered

VI. Related District Curriculum Documents

A. Cross-curriculum Applications

• Social Justice Commitment (Work in Progress)

B. Instructional Strategies

• Supporting Social Studies Learning in Inclusive Settings

C. Academic Program Publications

• Middle School Program of Studies (excerpt)
• High School Program of Studies (excerpt)

We welcome your feedback to the Social Studies Curriculum Guide. Please send comments to SocialStudies@arps.org.