Ohio Department of Education Teaching

The documents and aids below provide almost everything educators need to understand and implement the Ohio's New Learning Standards: K-12 Social Studies. Learn about the global context in which the standards were developed, compare them with Ohio's 2002 social studies standards and see how they are sucessfully implemented in the classroom.

Support Materials  

• Social Studies Sample Eye of Integration (PDF)
• Social Studies Resource Filter  (PDF)  

Implementation Tools

• Alignment Toolkit Phase 2: Revision of District Curriculum (NEW)
  These tools create a framework from the standards and model curriculum for planning units around big ideas/concepts, sequencing units to the school year, intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary connections, diverse learner considerations, technology integration, assessment practices (formative, summative and performance-based) and resources.
  
  Phase 2 Social Studies Alignment Toolkit
  Curriculum Map and Unit Organizer Templates (Excel)
  Curriculum Map Template (Word)
  Unit Organizer Template (Word)
  Vertical Alignment Chart (PDF) 
  
   
• Instructions for using the Alignment Toolkit Phase Two: Revision of District Curriculum
  This is a link to a brief instruction video that will help guide users through the transitioning and implementation steps.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHKS4bg99jY
  

ODE Contacts
Dwight Groce
Social Studies Consultant
(614) 387-3200
Dwight.Groce@education.ohio.gov

William Muthig
Social Studies Consultant
(614) 644-7305
william.muthig@education.ohio.gov

Linda McKean
Social Studies Consultant
(614) 387-0957
Linda.McKean@education.ohio.gov