CSMP

Program: Program: Customized Programs in Building Academic Literacy in History, World & U.S. History, Geography, Government, and Economics

WHEN & WHERE:  These programs are offered by request and times vary but typically these programs are offered during the school year.   Location of these programs varies in any year, given the requests of local schools and teachers.

STANDARDS, CONTENT, & GRADE LEVEL:  These customized programs can be designed for HSS teachers at the appropriate content and grade level, as defined by the HSS Standards.  All CHSSP programs are, in general, aligned with the California HSS Analysis Skill Standards for grades K-12.  Specific offerings at local CHSSP sites can also be tailored to a particular era, region, or grade level.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:  Though the discipline of history dominates the HSS curriculum, individual sites have responded to local requests for programming in other social science disciplines. Some sites routinely offer geography and economics programs and some only when contracted with local school districts. Though program descriptions vary, all sites are committed to the k-16 model of providing content based on the latest research presented by professionals from the discipline combined with methods for literacy-embedded classroom implementation.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  All CHSSP programs provide teachers with new understandings of significant and interesting aspects of the discipline they teach, helping them engage and support students in learning. Questions and standards-driven activities help teachers organize the curriculum for student learning. Engaging as an adult learner compels teachers to reconsider how they plan instruction and design learning experiences for their students as they themselves reconnect with what it means to be a learner. Finally, all programs address what it means not only to assess what students know about the content,  but how they learn the content as expressed in the California History-Social Science analysis standards.

FUNDING:  Individual CHSSP sites fund customized programs through a variety of sources:  contracts with local schools and districts, state and federal grants, and individual teacher registration fees.  To find out how you can bring a customized program to your school or district, contact the CHSSP Statewide Office (chssp@ucdavis.edu; 530.752.0572).