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This advisory recommendation has not been approved by the Instructional Quality Commission or the State Board of Education.

REVIEW PANEL ADVISORY RECOMMENDATION

2017 HISTORY–SOCIAL SCIENCE ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

|Publisher |Program |Grade Level(s) |

|Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |Kids Discover California Social Studies |K–6 |

Program Summary:

Kids Discover California Social Studies includes: Student Edition (SE), Digital SE (Online Student Magazine; includes Skill Lessons and Citizenship Feature); Teacher’s Guide (TG, Print and Digital); Digital-Only Ancillaries: Get Set to Read/Anticipation Guide, School to Home Newsletters, Vocabulary Activities, Vocabulary Network, Magazine Glossary, Literature Selection, Annotated Bibliographies, Pacing Guides, Collaborative Discussion Rubrics for ELD, Performance Task Guidelines and Rubrics, Answer Key, Magazine Assessment, Benchmark Assessments, Pre/Post Assessments, HMH FYI, HHM In the News, Media Explorations, Core Online Student Content (COSC).

Recommendation:

Kids Discover California Social Studies is recommended for adoption because the instructional materials include content as specified in the History–Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools and meet all the criteria in category 1 with strengths in categories 2–5.

Criteria Category 1: History–Social Science Content/Alignment with Standards

The program supports instruction designed to ensure that students master all the History–Social Science Content Standards for the intended grade level(s) and meets the evaluation criteria in category 1 with edits as indicated below.

Citations:

• Criterion #1: Grade 3, TG p. 234, Student Magazine, p. 2: How America Works; Grade 5, COSC p.3, Digital Only Student Magazine, Regions of North America, Learn More: States and Capitals.

• Criterion #3: Grade 4, TG, pp. 11, 16-25, SE pp.3, 8-17, California: Places and Regions.

• Criterion #8: Grade K, Maps SE pp. 2-19, TG pp. 94-111.

• Criterion #13: Grade 2, SE p. 8, TG, p. 82 (North America); Digital-Only Weather Reporter Performance Guidelines and Rubric.

• Criterion #17: Grade 6, Greece’s Golden Age SE, pp. 4-5, TG pp. 208-209.

• Criterion #21: Grade 1, Holidays, SE p.7, TG p. 155.

Criteria Category 2: Program Organization

The organization and features of the instructional materials support instruction and learning of the standards.

Citations:

• Criterion #3: Grade 4, SE, Spanish Exploration and Colonization, pp. 2-17, TG pp. 66-81; Grade 5, SE, American Revolution, pp. 2-5, 10-11, 16-17, TG pp. 290-293, 298-299, 304-305.

• Criterion #5: Grade 3, TG pp.127, 133, 135; Grade 5, TG pp.389, 543, 549; Grade 6, TG p.65.

• Criterion #8: Grade K, SE, Jobs, pp. 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, TG pp. 66-67, 68-69, 70-71, 72-73; Grade 2, SE, America: Heritage and Culture, pp. 4-7, TG pp. 208-211.

• Criterion #9: Grade 3, SE, Settling the Land, pp. 16-18, TG pp. 164-166; Grade 6, p. 81.

Criteria Category 3: Assessment

The instructional materials provide teachers with assistance in using assessments for planning instruction and monitoring student process toward mastering the content.

Citations:

• Criterion #2: Grade 2, Introduce, TG p. 10.; Grade 2, Online Resources TG p. 3

• Criterion #3: Grade 4, Assess, TG p. 151.

• Criterion #4: Grade 3, Assessment, TG p. 140.

• Criterion #8: Grade 5, Research, TG p. 165; Grade 5, Summarize, TG p. 165; Grade 5, Digital, Assessment, Collaborative Discussion Rubric for ELD; Grade 5, Digital-Only, Assessments, Plains Indians Performance Guidelines and Rubric: First – Hand Account.

Criteria Category 4: Universal Access

Program materials effectively provided both universal and equitable access to high-quality curriculum and instruction for all student groups. It provided teachers with many options allowing for differentiation for EL students and students with special needs.

Citations:

• Criterion #5: Grade K–6 (all grades), TG pp. 32, 35; Grade 1, TG pp.157, 218–219.

• Criterion #8: Grade 3, TG pp. 50-51, 292 -293; all grades p. 33.

• Criterion #10: Grade 6, TG pp.10, 70, 73, 250, TG (all grades) p. 33.

Criteria Category 5: Instructional Planning and Support

The instructional materials contain a clear road map for teachers to follow when planning instruction and are designed to help teachers provide effective standards-based instruction and ensure opportunities for all students to learn the essential skills and knowledge specified in the standards.

Citations:

• Criterion #1: Grade 1, TG pp. 158-159; Grade 4, TG pp. 22-33, 236-237.

• Criterion #2: Grade 2, TG pp.17, 68, 72,180, 181, 208; Grade 5, TG pp. 38-39, 77,178,494-495, 461.

• Criterion #3: Grade 6, TG pp. 177,181,185, SE, Early Greeks, Digital-Only Critical Thinking Skill: Compare Primary and Secondary Sources; Grade 3, SE, Protecting Resources, Digital-Only, Reading Social Studies Skill: Compare and Contrast.

• Criterion #9: Grade 4, TG pp. 161,179.

• Criterion#13: Grade 5, TG pp. 80, 94,122.

• Criterion #16: Grade 4, TG p.82, SE, Spanish Exploration and Settlement, p. 18.

• Criterion #23: Grade 3, TG pp. 23, 278.

Edits and Corrections:

The following edits and corrections must be made as a condition of adoption:

1. Grade 5, SE, Benjamin Franklin, p. 17, TG p. 417: substitute “supported” for “devised” in the following sentence: “He was a member of the Constitutional Convention, where he devised the Great Compromise…”

2. Grade 6, SE, Ancient India, p. 17, TG p. 277: Substitute the picture of Hanuman with one of Rama. Edit the text that begins “The Ramayana tells a story…to the following: “The Ramayana tells the story of how the good king Rama rescues his wife, Sita, from the evil demon Ravana.

3. Grade 6, COSC, SE, Ancient India Digital-Only Skill: :Think Like a Historian: (COSC 120-121) move to Archaeology (COSC 50-56).

4. Grade 1, COSC, p. 93 Digital Resources “Learn More”…American Families, replace “Amercian” with “American.”

5. Grade 1, COSC, p. 74, SE, Yesterday and Today, Digital-Only Skill: “Use a Time Line,” “Make a time line to show how you have changed since you were a baby.” Should read “Make a time line to show how you have changed since you were younger.”

California Department of Education: August 8, 2017

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