Instructional materials !

for social studies!

Laurie Resch, director of elementary curriculum, assessment and instruction!
Ellen Delaney, director of secondary curriculum, assessment and instruction!
Materials selection process!

•  Review core instructional materials including open source

digital resources for alignment to standards.!
•  Identified developmentally appropriate texts with the
best alignment.!
•  Grade level teachers evaluated materials using the
instructional materials selection criteria.!
•  Materials piloted with students.!
•  Students provide feedback on the piloted materials.!
•  Materials reviewed by parents on the Systems
Accountability Committee.!
•  Used the data to make a recommendation to the
School Board.!
Ancient civilizations unit!
Grade three!

•  Unit summary!
–  Aligns to the MN Academic Standards in social studies.!
–  Social studies foundations: focuses on geography
(4 benchmarks) and history (10 benchmarks).!
–  Captures three civilizations: Greece, China and Egypt.!
•  Recommendation !
–  Purchase text resources with limited sharing as
identified in the Grade Three Support Materials for Unit
on Ancient Civilizations document.!
Instructional materials!
Grade three!

Limited  sharing  of  materials   Some  sharing  of  materials  

Civiliza5on   Cost   Civiliza5on   Cost  
China   $17,383.66   China   $14,541.66  
Egypt   $20,621.92   Egypt   $16,737.66  
Greece   $15,919.96   Greece   $11,931.88  
Other   $4,982.00   Other   $4,982.00  
Total  Cost   $58,907.54   Total  Cost   $48,193.20  
Minnesota studies!
Grade six!

•  Course summary!
–  Aligns to the MN Academic Standards in social studies.!
–  Features history as the lead discipline but includes
geographic, economic and civic understandings.!
•  Recommendation!
–  Purchase Northern Lights materials published by
the Minnesota Historical Society.!
 Minnesota studies instructional materials!
Grade six!

Northern  Lights  materials  

Purchase   Gra5s   Contracted   Total   Total  A-­‐H  
Descrip5on  
quan5ty   quan5ty   price   gra5s   cost  
Northern  Lights  R2E  Student    
1138     $50.00   $56,900.00  
EdiHon  package    
Northern  Lights  R2E  Annotated  
36     $40.00     $1,440.00  
Teachers  EdiHon  
Northern  Lights  R2E  Map  
package  (8  24”x30”  high  color   36     $50.00     $1,800.00  
maps)  
Northern  Lights  R2E  Digital  
6     $25.00     $150.00  
Worksheets  
4%  Contracted  shipping           $2,411.60  
Total  graHs  and  billable  items           $62,701.60  
 Minnesota studies instructional materials!
Grade six!

Minnesota  studies  online  Moodle  course  

Purchase   Contracted  
Descrip5on   Total  A-­‐H  cost  
quan5ty   price  
Minnesota  studies     1   $200.00   $200.00  
First-­‐year  prinHng  cost   1138   $16.00   $18,208.00  
First-­‐year  formaXng  to  print   4   $3,300.00   $13,200.00  
First  revision  print   1138   $16.00   $18,208.00  
FormaXng  of  revision   4   $1,650.00   $6,600.00  
Total  graHs  and  billable  items       $56,416.00  
Geography!
Grade nine!

•  Course summary!
–  Aligns to the MN Academic Standards in social studies.!
–  Create geo-literacy through the use of geospatial
technologies, geographic based data and geographic
materials.!
•  Recommendation !
–  Purchase Contemporary Human Geography materials"
published by Pearson.!
 Geography instructional materials!
Grade nine!

Contemporary  Human  Geography  

Purchase   Gra5s   Contracted   Total  A-­‐H  
Descrip5on   Total  gra5s  
quan5ty   quan5ty   price   cost  
Contemporary  Human  Geography  
Student  EdiHon  plus  seven  years   950   389   $119.97   $46,668.33   $113,971.50  
digital    

Teachers  instrucHonal  resources     24   $111.47   $2,675.28    

Teachers  online  access  pack     24   $339.97   $8159.28    
Professional  development     1   $3,500.00   $3,500.00    

Online  professional  development  

  1   $10,000.00   $10,000.00    
resources  for  the  life  of  the  adopHon  

6%  Contracted  shipping             $6,838.29  

Total  graHs  and  billable  items         $71,002.89   $120,809.79  
 Geography instructional materials!
Grade nine!

Geography  the  Human  and  Physical  World  

Purchase   Gra5s   Contracted   Total  A-­‐H  
Descrip5on   Total  gra5s  
quan5ty   quan5ty   price   cost  
Geography:  The  Human  and  
Physical  World  Student  Suite,  six   1090   249   $89.37   $22,253.13   $97,413.30  
year  
Geography,  seventh  year  
  1339   $16.97   $22,455.03    
subscripHon  
Teacher  suite,  six  year  
  24   $368.07   $8,833.68    
subscripHon  
Teacher  lesson  center,  seventh  
  24   $41.00   $984.00    
year  subscripHon  
Chapter  tests  and  lesson  quizzes     24   $34.11   $818.64    
3%  Contracted  shipping           $2,922.40  
Total  graHs  and  billable  items         $55,344.48   $100,335.70  
Advanced Placement (AP) geography!
Grade nine!

•  Course summary!
–  Aligns to AP outcomes identified by the College Board.!
–  Introduce students to the systematic study of patterns
and processes that have shaped human
understanding, use and alteration of Earth’s surface.!
–  Students learn to employ spatial concepts and
landscape analysis to examine human socioeconomic
organization and its environmental consequences.!
•  Recommendation!
–  Purchase The Cultural Landscape Introduction
to Human Geography materials published
by Pearson.!
 AP geography instructional materials!
Grade nine!

The  Cultural  Landscape:  Introduc5on  to  Human  Geography  

Purchase   Gra5s   Contracted   Total    
Descrip5on   Total  gra5s  
quan5ty   quan5ty   price   A-­‐H  cost  
The  Cultural  Landscape  11th  ediHon,  
AP  student  ediHon  with  test  prep  and   352   88   $144.47   $12,713.36   $50,853.44  
six  years  digital  access  
IRDVD     6   $49.97   $299.82    
Mastering  Geography,  seventh  
  440   $36.00   $15,840.00    
year  digital  access  
Teachers  instrucHonal  resource     6   $105.47   $632.82    
Online  access  pack/resource     6   $212.47   $1,274.82    
Professional  development     1   $3,500.00   $3,500.00    
Online  professional  development  
  1   $10,000.00   $10,000.00    
resources  for  the  life  of  the  adopHon  
3%  Contracted  shipping               $3,051.20  
Total  graHs  and  billable  items         $44,260.82   $53,904.64  
 AP geography instructional materials!
Grade nine!

AP  Human  Geography  
Purchase   Gra5s   Contracted   Total  A-­‐H  
Descrip5on   Total  gra5s  
quan5ty   quan5ty   price   cost  
AP  Human  Geography  student  
ediHon  with  connect  plus  six   352   88   $116.48   $10,250.24   $41,000.96  
year  subscripHon  package  

Connect  plus,  seventh  year  

  440   $19.41   $8,540.40    
subscripHon  

3%  Contracted  shipping           $1,230.03  

Total  graHs  and  billable  items         $18,790.64   $42,230.99  

AP world history!
Grade 11!

•  Course summary!
–  Aligns to AP outcomes identified by the College Board.!
–  Explore key themes of world history including interaction with
the environment, cultures, state-building, economic systems
and social structures from approximately 8,000 B.C.E. to the
present.!
–  Learn to apply historical thinking skills including the ability to
craft arguments from evidence; describe, analyze and evaluate
events from a chronological perspective; compare and
contextualize historical developments; and analyze
evidence, reasoning and context to construct and
understand historical interpretations.!
•  Recommendation!
–  Purchase Traditions & Encounters materials
published by McGraw Hill!
 AP world history instructional materials!
Grade 11!

AP  Tradi5ons  and  Encounters  

AP  TradiHons  and  Encounters  
student  ediHon  with  connect   525   125   $126.00   $15,750.00   $66,150.00  
plus  seven  year  subscripHon  
Connect  plus  seventh  year  
  650   $21.00   $13,650.00    
subscripHon  

3%  Contracted  shipping  
        $1,984.50  
   
Total  graHs  and  billable  items  
      $29,400.00   $68,134.50  
   
 AP world history instructional materials!
Grade 11!

Ways  of  the  World  

Purchase   Gra5s   Contracted   Total  A-­‐H  
Descrip5on   Total  gra5s  
quan5ty   quan5ty   price   cost  
Ways  of  the  World  with  
LaunchPad,  seven  year   615   35   $120.00   $4,200.00   $73,800.00  
subscripHon  (JN718)  
Teacher  Resource  Guide,  second  
  6   $50.00   $300.00    
ediHon  
Annotated  Teacher’s  EdiHon,  
  6   $84.00   $504.00    
second  ediHon  
ExamView  Computerized  Test  
  6   $48.00   $288.00    
Bank  
Instructor  resource  CD-­‐ROM     6   $100.00   $600.00    
Teaching  Ideas  DVD  for  history     6   $99.00   $594.00    
3%  Contracted  shipping           $2,214.00  
Total  graHs  and  billable  items         $6,486.00   $76,014.00  
U.S. government and politics!
Grade 12!

•  Course summary!
–  Aligns to the MN Academic Standards in social studies.!
–  Give students an analytical perspective on government and
politics in the United States.!
–  Study of general concepts used to interpret U.S.
government and politics and the analysis of specific
examples.!
–  Gain familiarity with the various institutions, groups, beliefs
and ideas that constitute U.S. government and politics.!
•  Recommendation!
–  Purchase United States Government and Politics
materials published by Teacher Curriculum Institute.!
 U.S. gov’t/politics instructional materials!
Grade 12!

United  States  Government  and  Poli5cs  and  You  

Purchase   Gra5s   Contracted   Total  A-­‐H  
Descrip5on   Total  gra5s  
quan5ty   quan5ty   Price   cost  
Government  Alive!  Power,  
PoliHcs  and  You    student   1065   52   $94.00   $4,888.00   $100,110.00  
bundle,  seven  years  2014  
Government  Alive!  Power,  
PoliHcs  and  You  teacher     26   $510.00   $13,260.00    
subscripHon,  seven  years  2014  
Government  Alive!  Power,  
PoliHcs  and  You  placard  set     26   $75.00   $1,950.00    
2014  

Free  contracted  shipping  –  

iniHal  order  only.  5%  shipping            
on  subsequent  orders  

Total  graHs  and  billable  items         $20,098.00   $100,110.00  

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