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From Standards to Success: Expanded Historical Thinking Skills Reference

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From Standards to Success: Expanded Historical Thinking Skills Reference

Use this quick-reference guide to clarify the six Historical Thinking Skills (HTS) embedded within the South Carolina U.S. History standards: Comparison, Causation, Periodization, Contextualization...

From Standards to Success: Instructional Anchor Suggestions for USHC Standard 2

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From Standards to Success: Instructional Anchor Suggestions for USHC Standard 2

Use this quick-reference guide to identify high-leverage instructional anchors for USHC Standard 2. Organized by indicator, the resource suggests anchors such as historical developments, turning...

From Standards to Success: PLD-Informed Task Scaffold

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From Standards to Success: PLD-Informed Task Scaffold

Use this scaffold to design PLD-informed expectations and instructional supports for a common, evidence-centered U.S. History task. Educators begin with the same rigorous prompt for all students, then...

From Standards to Success: USHC 2 Instructional Anchor Task Planner

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From Standards to Success: USHC 2 Instructional Anchor Task Planner

Use this planning tool to organize the key components of a coherent, evidence-centered U.S. History lesson. Educators identify the historical thinking required by an indicator, select an appropriate...

From Standards to Success: USHC 2- Content Mapping Chart Template

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From Standards to Success: USHC 2- Content Mapping Chart Template

Use this content mapping template to organize the historical developments surrounding an instructional anchor and strengthen alignment between content, historical thinking, and evidence. Educators...

USHC 2 Lesson Design Exemplar: Designing Coherent, Evidence-Centered Instruction

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USHC 2 Lesson Design Exemplar: Designing Coherent, Evidence-Centered Instruction

Explore a model of coherent, evidence-centered lesson design for USHC Standard 2. Using the Missouri Compromise as an instructional anchor, this exemplar demonstrates how to align historical thinking...

Teaching with Instructional Anchors: How to Organize Content to Deepen Thinking and Strengthen Alignment

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Teaching with Instructional Anchors: How to Organize Content to Deepen Thinking and Strengthen Alignment

Learn how to organize coherent, evidence-centered instruction around high-leverage instructional anchors that develop historical thinking and support EOCEP success. This article models a six-step...

Exemplar: Translating Instruction into an EOCEP-Aligned Assessment Item

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Exemplar: Translating Instruction into an EOCEP-Aligned Assessment Item

Exemplar: Translating Instruction into an EOCEP-Aligned Assessment Item is a sample resource that illustrates how a classroom learning experience can be translated into an EOCEP-aligned assessment...

Design a Learning Experience Aligned to USHC 1

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Design a Learning Experience Aligned to USHC 1

Design a Learning Experience Aligned to USHC 1 is a classroom-ready planning tool that helps teachers design coherent, standards-aligned instruction for South Carolina U.S. History. Using a USHC 1...

Designing Learning Experiences for Historical Thinking

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Designing Learning Experiences for Historical Thinking

Designing Learning Experiences for Historical Thinking shows teachers how to plan rigorous, standards-aligned U.S. History lessons using a simple six-step process. Through a USHC 1 example, the...

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