2017 History & Social Science SOL Institutes

The K-12 History and Social Science SOL Institutes provided training that utilized a train-the-trainer model to provide professional development focused on the 2015 History and Social Science Standards of Learning, which will lead to the creation of performance assessments. The institutes used various information sources to provide participants with experiences to change history and social science instruction.  In each content session, teachers were provided explicit examples as an opportunity to deepen student understanding of history and social science content.

2017 Institute Materials

(Many of the links below point to websites outside the Virginia Department of Education website.)

Opening Session

• 2017 History and Social Science Standards of Learning Fall Institutes (PPT) Virginia Department of Education

Application Session

• Using the Quality Criteria Tool to design and develop History and Social Science Local Alternative Assessments (PPT)
  History and Social Science Educator Trainers Presenting on Behalf of the Virginia Department of Education

Course Content Sessions

• Planning and Preparing Instruction for Local Alternative Assessments
  History and Social Science  Virginia Teacher Trainers, Presenting on Behalf of the Virginia Department of Education:
• Elementary School Presentation (PPT)
  • Continents and Oceans (PDF)
  • Elementary School Model Lesson Documents (Word)
• Middle School  Presentation (PPT)
  • Article 1 Section 8 (Word)
  • Can a President Be Too Strong? (Word)
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis (Word)
  • Executive Order No. 9066 (Word)
  • Executive Orders Cartoon (Word)
  • Executive Orders Thinglink DBQ (Word)
  • Presidential Executive Orders (Word)
  • Presidential Executive Orders Table (Word)
• High School Presentation (PPT)
  • Document Analysis (Word)
  • High School Primary Source Documents (PDF)
  • Secondary You Do Lesson Standards (Word)