Social Studies
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Special Services, and School Improvement—
Mary K. Zarr
Phone: 847-963-3106
E-mail: zarrm@ccsd15.net
MISSION AND GOALS:
The Mission of the Social Studies Department includes and supports District 15's mission to produce world-class learners by building a connected learning community.
The Goals of the Social Studies Department support the Board
of Education Goals and emphasize integrating technology across the
district, ensuring that District 15 students meet or exceed
state and world-class standards, excelling as an organization and
raising the benchmarks, building a connected learning community,
and becoming a world-class educational system.
DISTRICT 15 SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM AND BENCHMARKS:
The Social Studies Curriculum is aligned to the Illinois
State Standards and Benchmarks, as well as the District 15
Learner Statements. The Illinois State Standards for Social Studies
include State Goals 14-18:
STATE GOAL 14: Understand political systems, with an emphasis on the United States.
STATE GOAL 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States.
STATE GOAL 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations.
STATE GOAL 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States.
STATE GOAL 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.
DISTRICT 15 CURRICULUM:
The Social Studies curriculum in the primary grades begins with content related to understanding government as it relates to the individual, family, neighborhoods and the community with the understanding of local history. In the intermediate grades, the content studied relates from state and local government, geography and cultures, economics and trends, to understanding the basic structure of the constitution, early American history and ancient western civilization. In the upper grades, students study industrialization and immigration, contemporary issues, the constitution, civil war and reconstruction. Throughout all grade levels, all five state standards are taught in strands throughout the curriculum at all grade levels.
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