History-Social Sciences
The SCCOE offers history-social science workshops, conferences, and student events for K-12 educators. Our mission is to provide instructional and other services to improve understanding of economics, geography, world and United States history, and government, as well as to instill the skills and dispositions of civic learning and participation. We seek to move history-social science education beyond the rote memorization of facts by engaging students in the inquiry of documents and images and engaging with non-fiction text.
Services
- Customized professional development services for schools upon demand for all areas of history-social science.
- Professional development for choosing and implementing adopted textbooks.
- Curriculum Leadership Council
- Colonial Williamsburg Teachers Institute
- Professional development to assist schools in beginning or continuing the follow student events:
- We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution
- We the People: Project Citizen
- Mock Trial
- History Day
- Student competitions sponsored by SCCOE:
- Mock Trial
- Mock Trial Invitational (second Saturday of January)
- History Day (held in March)
Local Opportunities in Social Science Education
- Social Studies State Updates
- Equal Pay Day
- California Pioneers of Santa Clara County has opened their annual history essay contest for 2012. This year they are offering $2,250.00 in prizes for grades 4th and up.
For further information contact Mary Lou Lyon malyon_1999@yahoo.com. Let’s work to support local history in Santa Clara County.
Date last updated: April 27, 2012
