[Textbook-l] California history text standards

Wed Aug 6 01:08:29 UTC 2003

Looks good.

Again, for the purpose of a successful *pilot*, I would suggest taking on
the California frameworks. This will focus the project, and get us to
completion faster.

Sanford

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jimmy Wales" <jwales at bomis.com>
To: <textbook-l at wikipedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 5:39 PM
Subject: [Textbook-l] California history text standards

> http://www.cde.ca.gov/standards/history/
>
> We're focussing on grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.
>
> The titles of the content standards are:
>
> Grade 9 -- no standards, schools are supposed to offer electives
>
> Grade 10 -- World History, Culture, and Geography: The Modern World
>
> Grade 11 -- United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change
> in the Twentieth Century
>
> Grade 12 -- Principles of American Democracy and Economics
>
> I think it is pretty clear, and a conversation with LittleDan has
> further convinced me, that our expertise lies best in Grade 10 --
> World History, Culture, and Geography: The Modern World.
>
> Here's the link:
> http://www.cde.ca.gov/standards/history/grade10.html
>
> and similar for Florida:
> http://www.firn.edu/doe/curriculum/crscode/basic612/912/ss912/2109310.pdf
>
> although the actual "Instructional Materials Specifications" for
> Florida are apparently buried here:
> http://www.firn.edu/doe/instmat/pdf/social_studies.pdf
> (see page 189, which is Adobe page 198)
>
> As you can see, these are detailed specifications, and we should
> probably be able to write to it with a fair degree of success.
>
> A "ToDo" list on this would include making sure that this is the right
> document to work from, and also to look on the web to see if Texas
> standards can be found as well.
>
> And any other states or countries that anyone has a particular
> interest in, of course.
>
> (For example, are there published content standards for courses in
> Australia and Great Britain, etc.?)
>
> --Jimbo
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