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World History Textbook Adoption

The Bellevue School District is adopting instructional materials for Foundations of World History (grade 9) and World History (grade 10) to be implemented fall 2016. The materials selected will form the basis of the curriculum for this course. The decision will be based on sound research, alignment with the C3 framework for Social Studies State Standards, Washington State Social Studies Standards, and our district mission and core values.
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Patty Shelton

K-12 Social Studies Curriculum Developer
[email protected]
(425) 456-4275

Purpose and Objective

The committee will select two programs to pilot. They will evaluate pilot data and recommend materials to adopt for implementation fall 2016.  A recommendation will be made by the adoption committee and presented to the Instructional Materials Committee (IMC). The IMC will review the recommendation and then make a recommendation to the School Board for adoption.

Committee Membership

The committee will carry on the adoption process and make the curriculum adoption recommendation by consensus based up on agreed upon criteria and evidence gathered during the process.  The committee will include one high school Foundations and/or World History teacher per BSD high school, one parent, and one high school administrator.  The committee facilitator will be Patty Shelton, K-12 Instructional Technology and Curriculum Developer, K-12 Social Studies.

Member Responsibilities:

  • Attend scheduled meetings
  • Communicate with adoption team members  and teachers within each respective building
  • Assist in analyzing teacher and student data
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