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Curricular Priorities
Facilitator’s Guide
Re-create the accompanying graphic organizer (Figure 37) and use it to prioritize the knowledge and skills listed
in each grade level and course of the TEKS for Social Studies.
Materials:
• The TEKS for Social Studies
• Chart Paper
• Markers
• Post-it Tape Flags
Directions for Facilitators
1. Divide the participants into grade level groups with no more than three people working together.
2. Direct the group in using the “Directions for Participants.”
3. After the groups report their findings, guide the participants to draw conclusions about their findings
collectively.
4. As a whole group, discuss the question: “What implications do these findings have for your teaching?”
Directions for Participants
Chapter 7: Professional Development in Social Studies
1. In pairs or threes, participants analyze the grade level/course they teach.
2. Each group draws the circles in Figure 37 on chart paper and labels them.
3. Write the TEKS sites [example: 8.2 (A)] on Post-it Tape Flags.
4. Discuss each TEKS site, decide where it belongs on the range of circles, and attach it there.
5. Participants present their findings and support their judgments.