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Social Studies

Published: 11/18/2020 9:14 AM

The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) states that social studies "is the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence." For students to become fully empowered participants in democracy, students must draw upon such disciplines as anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, sociology as well as content from the humanities to develop broad conceptual understandings in social studies. The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions as citizens of a diverse democratic society in an interdependent world.

Announcements

Kentucky Academic Standards Implementation

Schools are required to use the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Social Studies as the basis of their curricula and instruction as implementation of these standards began in the 2019-2020 school year.

Questions related to standards implementation can be directed to standards@education.ky.gov.

For more information on the social studies standards, visit the Social Studies Standards webpage and view the Social Studies Standards Resources.

2020-2021 Assessment Information

For information on 2020-2021 testing, visit the Office of Assessment and Accountability’s Assessment webpage. Assessment inquires may be directed to dacinfo@education.ky.gov.

Stay Connected

Kentucky Teacher: Click to access the social studies section of Kentucky Teacher, a publication of the Kentucky Department of Education.

Listservs: Click to subscribe to listservs, such as KYSOCSTU, for information about the social studies community.

Please email the social studies team with any questions.