| Linking Social Studies Curriculum and Elementary | | | | - Career Management (CM) |
| School Career Education | | | | Mastery indicators occur in three different learning |
| Teachers and curriculum developers recognize the | | | | stages: |
| similarities between Social Studies standards and | | | | - Knowledge acquisition (K) |
| elementary school career education methods. As a | | | | - Application (A) |
| result, some teachers and curriculum developers use | | | | - Reflection (R) |
| both Civics, Geography, and Economics standards and | | | | Under each level, indicators of mastery highlight the |
| career awareness methods to design elementary | | | | knowledge and skills needed to achieve the goals as |
| school curriculum. | | | | the stages describe learning competencies. National |
| Social Studies Standards | | | | Career Development Guidelines (NCDG 2004) learning |
| The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) | | | | competencies show a correlation with Civics, |
| developed the standards. The NCSS Standards are | | | | Geography, and Economics Standards when students |
| the foundation for curriculum designs and program | | | | - |
| frameworks. When teachers and developers create | | | | - Identify and demonstrate your positive personal |
| quality instructions programs, the standards serve as | | | | characteristics - honesty, dependability, responsibility, |
| guides that improve student performance | | | | integrity, and loyalty |
| expectations. | | | | - Identify and demonstrate effective communication |
| The teachers and developers create curriculum based | | | | and positive social skills |
| on - | | | | - Recognize and demonstrate that you should have |
| - Strands/ Standards | | | | knowledge about, respect for, be open to, and |
| - Concepts | | | | appreciate all kinds of human diversity |
| - Performance objectives/ Accomplishments | | | | - Demonstrate the ability to get along well with others |
| As a result of curriculum, subjects - | | | | and work effectively with them in groups |
| - Identify people who help keep communities and | | | | - Recognize that your personal priorities, culture, beliefs, |
| citizens safe | | | | and work values can affect your decision-making |
| - Describe how people earn a living in the community, | | | | - Describe how education, work, and family |
| home, school, and the other places where people work | | | | experiences might impact your decisions |
| - Recognize how jobs are similar, different, and | | | | Merging Social Studies Curriculum and Career |
| significant | | | | Education Standards |
| - Acknowledge that some jobs are interdependent | | | | Teachers and developers demonstrate the links |
| - Explain why people have jobs and work to get | | | | between elementary school Social Studies standards |
| goods and services | | | | and career education methods. The standards |
| Elementary School Career Education Standards | | | | encourage the integration of Civics, Geography, |
| Like the Civics, Geography, and Economics Standards, | | | | Economics, career awareness, and career exploration |
| the elementary school career education standards help | | | | concepts. The Civics, Geography, Economics, and |
| teachers and curriculum designers create and deliver | | | | elementary school career education standards share |
| career awareness, career development, and career | | | | the same themes and are both useful in development |
| research programs and services for children, youth, | | | | of elementary school Civics, Geography, and |
| and adults. The National Career Development | | | | Economics activities, lesson plans, tool kits, projects, |
| Guidelines (NCDG) mastery indicators are the leading | | | | and games. The Social Studies Standards and National |
| source of career awareness and career exploration | | | | Career Development Guidelines are fundamental |
| methodologies. | | | | systems for Civics, Geography, and Economics |
| Mastery indicators measure three domains: | | | | curriculum design. |
| - Personal Social Development (PS) | | | | Sources: |
| - Educational Achievement and Lifelong Learning (ED) | | | | Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: I. |