Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 2003
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Luetta Monson
Second Committee Member
Nancy E. Jurenka
Third Committee Member
Steven A. Schmitz
Abstract
For the 2002-2003 school year, Sultan School District (WA) made the decision to move the Washington State History course from the high school level to be taught at the middle school level, specifically in the seventh grade Humanities block for a semester. This decision was made to be in compliance with the future state Social Studies requirements. Since the Humanities course was already based on the theory of integrating Geography with Language Arts, a new curriculum needed to be developed to incorporate the new Washington State History material. A team of teachers decided to take this task on and develop a curriculum that focused on integrating literature, inquiry learning and other supplemental media to enhance the social studies content and build reading, writing and communication skills.
Recommended Citation
Martin, Erika Lee, "An Integrated Approach to Teaching Washington State History in a Seventh Grade Humanities Block" (2003). All Graduate Projects. 823.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/823