Teaching and Learning Instructional Materials Adoption Process
The Groveport Madison Local School District’s Board of Education is responsible for adopting curriculum and instructional materials for all content areas and courses pursuant to Board of Education policy 2520. The Teaching and Learning department uses policy and administrative guidelines to facilitate the curriculum and instructional materials process.
The Teaching and Learning instructional materials review and adoption process relies heavily on collaboration and expertise with teachers across all curriculum areas. It focuses on using data and feedback to align with the content standards and creating a shared vision of curriculum design and implementation.
We follow the research-based process below when reviewing curriculum/ instructional materials.
- Analysis of student data and monitoring of student learning
- Gap analysis and Survey data
- Review of Key standards and Focus Areas
- Goal Setting
- Research and Vett Potential Resources
- Committee Review and Cultural Responsiveness Scorecard
- Committee Recommendation
- Administrative Recommendation and Presentation to Board of Education
Our curriculum instructional materials review cycle through 2024:
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Social Studies
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2021
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Mathematics
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2022
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Science
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2023
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English Language Arts
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2024
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We invite our community to join in our instructional materials review process.
Please see the links and demos for materials that we are considering and complete the form to submit your input on our materials per vendor reviewed. Click here to view the Cultural Responsive Scorecard that you will need to answer the review questions about representation, social justice, and teacher materials.
Elementary S.S. Content Review
Middle S.S. Content Review
HS SS Content Review
If you prefer to leave more general comments about materials or our review process, click here to complete and submit this form by April 15, 2021.
Social Studies Curriculum & Support Content Being Recommended for 2021-2022 School Year
Click the blue links below to review the materials.
U.S. History - SAVVAS Learning Company
U.S. History is more than the "story" of our past. Its consequences can be felt today and may impact our future. New U.S. History Interactive is a modern, inquiry-based social studies curriculum that promotes critical thinking, immersive experiences, and informed action. It leverages the C3 Framework to make U.S. History experiential and culturally relevant for all students.
World History - SAVVAS Learning Company
World History is more than the "story" of our past. Its consequences can be felt today and may impact our future. New World History Interactive is a modern, inquiry-based social studies curriculum that promotes critical thinking, immersive experiences, and informed action. It leverages the C3 Framework to make world history experiential and culturally relevant for all students.
Project Imagine - U.S. History
Students will experience history through immersive learning experiences that engage with primary sources. Experiences include 360° Virtual Reality, Role-Play, Map/Timeline, Decision Tree, and Opinion Poll. Experience Project Imagine with these sample immersive activities.
Project Imagine - World History
Hear the story of the past through the voices of the people who lived it. Discover the “liquid gold” of Ancient Greece as you follow an Athenian oil trader. Step inside the homes of the working classes during the industrial revolution and navigate through a WWI trench to experience life on the front. Project Imagine: World History provides immersive digital activities and compelling primary sources to supplement your course.
African American Odyssey
The African-American Odyssey presents a clear overview of Black history within a broad social, cultural, and political framework, instilling in students an appreciation of African Americans' central place in American history. Authors Darlene Clark Hine, William Hine, and Stanley Harrold trace the long and turbulent journey of African Americans, the rich culture they have nurtured throughout their history, and the quest for freedom through which they have sought to counter oppression and racism.
Government in America - AP Edition
The text frames the study of the U.S. government within a public policy approach, focuses on the theme that “politics matters,” and gets students involved in politics with active learning features. The new 18th edition has been thoroughly revised to cover key political and policy developments in the areas of healthcare, taxation, immigration, environmental policy, and the coronavirus pandemic, to name but a few. The 2020 presidential and
congressional elections have been fully integrated, along with the latest round of Supreme Court decisions and recent events with significant political implications. New expanded coverage of the role of social media in politics along with updated material on the increasing role of ideology and policy views in voting behavior enables students to explore the impact it has on our lives.
Social Studies Curriculum & Support Content Being Reviewed March 2021
NEWSELA
Newsela Social Studies gives teachers thousands of relevant, standards-aligned texts specially selected for the social studies classroom, emphasizing diverse and unheard perspectives. We cover primary sources, U.S. founding documents and Supreme Court cases, biographies, op-eds, and more.
Gallopade
Gallopade Curriculum successfully meets Ohio Learning Standards strands, themes, and topics and prepares students for grade-level achievement. Given the brief time teachers have to cover Social Studies curriculum, our quick and to-the-point lessons allow teachers to focus on the standard needing to be covered without all of the fluff. Our research-based, proven approach succeeds in students learning, understanding, and retaining essential social studies standards and skills.
6th Grade
Network Discovering Our Past: A History of the World, Early Ages - McGraw Hill
Discovering Our Past: A History of the World, Early Ages covers the history of the world from the beginning of time to the political and industrial revolutions of the 1700s-1800s. It’s a part of McGraw-Hill Networks™, a dynamic student-centered program that helps teachers prepare students to succeed in college, careers, and civic life.
Network Discovering World Geography - McGraw Hill
Discovering World Geography gives today's students a firm foundation for understanding global issues in the context of physical and human geography. Middle school students will explore the role of social media, refugees, immigration, trade issues, the effects of aging populations, and energy resources and indigenous rights.
7th Grade
Network Discovering Our Past: A History of the World - McGraw Hill
Discovering Our Past: A History of the World covers the history of the world from the beginning of time to the political present day. Expose students to past cultures and civilizations, and awaken them to a whole new perspective with a truly integrated print and digital Middle School World History curriculum.
8th Grade
Network Discovering Our Past: A History of the United States, Early Years - McGraw Hill
Discovering Our Past: A History of the United States, Early Years covers the United States' history through the end of Reconstruction (1877). It's a part of McGraw-Hill Networks™, a dynamic student-centered program that helps teachers prepare students to succeed in college, careers, and civic life.
Social Studies Curriculum & Support Content Reviewed March 2021
Studies Weekly
A student-friendly curriculum organized thematically to the social studies strands of civics and government, geography, economics, and history. All within our student-friendly periodical format and robust online learning platform.
Into Social Studies - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Becoming a good citizen often starts at home, but the lessons extend to the classroom, where students connect with their community, their country, and beyond. Here, they begin to understand what it means to be a contributing member of society. In partnership with a leading provider of dynamic social studies curricula, Into Social Studies captivates K-6 students with vibrant magazines and hands-on activities that transform every classroom into a world stage. Through an engaging, flexible curriculum that marries nonfiction content with literacy goals, students develop the solid contextual foundations they need to build knowledge and find their place in the world.
Gallopade
Gallopade Curriculum successfully meets Ohio Learning Standards strands, themes, and topics and prepares students for grade-level achievement. Given the brief time teachers have to cover Social Studies curriculum, our quick and to-the-point lessons allow teachers to focus on the standard needing to be covered without all of the fluff. Our research-based, proven approach succeeds in students learning, understanding, and retaining essential social studies standards and skills.
Social Studies Alive! - TCI
TCI’s elementary social studies curriculum incorporates key points from the ELA Common Core throughout our "History Alive!" program. As students progress each year, they climb a "staircase" of content that gradually grows more challenging to strengthen understanding of the topics at hand, including ideas represented in the Social Studies Common Core. Literacy is an important component of any student's education. That is why we have integrated it into all of our lesson-planning tools and resources to ensure that instruction meets the NCSS social studies standards.
Panorama
Panorama - National Geographic Cengage
Welcome to National Geographic's Panorama: Reading Through the Lens of Social Studies. This groundbreaking program builds a content knowledge background as it incorporates Civics, History, Geography, and Economics strands through authentic fiction and National Geographic nonfiction. Powered by the MindTap digital platform, students will engage with interactive texts and stunning videos. You will have access to differentiated instruction and customized lessons based on reading and social studies content standards. The entire Panorama program is available in both English and Spanish for the perfect dual-language approach.
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