Support first-year adopters of a comprehensive curriculum with quick-start overviews, editable materials, and curated course plans¶

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Description¶

Because all interviewed teachers found the curriculum overwhelming in their initial adoption year, the report recommends that developers provide a "quick start" overview of key resources, emphasize that not all resources need to be used, and make resources easily editable. Administrators should communicate expectations, give teachers time for curriculum exploration before implementation, appoint a curriculum head to curate a sample district course plan, and provide professional development and communities of practice. Teachers are advised to review example course plans, map out the year, align use with state standards, and connect with the OER Project online community.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Districts and developers must invest in communication, exploration time, curation support, and professional development for adopting teachers

Constraints¶

• The report's recommendations respond to first-year adoption experiences in 2022-23 and may not describe experienced adopters' needs

Target Learners¶

• ninth or 10th grade world history teachers new to the curriculum or new to teaching world history

Target Learning Goals¶

• effective implementation of a historical-thinking-focused world history curriculum

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Iwatani, E., Hardy, A., Means, B., Daal, S., & Wei, X. (2023). Evaluation of World History Project. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/199