Materials for Teachers

Materials from 2007 Summer Workshop for Teachers

The Clark County Historical Museum’s summer workshop provided participating teachers the opportunity to spend time with archaeologists and other experts, examine artifacts, learn more about local history and classroom applications, as well as find out what is really inside a museum.

Workshop activities facilitated teachers’ preparation of engaging social studies materials and activities for use in their classrooms and in meeting the state’s Classroom-Based Assessment (CBA) requirements. Districts will be required to report CBA results to OSPI by school year 2008-2009.

Grant funding for the summer workshop was generously provided by Clark County’s 2007 Historical Promotion Grants program. A total of 15 teachers from throughout Clark County’s school Districts were selected competitively and participated in five days of workshops.

Under state law, OSPI is expecting one CBA to be performed at every grade level (3-12) every year. The exact format and information to be reported has not yet been decided. CBAs, essentially, take the place of a Social Studies “WASL.” CBAs on the OSPI website were developed by Washington teachers. OSPI’s website for CBAs includes directions and rubrics, sample graphic organizers, and scored sample papers: http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/WASL/socialstudies/default.aspx

It might be noted that most of the curriculum units created by the museum’s workshop participants tap into the state’s “Dig Deep: Analyze Artifacts & Sources” CBA for history at the elementary level and for history and geography at middle and high school levels.
Funding for this program provided by Clark County's 2007 Historical Promotion Grants (HPG) program.