The Department of Social Studies, as part of the Office of Elementary Education and Reading and the Office of Secondary Education, is responsible for providing support to educators throughout the state in the implementation of Mississippi’s College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) for Social Studies. The 2022 MS CCRS for Social Studies reflect national expectations while focusing on postsecondary success, but they are unique to Mississippi in addressing the needs of our students and teachers. The Department of Social Studies will provide resources for teachers, and deliver statewide school-based professional development centered around four practices: conceptual understanding, fostering inquiry, collaboration, action, and integration of cultural inclusivity with content skills.
2022 Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards for Social Studies
Social Studies Instructional Planning Guides:
- Kindergarten: Citizenship at Home and School
- Grade 1: Citizenship at School
- Grade 2: Citizenship in School and Community
- Grade 3: Citizenship in Local Government
- Grade 4: Mississippi Studies and Regions
- Grade 5: US History: Pre-Colombian Era to American Revolution
- Grade 6: World Geography and Civics
- Early World History – World History from the Pre-Historic Era to the Age of Enlightenment
- US History: Exploration through Reconstruction (1877)
Social Studies Required Courses Instructional Planning Guides:
- Mississippi Studies (Secondary)
- World History: Age of Enlightenment to Present
- US History: 1877 to Present (Standards 1-5)
- US History: 1877 to Present (Standards 6-9)
- US History: 1877 to Present (Standards 10-12)
- United States Government
- Economics
Resources by Disciplines
African American History/Studies
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History – Digital Archives
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History – Mississippi History Now
- Mississippi Civil Rights Museum/MDAH – Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
- Mississippi Arts Commission - Mississippi Blues Trail Curriculum
- National Endowment for the Humanities – African American History and Culture in the United States
- U.S. National Archives – African American Heritage
- Library of Congress – African American History Online: A Resource Guide
- National Museum of African American History and Culture – Learning Lab
Asian American and Pacific Islander History
- TeachAAPI (K-12) – All Resources
- Library of Congress – Japanese American Internment
- National Archives – Hawaii Primary Sources (Spanish American War to Present Day)
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History – Chinese in Mississippi
- Mississippi Delta Chinese Heritage Museum – Chinse Heritage Museum
- National Endowment for the Humanities – AAPI Perspectives within Humanities Education
- Delta State University – Mississippi Delta Chinese Oral History
Civics/Government
- The White House – The White House
- Bill of Rights Institute- Bill of Rights Institute
- National Conference of State Legislatures – Civic Education Resources
- National Constitution Center – Classroom Resources
- Stanford History Education Group – Civic Online Reasoning
- iCivics – iCivics
- The Constitutional Source Project – The Constitutional Source Project
- Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government (K-4) – Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government
- Digital Civics Toolkit – Digital Civics Toolkit
- National Archives – Civics for All of US
- Center For Civic Education – Center for Civic Education
- Youth Leadership Initiative – Youth Leadership Initiative
- KidCitizen (K-5) – KidCitizen
Disability History
- Mississippi School for the Deaf and the Blind – Resources
- Emerging America – Reform to Equal Rights
- Museum of disABILITY History (PK-12) – Educational Resources (Note: This is how the museum writes disability.)
Economics
- Mississippi Economic Council – The State Chamber of Commerce Mississippi Economic Council
- Mississippi Council on Economic Education – Mississippi Council on Economic Education
- Council for Economics Education – Council for Economics Education
- Economics and Personal Finance Resources for K-12 – EconedLink
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Money Smart
Geography
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History – Historical Maps
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History – Historic Resources Inventory Databases
- National Park Services – Teaching with Historic Places
- National Geography – Education Resources
- National Council for Geographic Education – Teacher Resources
- Google Earth – Google Earth
U.S. History
- Mississippi Department of Education – U.S. History Digital Practice Test
- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (Elementary) – Colonial America to Reconstruction
- History Mysteries (K-5) – History Mysteries
- PBS – Teaching the Civil War
- The Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi – Educator Resources
- Stanford History Education Group – Reading Like a Historian
- National Humanities Center – Primary Sources
- Library of Congress – Teacher’s Guides and Analysis Tool
- Digital History – Digital History
Women’s History
- National Endowment for the Humanities – Women’s History in the United States
- National Geographic Kids (K-5) – The Women’s Suffrage Movement
- Library of Congress – Nineteenth Century Women: Struggle and Triumph
- National Park Service – Women’s History (Teaching with Historic Places)
World History
- PBS – World History
- American Historical Association – Classroom Materials: World History
- Khan Academy – World History
Mississippi History
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History – Digital Archives
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History – Mississippi History Now
- Mississippi Civil Rights Museum/MDAH – Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
- Mississippi Arts Commission – Mississippi Blues Trail Curriculum
- Mississippi Arts Commission – Mississippi History Through the Arts: A Bicentennial Curriculum
- Mississippi Historical Society – Resources for Mississippi History
- Mississippi Digital Library – Mississippi Digital Library
- The University of Southern Mississippi – Digital Collections
- The Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi – Educator Resources
- Mississippi Encyclopedia – Mississippi Encyclopedia
- Mississippi State University Department of History – A Shaky Truce: Starkville Civil Rights, 1960-1980
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians – Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Resources for Curriculum Support
Primary Sources
- National Archives – Catalog
- National Archives – DocsTeach
- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History – Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Collection
- Library of Congress – Primary Source Sets
- PBS – Teaching with Primary Source Kits
Research
- JSTOR – Research Basics
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