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U-46 proposes integrated middle-school social-studies sequence, recommends TCI and NextGen materials
Summary
District staff presented a new grades 6–8 integrated social-studies curriculum sequence emphasizing inquiry-based units, civic and financial literacy, a phased rollout in 2025–26 and full implementation in 2026–27, and recommended commercial resources and training.
School District U-46 staff on May 19 presented a recommendation for a new integrated middle-school social-studies curriculum that would reorganize grade 6 as Global Studies, grade 7 as Civic and Economic Studies, and grade 8 as American Studies and move the district to inquiry-driven, vertically aligned assessments.
Jacob Van De Mortel and Brian Tennyson told the Board of Education the proposed sequence integrates geography, history, civics and economics across the three grades rather than treating each…
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