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District recommends National Geographic materials for middle/high social studies adoption
Summary
After a months-long review, Phoenix-Talent staff recommended National Geographic Sengage (MapGeo) for middle- and high-school history, supplemented by iCivics and Nucleus for civics and economics; teachers said pilots improved lesson equity and saved planning time.
Phoenix-Talent School District staff recommended adopting a new social-studies curriculum that district teachers piloted and evaluated over several months.
Kelly Soder, who led the presentation, told the board the elementary grades will continue using CKLA/Amplify with integrated social-studies content, while the district recommends National Geographic’s Sengage/MapGeo for middle-school world history and high-school…
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