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District 200 plans fall pilot of new middle‑school social‑studies materials including DBQ Project
Summary
District 200 staff outlined a planned fall pilot for middle‑school social‑studies materials—History Alive (TCI), My World (Savvas) and the DBQ Project—covering roughly 15 classrooms; the board will be asked in May to approve pilot purchases after cost estimates are finalized.
District 200 staff told the board on April 22 that the middle‑school social‑studies curriculum will enter a fall pilot of new core materials and supplementary resources designed to align with recently updated Illinois standards and frequent instructional mandates.
Mr. Chichester described the district’s three‑phase adoption work and said the steering committee reviewed multiple vendors before choosing two core texts—History Alive (Teachers’ Curriculum Institute) and My World (Savvas)—and the DBQ Project, which provides scaffolded…
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