Quick Start Guide: Oregon’s Social Science Standards Resources
Review this Quick Start Guide that provides an overview of the types of resources available on this website and suggestions for who might find them helpful.
About This Site
Providing Access to High-Quality Supplemental Instructional Materials to Support Social Science Standards Implementation.
With this website, you can build your professional knowledge and access trusted materials to support social science instruction in K-12 classrooms.
The Oregon Department of Education, in partnership with WestEd, developed new professional learning materials and identified high-quality open education resources to support the content, concepts and themes described in Oregon’s new Social Science Standards, available since 2024.
Oregon's Essential Disciplinary Practices for Social Science
- Questions for inquiry
- Chronological thinking skills
- Primary and secondary sources
- A more complex understanding of past and current events
- Historical narratives, individual perspectives, intersecting identifies and diverse understandings
- Explanations, arguments and solutions
- Global awareness and cultural understanding
- Identities shape actions
- Digital and social media
- Informed civic action
Flyer and Guided Tour: Oregon's 2024 Social Science Standards Resources
Learn about the resources available to help you implement Oregon’s vision for social science instruction.
The Resource Vetting and Selection Process
The Oregon Department of Education partnered with WestEd to identify high-quality supplemental instructional materials that support the implementation of Oregon’s Social Science Standards. Through a rigorous three-phase vetting process, the Oregon Department of Education and WestEd identified open educational resources that align with the concepts and themes of the standards.
The Oregon Department of Education, WestEd and subject matter experts vetted all externally developed materials for final review and curation.
Phase 1 Vetting
Materials were reviewed for alignment with Oregon’s Social Science Standards and basic permission for use. If materials did not pass this phase, they were not reviewed further.
Phase 2 Vetting
Materials were reviewed against the criteria of culturally responsive and inclusive practices, the promotion of equity and justice, and historical knowledge and global awareness.
The materials recommended for inclusion reflect all three criteria and at least one element of transformative social and emotional learning, critical thinking and inquiry-driven learning.
Phase 3 Vetting
The materials were reviewed against baseline accessibility criteria.
If remediation was necessary, WestEd reviewed the source terms of use to ensure that modification of the material was permissible and sought permission as required.
Attributions and limitations for use are noted for each material.