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  207-624-6828
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  jana.boody@maine.gov

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Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction

The Maine State Board of Education has officially approved Regulation 132, Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction.  The final changes are online AND they are in two formats, PDF and RTF (rich text format).  To download please click on: http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/pei/index.html.

 

Revised Maine Learning Results Glossary (Revised for Social Studies March 17, 2008)

Several Social Studies definitions have been revised.  To view the new document, go to the Maine Learning Results home page and click on Glossary (provided in PDF and rich text formats).http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/pei/index.html

 

Social Studies Major Enduring Themes (Released March 12, 2008)

Major enduring themes are included in Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction and refer to general topics or issues that have been relevant over a long period of time.  Educators should consider enduring themes when planning curriculum and instruction.  Themes provide an opportunity to transfer knowledge and understanding across learning experiences.  A consistent set of themes can serve as a framework within which other concepts, topics, and facts can be organized.  The four options below allow schools and school systems to select the set that best matches the philosophical and instructional needs of their students and teachers.  Each option offers different emphases.  Schools and (preferably) school systems should take a comprehensive, K-12 approach to selecting and using any one set of enduring themes. 

Major Enduring Themes in Social Studies - PDF

 

 

 

 

 

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