P6730 Social Studies Education

The social studies program for the Wichita Public Schools is designed to give students perspectives on their own life experiences so they see themselves as a part of the larger human adventure in time and place. An understanding of world history, geography, economics, and political and social institutions, coupled with the knowledge of the traditions and values of the people of the United States as it is expressed in our unity and diversity, is central to the curriculum. This program is devoted to developing citizens who possess the critical attitudes and analytical perspectives needed to understand the situation in which they find themselves, and to act appropriately. 

Administrative Implemental Procedures: 

1. Learning Services provides consultant services, inservice experiences, and coordination of the social studies program.

2. Funds for purchase of materials for the social studies program may be secured from the per student allocations received by each building and from the equipment budget for those items listed as social studies equipment and audiovisual equipment.

3. Learning Services shall provide guidelines and criteria for adoption of textbooks and materials for the textbook adoption.

4. A pilot period may be utilized to evaluate and study the social studies curriculum resources so that Learning Services may recommend suitable textbooks and materials for adoption.

5. The administration and supervision of the social studies program within each middle and high school building is the responsibility of the principal, but Learning Services will assist the department’s teachers, through guidance and advice, in the application and development of the middle and high school social studies program.

Administrative Responsibility: Learning Services 

Latest Revision Date: September 2026 

Previous Revision Date: September 2006

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