Standards. If you are a parent or teacher, you've heard a lot about them. Standards are the content and skills that students are expected to master by the end of any given grade level. Naturally it helps if students and parents can know exactly what these standards are and what they mean. Here, then, are the Social Studies Standards for the Diocese of Columbus (Ohio) that will apply to my 7th and 8th grade classes this year. Just click on the link to download them. They are in PDF format.

Grade 7 Social Studies Standards

Grade 8 Social Studies Standards

I should point out that these standards, and the curriculum on which they are based, has been revised for next year, particularly for the 7th grade, so these will be changing after this school year.

Hello. If you are a returning visitor, you may notice a slightly different look for MrKersey.Org. That's because I have made some significant changes to the site recently. Most notably, I have switched to Habari as the main platform for delivering content. Much of the old information on this site, such as lecture notes, stuff for teachers, etc., is still here and available. It's just not obvious at the moment.

Over the coming days I will be working to improve the site and make things a bit easier to find. Until then, thanks for your patience.