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.