New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Ed - Board of Education
Chapter Ed 300 - ADMINISTRATION OF MINIMUM STANDARDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Part Ed 306 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL APPROVAL
Section Ed 306.46 - Social Studies Program
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Ed 306.46
Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
(a) Pursuant to Ed 306.26, the local school board shall require that a social studies program in each elementary school grade, excluding kindergarten, and excepting Holocaust and genocide education, as applicable pursuant to Ed 306.26(h) which is to be implemented no later than 8th grade, provides:
(1)
Opportunities for students to:
a. Acquire
knowledge and understanding of civics, economics, geography, history, and
Holocaust and genocide education, as applicable pursuant to
Ed
306.26(h), in a program consistent
with the requirements under
RSA
193-C:3, III; and
b. Become familiar with the skills of
decision making, data gathering, and critical thinking;
(2) Pursuant to
RSA
186:13, opportunities to practice citizenship
in the school and community;
(3)
Pursuant to RSA
189:11, instruction in history and government
and the constitutions of the United States and New Hampshire; and
(4) Opportunities for students to acquire the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for effective participation in the
life of the community, the state, the nation, and the world.
(b) Pursuant to Ed 306.26, the local school board shall require that a social studies program in each middle school provides:
(1) Opportunities for students to acquire
knowledge and understanding of civics, economics, geography, history, and
Holocaust and genocide education, as applicable pursuant to
Ed
306.26(h), in a program consistent
with RSA
193-C:3, III;
(2) Pursuant to
RSA
186:13, opportunities to practice citizenship
in the school and community;
(3)
Pursuant to RSA
189:11, instruction in history and government
and the constitutions of the United States and New Hampshire; and
(4) Systematic instruction and activities
designed to enable students to:
a. Acquire
and use information to clarify issues and seek solutions to societal
problems;
b. Value and apply
critical thinking, interpersonal relations, and decision-making skills in both
individual and group problem-solving situations;
c. Participate in and contribute to the
well-being of the home and school as well as the larger communities of the
state, nation, and world; and
d.
Become familiar with careers in history, the humanities, and the social
sciences.
(c) Pursuant to Ed 306.27, the local school board shall require that a social studies program in each high school provides:
(1) Opportunities for students to acquire
knowledge and modes of inquiry in the areas of civics, economics, geography,
world history, United States and New Hampshire history, and Holocaust and
genocide education pursuant to
Ed
306.27(ai), in a program consistent
with RSA
193-C:3, III, including the
related areas of sociology, anthropology, and psychology;
(2) Opportunities for students to acquire the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for effective participation in the
life of the community, the state, the nation, and the world;
(3) Pursuant to
RSA
186:13, opportunities to practice citizenship
in the school and community;
(4)
Courses totaling at least 5 credits in social studies comprised of offerings in
each of the following areas:
a. At least one
credit in national and state history pursuant to
RSA
189:11;
b. At least one credit in world history or
global studies;
c. At least one
credit in geography;
d. At least
½ credit in United States and New Hampshire government/civics;
e. At least ½ credit in economics;
and
f. At least one credit, which
may be interdisciplinary or integrated, to be chosen from the areas of
geography, economics, world history, civics/government, state or national
history or both, or behavioral studies; and
(5) Systematic instruction and activities
designed to enable students to acquire the skills of critical thinking,
effective decision making, and human relations.
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