2015-16 MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES ASSESSMENT CALENDAR

All schools will administer the four district proficiencies with FIDELITY. No additions, changes or deletions.
The JCPS Middle School Social Studies Assessment Calendar supports The Framework for Teaching, Domain 3-Dii.

The local school may alter diagnostic schedule and make up to meet the needs of its students. There may be assessment items on the
district-designed assessments that review previous Key Focus Topics.

GRADE 6
WORLD GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURES

ASSESSMENT
Diagnostic 1

9/8/15

Proficiency 1

10/16/15

Diagnostic 2

11/16/15

Proficiency 2

12/14/15

Diagnostic 3

2/05/16

Proficiency 3

3/04/16

Diagnostic 4

3/28/16

Proficiency 4

5/2/16

ASSESSMENT

GRADE 7
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

Diagnostic 1

9/8/15
10/22/15

Diagnostic 2

11/30/15

Proficiency 2

1/20/16

Diagnostic 3

2/15/16

Proficiency 3

3/10/16

Diagnostic 4

4/11/16

Proficiency 4

5/10/16

12 MC
15 MC
1 ER
12 MC
20 MC
1 ER
12 MC
25 MC
1 ER
12 MC
25 MC
2 ER

12 MC
15 MC
1 ER
12 MC
20 MC
1 ER
12 MC
25 MC
1 ER
12 MC
25 MC
2 ER

9/8/15

Proficiency 1

9/30/15

Diagnostic 2

11/12/15

Proficiency 2

12/14/15

Diagnostic 3

2/1/16

Proficiency 3

2/29/16

Diagnostic 4

3/21/16
4/25/16

Geographic Tools
Formation of Governments
Economic Systems
Elements of Culture

Latin America
Caribbean

Elements of Culture
Human Environmental Interaction
Social Interactions

Europe
Africa

Social Interactions
Economic Decision Making
Regions

Asia
Oceania/Pacific World

Human Environmental Interaction

Social Interactions
Economic Decision Making

Historic Perspective and Pre History

Ancient Egypt
Indus River Valley
Ancient China
Hebrews and Phoenicians
Greece
Rome

Early Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Islam and African Cultures

Maya, Aztec, Incan
Renaissance and Reformation
Age of Exploration

ASSESSMENT BLUEPRINT
12 MC
15 MC
1 ER
12 MC
20 MC
1 ER
12 MC
25 MC
1 ER
12 MC
25 MC
2 ER

KEY FOCUS TOPICS

Basics of Geography
North America

ASSESSMENT BLUEPRINT

ASSESSMENT
WINDOW OPENS

Diagnostic 1

Proficiency 4

ASSESSMENT BLUEPRINT

ASSESSMENT
WINDOW OPENS

Proficiency 1

ASSESSMENT

GRADE 8
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1865

ASSESSMENT
WINDOW OPENS

KEY FOCUS TOPICS

Historic Tools
Human- Environmental Interaction
Economic Decision Making
Formation of Government
Human Environmental Interaction
Classical Civilizations/ Social Interaction
Elements of Culture
Economic Decision Making
Social Interactions
Conflict and Cooperation
Geographic Tools
Movement

KEY FOCUS TOPICS

Native Americans
Great Convergence
Colonialization
American Revolution

Geographic Tools
Cause and Effect
Movement
Economic Decision Making

Constitution
Bill of Rights
Growth of Democracy

Democratic Governments
Constitutional Principles
Growth of Democracy

Manifest Destiny
Social, Political, Religious
Movements
Sectional Differences

Social Interactions
Movement
Human/Environmental Interaction
Economic Decision Making
Compromise and Cooperation
Economic Decision Making
Conflict and Competition
US History: Civil War

Civil War
Reconstruction
*Curriculum Paced for 32 Weeks

Academic Services Division/Curriculum and Instruction/Curriculum Management April 2015