- Deer Valley Unified School District
- Social Studies Information
- Curriculum Resources
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Please use the Public Curriculum Guides to see our current pacing, standards by unit, and list of resources approved to teach.
Our supplemental adopted textbooks help guide our teachers in teaching to the standards as best they can, but since our books are not written for Arizona Social Studies standards, they may not cover all the topics and standards we need.
We do utilize Open Education materials, videos, articles, and online experiences, which are curated and help supplement the teaching of our Arizona state standards. You will see them listed in the curriculum guides sorted by unit with the links if you would like to preview these materials.
We are always looking for and finding more materials, and they must go through a district curation process before being approved. Materials are on a live document to allow for updating if needed during the school year. Items are updated over the summer and posted at the start of the current school year.
Expectations for Teachers:
- The District Curriculum Guide and state standards aligned to units to help with planning, focus, and timeline of skills and content w/ specific curated resources.
- Teachers will follow the Pacing Guide & use the curated materials and resources in instruction.
- Resources are curated specifically for the standards and approved by the district for use. Outside materials should not be utilized but can be submitted to be curated.
- Optional to utilize the lessons from the Canvas Shared Course - but additional in-person instruction and inquiry discussions will take place in the classroom setting. Shared lessons can be used as starting point to grow lessons from additional curated materials in the Curriculum guide.
- Curriculum guides have materials and features which are also public-facing and show the public district-approved text and supplemental source materials so they can preview ahead of time. This includes websites, videos, and primary & secondary source text.
- Daily Pledge of Allegiance and a Moment of Silence + Declaration of Independence.
- Please introduce the Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence & Preamble to the Constitution during the year to students.
- This can be done during 1st hour, during school announcements, or during the day.
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K - 2 Curriculum Guides & Text information
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
Children as Citizens Communities: Living and Working Together The World Around Me Publisher: McGraw Hill
Title: Impact AZ Kinder
Learning & Working Together
Adopted
2023 - current
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Title: Impact AZ 1st
Our Place in the World
Adopted
2023 - current
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Title: Impact AZ 2nd
Exploring Who We Are
Adopted
2023 - current
DVUSD Kinder
Public Curriculum Guide
DVUSD 1st Grade
Public Curriculum Guide
DVUSD 3rd Grade Public Curriculum Guide
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3 - 5 Curriculum Guides & Text information
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Arizona Studies
Regions & Cultures of the Americas
United States Studies
(prehistoric to present day)
(pre-contact Americas to European settlements - 1763)
(American Revolution 1763 to Industrialism 1900s)
Publisher: Harcourt
Title: Our Communities
Supplemental Text
Title: Social Studies Arizona
Available: In-class text only
Adopted
2005 - current
2018 - current
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Title: United States History
4th Grade uses Units 1-4
Available: Online Only
for the past 2 years, was consumable in past w/ purchase every year
Adopted - Early Years
2016 - 2018
Updated Adoption
2018 - current
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Title: United States History
5th Grade uses Units 5-8
Available: Online Only
for the past 2 years, was consumable in past w/ purchase every year
Adopted
2016 - current
In Past -- had Units 1-4
Online Only - Please go to the Start Page & Click on McGraw Hill and log in with your student Clever account or through Canvas Connect Ed
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6 - 8 Curriculum Guides & Text information
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Global Studies
Integrated Global Studies
Citizenship and Civic Engagement in Today's Society
World Regions And Cultures Of The Eastern Hemisphere - Early Civilizations to Renaissance & Reformation
Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment - present
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Title: Discovering our Past: A History of the World
Available: Online & In-Class copy available
Adopted
2016 - current
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Title: Discovering our Past: A History of the World
Available: Online
Adopted
2016 - 2018
shared with 8th grade previous updated based on changes in standards shares w/ 6th grade
2018 - current
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Title: Discovering our Past: A History of the United States
Available: Online & In-Class copy available
Adopted
2016 - 2018
shared with 7th grade previous updated based on changes use part of book
2018 - current
Online Only - Please go to the Start Page & Click on McGraw Hill and log in with your student Clever account or through Canvas Connect Ed
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High School Graduation Required Curriculum Guides & Text Information
World History & Honors
United States History
Government
Economics
1 credit towards graduation 1 credit towards graduation .5 credit towards graduation .5 credit towards graduation Publisher: McGraw Hill
Title: World History & Geography
Edition/Year: 2018
Available: Online & In-Class copy available
Adopted
2015 - current
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Title: United States History & Geography
Edition/Year: 2018
Available: Online & In-Class copy available
Adopted
2015 - current
Publisher: Saavas
Title: American Government
Edition/Year:
Available: In-class text only
Adopted
2015 - current
Publisher: Saavas
Title: Economics
Edition/Year:
Available: In-class text only
Adopted
2015 - current
DVUSD World History Public Curriculum Guide United States History Public Curriculum Guide Online Only - Please go to the Start Page & Click on McGraw Hill and log in with your student Clever account or through Canvas Connect Ed
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AP District Provided Course Text Materials
AP District Provided Course Text Materials
Adopted in 2015 and updated in 2021 to meet AP test changes - materials are only available online through Canvas
AP World History
AP United States History
AP Government & Politics
AP Economics
Publisher: Cengage
Title: Earth and its Peoples
Edition: 7th Updated
Available: Online through Canvas course
Publisher: Cengage
Title: The American Pageant
Edition: 17th
Available: Online through Canvas course
Publisher: Cengage
Title: American Government Institutions and Policies,
Edition: 16th Updated
Available: Online through Canvas course
Publisher: Cengage
Title: Principles of Economics.
Edition: 9th
Available: Online through Canvas course