Initial Publication Date: March 30, 2022

CLEAN Teleconference Call June 17, 2014

Social Studies Standards and Climate Change Education

The presentation and discussion will touch on the following topics:

How social studies standards are currently created (50 different sets, national standards by professional organizations, some movement to uniform standards with C3 document, but nothing like natural sciences)
What is considered "social studies" at k-12? (types of courses etc)
Of the various standards listed above, to what extent do they actually include climate change concepts?
In theory, in which types of courses/grades might social studies cover climate change?
In practice, which types of social studies courses/grades do cover climate change?
How might the regional data from NCA be useful for formal and non-formal social studies educators?
Where do we see social studies going in the future in terms of climate change?