Community Social Studies / History (Period 3)
Course Description
Community Social Studies/History is one of the alternate curriculum courses that will help students become productive, independent adults by improving functional skills in the domains of communications, self-care/independent living, motor skills/mobility, vocational, social/emotional and recreation/leisure. Alternate curriculum courses align functional skills with standards-based core curriculum using a subset of the California standards in English/language arts, mathematics, science, and history/social science.
Community Social Studies/History emphasizes the relationship of local government to the individual within the community. The focus is on identifying the location, telephone number and nature of basic governmental services relevant to the student as a person living in a community. In addition, this course emphasizes the skills needed to obtain basic and vital information necessary to function efficiently within the student’s natural environment. The course will focus on information and services related to the Social Security Administration, the United States Postal Service, and the Department of Human Resources. Students enter into and move through the standards at an individual pace.
Community Social Studies/History emphasizes the relationship of local government to the individual within the community. The focus is on identifying the location, telephone number and nature of basic governmental services relevant to the student as a person living in a community. In addition, this course emphasizes the skills needed to obtain basic and vital information necessary to function efficiently within the student’s natural environment. The course will focus on information and services related to the Social Security Administration, the United States Postal Service, and the Department of Human Resources. Students enter into and move through the standards at an individual pace.