The Groveport Madison Local School District’s Board of Education is responsible for adopting curriculum and instructional materials for all content areas and courses pursuant to Board of Education policy 2520. The Teaching and Learning department uses policy and administrative guidelines to facilitate the curriculum and instructional materials process. 

The Teaching and Learning instructional materials review and adoption process relies heavily on collaboration and expertise with teachers across all curriculum areas. It focuses on using data and feedback to align with the content standards and creating a shared vision of curriculum design and implementation. 

We follow the research-based process below when reviewing curriculum/ instructional materials. 

Our curriculum instructional materials review cycle through 2024:

                   

Please see the links and demos for materials that we are considering and complete the form to submit your input on our materials per vendor reviewed. Click here to view the Cultural Responsive Scorecard that you will need to answer the review questions about representation, social justice, and teacher materials.

 

NEWSELA 

Newsela Social Studies gives teachers thousands of relevant, standards-aligned texts specially selected for the social studies classroom, emphasizing diverse and unheard perspectives. We cover primary sources, U.S. founding documents and Supreme Court cases, biographies, op-eds, and more. 

 

Gallopade 

Gallopade Curriculum successfully meets Ohio Learning Standards strands, themes, and topics and prepares students for grade-level achievement. Given the brief time teachers have to cover Social Studies curriculum, our quick and to-the-point lessons allow teachers to focus on the standard needing to be covered without all of the fluff. Our research-based, proven approach succeeds in students learning, understanding, and retaining essential social studies standards and skills.

 

Network Discovering Our Past: A History of the World, Early Ages - McGraw Hill 

Discovering Our Past: A History of the World, Early Ages covers the history of the world from the beginning of time to the political and industrial revolutions of the 1700s-1800s. It’s a part of McGraw-Hill Networks™, a dynamic student-centered program that helps teachers prepare students to succeed in college, careers, and civic life.

 

Network Discovering World Geography - McGraw Hill 

Discovering World Geography gives today's students a firm foundation for understanding global issues in the context of physical and human geography. Middle school students will explore the role of social media, refugees, immigration, trade issues, the effects of aging populations, and energy resources and indigenous rights.

 

Network Discovering Our Past: A History of the World - McGraw Hill 

Discovering Our Past: A History of the World covers the history of the world from the beginning of time to the political present day. Expose students to past cultures and civilizations, and awaken them to a whole new perspective with a truly integrated print and digital Middle School World History curriculum.

 

Network Discovering Our Past: A History of the United States, Early Years - McGraw Hill 

Discovering Our Past: A History of the United States, Early Years covers the United States' history through the end of Reconstruction (1877). It's a part of McGraw-Hill Networks™, a dynamic student-centered program that helps teachers prepare students to succeed in college, careers, and civic life.

A student-friendly curriculum organized thematically to the social studies strands of civics and government, geography, economics, and history. All within our student-friendly periodical format and robust online learning platform.

 

Into Social Studies - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Becoming a good citizen often starts at home, but the lessons extend to the classroom, where students connect with their community, their country, and beyond. Here, they begin to understand what it means to be a contributing member of society. In partnership with a leading provider of dynamic social studies curricula, Into Social Studies captivates K-6 students with vibrant magazines and hands-on activities that transform every classroom into a world stage. Through an engaging, flexible curriculum that marries nonfiction content with literacy goals, students develop the solid contextual foundations they need to build knowledge and find their place in the world.

 

Gallopade 

Gallopade Curriculum successfully meets Ohio Learning Standards strands, themes, and topics and prepares students for grade-level achievement. Given the brief time teachers have to cover Social Studies curriculum, our quick and to-the-point lessons allow teachers to focus on the standard needing to be covered without all of the fluff. Our research-based, proven approach succeeds in students learning, understanding, and retaining essential social studies standards and skills.

Panorama - National Geographic Cengage 

Welcome to National Geographic's Panorama: Reading Through the Lens of Social Studies. This groundbreaking program builds a content knowledge background as it incorporates Civics, History, Geography, and Economics strands through authentic fiction and National Geographic nonfiction. Powered by the MindTap digital platform, students will engage with interactive texts and stunning videos. You will have access to differentiated instruction and customized lessons based on reading and social studies content standards. The entire Panorama program is available in both English and Spanish for the perfect dual-language approach.