NC ESSENTIAL STANDARDS

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Adopted Standards
Science | Social Studies | Information and Technology | World Languages | Arts Education | Occupational Course of Study | Healthful Living | Guidance

ADOPTED STANDARDS

Occupational Course of Study

More information on teaching the Occupational Course of Study in 2010-11 can be found at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/timeline.

• OCS English 9th and 10th Grade Crosswalk
  (pdf, 399kb)
• OCS English 11th Grade
  (pdf, 45kb)
• OCS English 12th Grade
  (pdf, 43kb)
• OCS Introductory Mathematics
  (pdf, 49kb)
• OCS High School Math Crosswalk (2003 and new Common Core Standards)
  (pdf, 288kb)
• OCS Financial Management
  (pdf, 40kb)
• OCS Biology
  (pdf, 117kb)
• OCS Applied Science
  (pdf, 96kb)
• OCS Social Studies I
  (Coming Soon)
• OCS Social Studies II
  (Coming Soon)

Information and Technology

• Grades K-5
  (pdf, 119kb)
• Grades 6-8
  (pdf, 63kb)
• Grades 9-12
  (pdf, 33kb)

Science

• K-2
  (pdf, 48kb)
• 3-5
  (pdf, 56kb)
• 6-8
  (pdf, 60kb)
• Physical Science
  (pdf, 28kb)
• Biology
  (pdf, 31kb)
• Chemistry
  (pdf, 28kb)
• Physics
  (pdf, 31kb)
• Earth/Environmental
  (pdf, 29kb)

World Languages: Classical, Dual & Heritage, and Modern

• World Languages
  (pdf, 355kb)

Arts Education

• Preamble
  (doc, 53kb)
• Dance
  • K-8 (3.0)
    (pdf, 157kb)
  • 9-12 (3.0)
    (pdf, 85kb)
• Music
  • K-8 (3.0)
    (pdf, 148kb)
  • 9-12 (3.0)
    (pdf, 79kb)
• Theatre Arts
  • K-8 (3.0)
    (pdf, 151kb)
  • 9-12 (3.0)
    (pdf, 79kb)
• Visual Arts
  • K-8 (3.0)
    (pdf, 158kb)
  • 9-12 (3.0)
    (pdf, 83kb)

Social Studies

• Preamble
  (pdf, 39kb)
• Meeting the Needs of Students in the 21st Century
  (pdf, 168kb)
• Grades K-2
  (pdf, 52kb)
• Grades 3-5
  (pdf, 60kb)
• Grade 6
  (pdf, 31kb)
• Grade 7
  (pdf, 34kb)
• Grade 8
  (pdf, 38kb)
• World History
  (pdf, 63kb)
• American History I
  (pdf, 125kb)
• American History II
  (pdf, 73kb)
• Civics and Economics
  (pdf, 341kb)

Social Studies Electives

• The Cold War (2.0)
  (pdf, 167kb)
• Twentieth Century Civil Liberties, Civil Rights (2.0)
  (pdf, 135kb)
• Turning Points in American History (2.0)
  (pdf, 84kb)
• Psychology (2.0)
  (pdf, 115kb)
• Sociology (2.0)
  (pdf, 100kb)
• 21st Century Global Geography (2.0)
  (pdf, 101kb)
• World Humanities (2.0)
  (pdf, 100kb)
• American Humanities (2.0)
  (pdf, 117kb)

Healthful Living - Health Education

• K-2 (2.0)
  (pdf, 180kb)
• 3-5 (2.0)
  (pdf, 220kb)
• 6-8 (2.0)
  (pdf, 241kb)
• 9-12 (2.0)
  (pdf, 96kb)

Healthful Living - Physical Education

• K-HS
  (pdf, 157kb)
• NC Essential Standards Alignment to NASPE
  (pdf, 118kb)

Guidance

• Preamble
  (pdf, 105kb)
• Readiness/Exploratory/Discovery (RED)
  (pdf, 40kb)
• Early Emergent/Emergent (EEE)
  (pdf, 39kb)
• Progressing (P)
  (pdf, 42kb)
• Early/Independent (EI)
  (pdf, 71kb)
• Independent (I)
  (pdf, 74kb)

Thanks!
Thank you in advance for your thoughtful feedback. Standards development is very important work. We need your input to ensure that the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction adopts the most rigorous and relevant standards for the students in the 21st Century.