2.3 Definições, propósitos e conteúdos dos Social Studies:
2.3.2 Nomenclatura da disciplina escolar:
É de menor variabilidade a nomenclatura da disciplina escolar expressa nos títulos dos documentos. A primazia é conferida à denominação de Social Studies como podemos observar nos 39 currículos estaduais de Alabama, Alasca, Arkansas, Arizona, Carolina do Norte, Carolina do Sul, Colorado, Connecticut, Dakota do Norte, Dakota do Sul, Delaware, Flórida, Geórgia, Havaí, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississipi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Nova Hampshire, Nova Iorque, Nova Jersey, Novo México, Oklahoma, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virgínia Ocidental, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Cinco estados denominam a disciplina escolar de History-Social Science (História/Ciências Sociais): Califórnia, Massachussets, Minnesota, Vermont e Virgínia. No Kansas, o documento determina que lida com History and Government; Economics and
Geography (História e Governo; Economia e Geografia); já na Pensilvânia, temos History; Economics; Geography; Civics and Goverment (História; Economia; Geografia; Civismo e
Governo); no Nebraska, Social Studies/History (Estudos Sociais/História). Apenas no Oregon a disciplina é chamada de Social Sciences (Ciências Sociais). O quadro 03 evidencia as nomenclaturas empregadas para denominar os currículos e disciplinas escolares nos cinquenta estados da federação estadunidense:
Quadro 03
Designações de documentos curriculares e disciplinas escolares 2014
DESIGNAÇÕES DE DOCUMENTOS CURRICULARES E DISCIPLINAS ESCOLARES
Estado Ano de
Edição Denominação do Documento
Denominação da Disciplina Alabama [AL] 2004 Alabama Course of Social Studies Social Studies Alaska [AK] No The Alaska Standards for Social
Studies Social Studies
Arizona [AZ] 2005
Arizona Academic Content Standards – Social Studies – Articulated By Grade Level
Social Studies
Estado Ano de
Edição Denominação do Documento
Denominação da Disciplina Arkansas [AR] Revised 2006, amended 2007 Social Studies Curriculum Framework Social Studies
California [CA] 2005, reposted
in 2009
History-Social Science Frameworks for California Public Schools – 2005 Edition with New Criteria for Instructional Materials
History-Social Science
Colorado [CO] 2009 Colorado Academic Standards – Social
Studies Social Studies
Connecticut [CT] 2011 CT Social Studies Curriculum
Framework Grades PK-12 Social Studies Delaware [DE] 1995 Social Studies Curriculum Framework
– Volume 1 – Content Standards Social Studies Florida [FL] 2008 Social Studies Next Generation
Sunshine State Standards Social Studies Georgia [GA] 2012 Georgia Performance Standards for
Social Studies Social Studies
Hawaii [HI] 2005 Hawaii Content and Performance
Standards for Social Studies Social Studies Idaho [ID] 2009 Social Studies Content Standards Social Studies North Carolina
[NC] 2006
North Carolina Social Studies Standard
Course of Study Social Studies
South Carolina
[SC] 2011
South Carolina Social Studies
Academic Standards Social Studies Kansas [KS] 2004
Kansas Standards for History and Government; Economics and Geography History and Government; Economics and Geography North Dakota [ND] 2007
North Dakota Content Achievement
Standards: Social Studies Social Studies South Dakota
[SD] 2006 Social Studies Content Standards Social Studies Rhode Island [RI] 2008 Rhode Island Grade Span Expectations
(GSEs) for Social Studies Social Studies Illinois [IL] 1997 Illinois Learning Standards for Social
Studies Social Studies
Indiana [IN] 2007 Indiana‘s K-8 Academic Standards for
Social Studies Social Studies
Iowa [IA] 2007 Indiana‘s K-8 Academic Standards for
Social Studies Social Studies
Kentucky [KY] 2010 Kentucky Core Academic Standards –
June 2012 Social Studies
Lousiana [LA] 2005
Bullentin 1964 – Lousiana Content Standards, Benchmarks, and Grade Level Expectations for Social Studies
Social Studies Maine [ME] 2007 Learning Results: Paraments for
Essential Instructions Social Studies Maryland [MD] 2006 State Curriculum: Social Studies Social Studies Massachusets
[MA] 2003
Massachussets History and Social Science Curriculum Framework
History and Social Science
Michigan [MS] 2007 Grade Level Content Expectations for
School Content Expectations – Social Studies
Minnesota [MN] 2004 Minnesota Academic Standards in
History and Social Science
History and Social Science
Mississippi [MS] 2011 Mississippi Social Studies Framework Social Studies Missouri [MO] 2007
Social Studies Grade – and Course – Level Expectations 2.0: a Framework for Instruction and Assessment
Social Studies Montana [MT] 2000 Montana Standards for Social Studies Social Studies Nebraska [NE] 2003 STAR (Standards That Are Reported) –
Social Studies / History Social Studies / History New Hampshire
[NH] 2006
K-12 Social Studies New Hampshire
Curriculum Framework Social Studies New Jersey [NJ] 1999 New Jersey Social Studies Curriculum
Framework Social Studies
New York [NY] -- Social Studies Resourse Guide With
Core curriculum Social Studies
New Mexico
[NM] 2001
New Mexico Social Studies Content Standards and BenchMarks:
Introduction Curriculum Framework
Social Studies Oklahoma [OK] 2012 Oklahoma C3 Standards for the Social
Studies Social Studies
Ohio [OH] 2012 Ohio‘s New Learning Standards: K-12
Social Studies Social Studies
Oregon [OR] 2012 Oregon Social Sciences Academic
Content Standards Social Sciences Pennsylvania
[PA] 2003
Academic Standards for History; Academic Standards for Economics Academic Standards for Geography; Academic Standards for Civics and Government
History; Econimcs; Geograpy; Civics and Government
Tennessee [TN] -- Social Studies Curriculum Standards Social Studies Texas [TX] 2011 Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
for Social Studies Social Studies Texas [TX] 2011 Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
for Social Studies Social Studies Utah [UT] 2009 Elementary Core Curriculum – K2, 3-6
and Secondary Social Studies
Vermont [VT] 2004
Grade Expectations for Bermont‘s Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities (History and Social Sciences)
History and Social Sciences
Virginia [VA] 2008 History and Social Science Standards
of Learning for Virginia Public Schools
History and Social Sciences
West Virginia
[WV] 2012
Next Generation Content Standards Objectives for Social Studies in Westia Virginia Schools
Social Studies Washington -- Social Studies Essential Academic Social Studies
[WA] Learning Requirements: A Recommended Grade-by-Grade Sequence for Grade Level Expectations – Grades K-12
Wiscosin [WI] -- Wiscosin State Standards in Social
Studies Social Studies
Wyoming [WY] 2008 Wyoming Social Studies Content and
Performance Standards Social Studies
Fonte: quadro elaborado pela autora, a partir da leitura das cinquenta propostas curriculares estaduais de Estudos Sociais.
Totalizam, assim, apenas oito documentos que destacam em seus títulos o conhecimento histórico como conteúdo dos Estudos Sociais e/ou Ciências Sociais – relativos a Califórnia, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virgínia. Em geral, a mudança na nomenclatura da disciplina não altera a percepção de que se tratam dos clássicos
Social Studies. Não obstante, a postura desses estados indica a promoção explícita da História
como disciplina dominante entre as humanidades.