Description

The SCDE will award grant funds to nonprofit organizations, school districts, or institutions of higher education for the development of new inquiry-based instructional materials aligned to the 2019 South Carolina Social Studies College- and Career-Ready Standards (2019 Standards) via one of the following approaches:

• Develop and host an African American Historic Sites Professional Learning Opportunity (PLO) for teachers that connects prominent historic sites in South Carolina with content knowledge on South Carolina’s African American history. The PLO guides teachers in the development of inquiry-based instructional units with an accompanying text set that connects the visited site’s content with identified course themes using the associated skills embedded in the indicators, and includes options to assess for student learning; or
• Develop and host an Instructional Units PLO for teachers that provides content knowledge on selected South Carolina African American history and guides teachers into the development of a minimum of three inquiry-based instructional units with accompanying text sets (see definition, page 4) that connect the selected history with identified course themes using the associated skills embedded in the indicators, and includes options to assess for student learning.

Program Office

Office of Standards and Learning

Eligible Applicants

Nonprofit organizations, school districts, and institutions of higher education that are capable of developing an African American Historic Sites PLO or an Instructional Units PLO for teachers aligned to the 2019 Standards emphasizing South Carolina African American history and the contributions of African Americans.

Total Funding Available

$200,000

Funding Detail

The SCDE anticipates awarding one grant for the African American Historic Sites PLO and several grants for the Instructional Units PLO.

Project Term

January 10, 2022, through June 24, 2022

Application Due Date

November 1, 2021

Technical Assistance Session

The SCDE’s Office of Standards and Learning provided a technical assistance webinar on September 16, 2021, to assist eligible applicants in understanding this RFP and how to apply for this grant. Please contact Stephen Corsini to view the recording.

Contact

Stephen Corsini
spcorsini@ed.sc.gov
803-734-8335

Documents

Request for Proposals (DOCX, 848kb - 8/19/21)
Link to Online Application
Historic Site Action Plan Form Template (DOCX, 218kb - 8/18/21)
Social Studies Unit Template (DOCX, 222kb - 8/18/21)
Budget Narrative Template (XLSX, 18kb - 8/19/21)

Program Web Page

Social Studies Program