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 * Objective 6: Examine a textbook series**

of social studies were reviewed but I focused on World History I. After completing the committee and listening to various social studies teachers from other high schools the textbook from Glencoe was chosen for Washington County. The Glencoe textbook does an excellent job of matching objectives with the Virginia SOL standards. The social studies department at John S. Battle High School met to review and discuss the textbooks. During this meeting we used the Enhanced Scope & Sequence from the VDOE to correlate each SOL to the textbook. I also liked the small size of the textbook and the extensive use of graphics and pictures in each chapter. Ethnic diversity is covered efficiently by the textbook but gender issues do not receive enough attention. After looking through several history textbooks it seems that the past events of women are often an afterthought. ||
 * Date || Time started || Time ended || Number of hours || Description of activities ||
 * 04/18/11 ||= 3:30 ||= 7:30 ||= 4 || Worked on textbook adoption for social studies curriculum. ||
 * 04/19/11 ||= 3:30 ||= 5:30 ||= 2 || Met as a department to review and discuss the textbooks. ||
 * 04/21/11 ||= 3:30 ||= 6:30 ||= 3 || Worked on SOL textbook correlation. ||
 * Reflections and learning |||||||| Participated in a committee that reviewed social studies textbooks from Glencoe and Pearson. All subject areas
 * Reading(s) |||||||| (2007). //World history// . Blacklick, Ohio : Glencoe McGraw-Hill. ||