A Study On History-social Studies Framework For California Public Schools (K-12) In The United States

“Standards-Based Curriculum Reform” or "Standards-Based Movement" is themain content of the American curriculum reform and development in elementaryeducation since the1990s. The U.S.Department of Education not only formulated thenational Social Studies curriculum standards but also encouraged and aided thestates to draw up their Social Studies curriculum in this education reform. As themodel of this reform, History—Social Science Framework for California Public Schools(K-12)，issued by California Department of Education, has been aroused greatattention in the education circle of the U.S. The author tries to study thecharacteristics, the functions and the experience of the standards systematically,deeply and comprehensively. At last, we can gain the useful experience andinspiration from the studying.The whole Paper is divided into6sections:Section l: to introduce the reason why the author chooses such a topic, definethe relevant concepts, illustrate the research methods and research framework.Section2: to introduce the recent research on American Social Studieseducation and curriculum standards.Section3: to analyze the systematic structures, curriculum goals, guiding linesand content standards of History—Social Science Framework for California PublicSchools (K-12)Section4: to analyze the characteristics and functions of History—Social ScienceFramework for California Public Schools (K-12) Section5: to explore the useful experience and inspiration for our Shanghai’sapplication on Ideological and Political curriculum standards from the studying ofHistory—Social Science Framework for California Public Schools (K-12).Section6: to draw the conclusions of this paper.