The Learning Areas are not simply subjects or categories but represent large processes and concepts , the key learning that students carry with them into adult life. Students must know how to use this learning in a variety of situations. Each Learning Area contains content standards that define what students must know and be able to do. Content standards build sequentially through primary, intermediate, middle and high school levels. At each level, the ability to use knowledge defined in content standards will contribute to students' application of the large processes and concepts.
Students also interpret and evaluate information from nonfiction and fiction selections.
Reading the content standards from primary through high school in this Learning Area, you can see how they increase in complexity, building on what was learned in previous levels. The strategics students develop apply to anything they read, view or listen to in the future because they are the basis of the concepts and processes for this Learning Area. If your school district is storing petroleum in underground storage tanks, you must make sure these tanks comply with new federal regulations that take effect in December 1998. Return to the Boardcaster Home Page.