The History-Social Science Literature List provides titles to be used to supplement and enrich the curriculum provided by the content standards and grade-level-specific textbooks. The recommended titles reflect the quality and the complexity of the types of materials students should be reading both inside and outside of the classroom.
The list was coordinated by the CDE with the assistance of many individuals including: teachers, library consultants from school and public libraries, administrators, curriculum planners, college professors, and parents which met in 2007 and 2008. Due to the state’s budget crisis, the final editing, publication and posting of this list has been postponed indefinitely. The CDE will work diligently to finalize the committee’s work as soon as possible.
Literature selections for the discipline areas of visual and performing arts, foreign language, physical education, and health will be added to this list when it is updated. In addition, the final database will be linked from each of the subject area pages for ease of use.
The online database is currently closed and we are no longer accepting books for the committee to review.