Social Studies

This webpage is intended to provide visitors with information and resources to support the Florida Social Studies Next Generation Sunshine State Standards and the Florida Department of Education’s Social Studies Education Program.

Initiatives and Programs

• African American History
• Commissioner of Education’s African American History Task Force
• Commissioner of Education’s Task Force on Holocaust Education
• Civic Literacy in Florida Schools
• U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP)

Legislation

• American Founders’ Month
• General requirements for middle grades promotion
• Required instruction
• Recitation of the Declaration of Independence
• Requirements for a standard high school diploma
• Patriotic programs; rules
• Permitting study of the Bible and religion; permitting brief meditation period
• Student assessment program for public schools