WELCOME TO OPEN SOCIAL STUDIES! This is the home for Open Social Studies (formerly called Understanding Our World) which is an inquiry-based and literacy-focused social studies curriculum for Grades K-6 (click on the "For Grades K-6" button below).
The Open Social Studies team also helped develop, in partnership with Primary Source, a Grades 5-7
social studies curriculum funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
(click on the "For Grades 5-7" button below).
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Contact: Christopher Martell University of Massachusetts Boston E-mail: christopher.martell@umb.edu Phone: 1-617-287-3874