How do Social Studies teachers view writing in their curriculums?
Social Studies teachers see writing as a process. They believe that the writing process needs to be vertically and horizontally aligned so that there is a gradual progression of writing skills from grades 6 through 12. These skills should be sharpened each year and not continually re-taught as if no instruction had ever been provided. The grade where each writing skill is introduced and an explanation of how the skill is going to be developed should be provided to all middle school and high school teachers. Social Studies teachers believe that the pre-writing process must be an important component of the writing process. Just as AP and SAT exams provide for a pre-writing period of 4-5 minutes for essays and 15-20 minutes for a DBQ, students must be taught to make pre-writing part of their writing experience.