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==Roll the virtual die. Using the result from your die roll, review the corresponding MAPS scenario. Edit the passage below with details that reflect your MAPS scenario.==

**MAPS Scendario # 4**

 * MAPS Scenario #4 **

Mode (genre): One paragraph in Back to School letter

Media: Classroom "Back to School" newsletter (sent via e-mail and print)

Audience: Parents

Purpose: To describe social studies instruction in the 21st century and what the students will learn throughout the course

Situation: You are introducing yourself and the parents to course expectations for the first time.

==Social studies has its own literacies that support students’ preparedness for college, career, and civic life. As historians, students learn to question the sources of evidence as digital citizens in the 21st century. In order to effectively equip students with these skills, social studies curriculum, instruction, and assessment must evolve. It must include research into historical documents and artifacts in Carroll County and throughout the country. With these skills, students will be able to form deeper understandings of historical accounts and engage in the modern world around them.==