Online Writing Program for Social Studies - Resubmission

The Passaic Board of Education is seeking a systematic writing program to embed into their social studies program for elementary, middle, and high school grades. The program should provide quality materials, teach strategies for document analysis, essay development, and defending a thesis statement, and allow students to effectively communicate their stance on historical issues. The program should also include an online teacher toolkit, interactive professional development videos, and the ability for students to annotate online and save annotations for assistance with essay writing. The contract period is for the 2026-2027 school year. Key features of the program include: • Access to online primary source documents • Content for Elementary social studies topics, World history, US history, and Civics • An online teacher toolkit for facilitating the DBQ writing process • Access to interactive professional development videos • Student ability to annotate online, and save annotations for assistance with essay writing • Ability for teachers to provide feedback online to students • Imbedded literacy strategies for teacher use • DBQs are customizable • Online teacher support must be available • Service must integrate with CLEVER