Great question...
Jimmy and I agree that has something like history might be best because current WP software is somewhat constrained when it comes to math symbols.
Also, there is a lot of content aavailable within WP that would nicely leverage to history/social sciences. I'm going to make some inquiries in the next few days about what year (9-12) history/social science text would be optimal for a project pilot. In the meantime, here are some links to get people acquainted with California frameworks (if you're not already).
This http://www.cde.ca.gov/cfir/912stmap.html is a good place to start, with what California Frameworks call 'standards maps' for various topics.
For instance, here's (found within the above link) http://www.cde.ca.gov/cfir/standardmap/hss10grsm.xls (or http://www.cde.ca.gov/cfir/standardmap/hss10grsm.pdf) a 'standards map' for 10th grade History-Social Science; it's very straightforward as to content requirements, with the blanks filled in by publishers as to what level of mastery should be elicited by the content. BTW, I think the 'standards map' is a nice tool that WP might be able to use. I assume it's public domain, as it's government-created. In fact, I suggest using everything we can from the frameworks site for this, and future WP K-12 projects. This is a group within the California education system that does first-rate work.
In a WP project, there's no reason why all areas shouldn't ultimately point towards mastery. This is another great advantage that open source has over the current, constrained K-12 publishing model. Also note that publishers are required to submit standards maps to LEA's (Local Education Agencies, don't you just love all the needless jargon ;)
I'll get back to the list within a few days with as much detail as I can gather about just exactly what year (between grades 9-12) and what topical areas, aside from math (or science) might be optimal.
Sanford
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Wick" karlwick@yahoo.com To: "text" textbook-l@wikipedia.org Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:29 PM Subject: [Textbook-l] hey Sanford
What book are we going to start for you ? Do you just want to pick one or a few and create links to them on the textbook site, along with links to the specific frameworks that they need to follow ? With maybe a brief bit of text mentioning what the book is being built for, for those who happen to stumble onto it ..
-- Karl
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