The History-Social Science Framework for Public Schools is the driver for History/Social Science content and pedagogy in grades kindergarten through twelfth grades. Within the Framework, authors embed the following key practices:

• Guidance to provide Access and Equity for all students in the History/Social Science classroom. In doing so, teachers utilize principles from Universal Design for Learning and resources and support from the California Multi-Tiered System of Support Framework when lesson and unit planning. 
• Literacy practices called out in the Common Core State Standards and the ELA/ELD Framework
• Inquiry practices and disciplinary thinking skills called out in the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards and the History-Social Science Framework for Public Schools. The Framework encompasses the History-Social Science Content Standards which include Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills.
• Implications for Civic Learning and Practicing Civic Engagement: Service-Learning in the History-Social Science Framework.