EDEM 3334 Social Studies Methods (P-5)

Principles, skills, procedures and materials for teaching aspects of related social studies in the social studies program. There will be 15 hours of directed field experiences embedded into this course. A pre-service certificate is required for this course.

Registration Name

Social Studies Methods (P-5)

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Preservice certificate

Offered

TBA

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Identify a variety of instructional strategies for teaching social studies content that are engaging and responsive to students from diverse backgrounds
2. Prepare lessons that use best practices to explore the history, geography, civics/government, and economics.
3. Recognize the specific skills for interpreting and generating maps, timelines, images, tables, graphs, and digital content as appropriate.
4. Explore the interdisciplinary connections between social studies and other content areas.
5. Describe traditional and alternative methods for assessing student work in social studies. 
6. Practice designing engagements that use inquiry, compare/contrast, true/false, cause/effect, artifact analysis, primary/secondary sources, or other ways of thinking like a historian, including academic language.