Teaching Methods: Elementary Social Studies –

med555

(3 credits)

This methods course is designed for elementary educators who teach social studies in the K–8 classroom. Participants learn to facilitate student-centered, differentiated learning. Participants explore hands-on strategies for designing and implementing cross-curricular work, integrating literacy, creating assessments, and incorporating 21st-century technology to engage learners.

This graduate-level course is 6 weeks. To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.

Topics and Objectives

Social Studies: Purpose and Place
- Explain why all students should learn social studies.
- Evaluate the pros and cons of standards-based education.
- Identify the major themes of the National Social Studies Standards.
- Determine the role civic values should play in social studies curricula.
Social Studies: Designing and Implementing Instruction
- Create social studies instruction that aligns to state and national standards.
- Adapt social studies instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners.
- Develop instruction that connects social studies to other core disciplines.
Social Studies: Integrating Literacy
- Integrate literacy materials, skills, and strategies into social studies instruction.
- Evaluate textbooks and technological resources for use in the social studies classroom.
- Determine ways of using quality trade book literature in lessons and throughout units.
- Utilize writing activities to enhance and reinforce comprehension of content.
Social Studies: Designing and Implementing Assessments
- Demonstrate understanding of assessment terminology.
- Differentiate the varied types of assessments.
- Differentiate between formative and summative assessments.
- Utilize additional ways of monitoring and measuring students’ progress in social studies.
- Design formal and informal social studies assessments.
Social Studies: Thinking Skills and Technology
- Create a classroom environment that motivates students to learn social studies.
- Create social studies instruction that supports learning through multiple perspectives.
- Determine strategies to promote creative and analytical thinking in social studies.
- Integrate technology to support student-centered learning in social studies.
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Teaching Methods: Elementary Social Studies –

med555

Social Studies: Purpose and Place

Social Studies: Designing and Implementing Instruction

Social Studies: Integrating Literacy

Social Studies: Designing and Implementing Assessments

Social Studies: Thinking Skills and Technology

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