EDEM 6634 Social Studies Methods

A study of the content of the social sciences as applied to the environment of the child. Current issues in social studies education, methods, procedures, and techniques of instruction and evaluation, with an emphasis on current events and multicultural education, are explored. (Pre-service certificate required. Field experience required.)

Registration Name

Social Studies Methods

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Offered

Athens and Demorest: Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

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

1. Explain a variety of instructional strategies for teaching social studies content that are engaging and responsive to students from diverse backgrounds

2. Design lessons that use best practices to explore history, geography, civics/government, and economics.

3. Integrate skill development for interpreting and generating maps, timelines, images, tables, graphs, and digital content as appropriate.

4. Design traditional and alternative methods for assessing student work in social studies. 

5. Design 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).

6. Write and submit a scholarly article for publication.