EDUC 3031 - Teaching Social Studies with a Literacy-Based Approach

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.

This course provides teacher candidates with the knowledge and methods to design effective and rigorous standards-based units of instruction consisting of well-structured lessons with measurable outcomes and teach students social studies using a literacy-based approach. Candidates will investigate the interdisciplinary integration of history and the social sciences and how to engage students in literacy activities, in order to help students, acquire the knowledge and processes of learning necessary to become active citizens. Students enrolled in this course are required to register for Field Experience I in Elementary Education. Required for all Elementary Education Majors.

Prerequisite(s): Successful Passage of Stage One Education Unit Review.