Social studies curriculum and instruction for young children; content selection, lesson and unit planning, teaching methods, materials, and evaluation strategies.

Observation and field experiences in social studies education.

Field experiences in secondary community settings. The field experiences illustrate curriculum planning, implementation, and assessment for teaching secondary social studies.

Intensive study of a problem in social studies education under direction of a faculty member.

Introduces secondary social studies education students to modern U.S. history, with emphasis on how to teach history content, concepts, and methods to students at the middle school, high school, and introductory college levels.

Current status of and trends in the social science curriculum in secondary schools, with illustrations of selected curriculum models for both cognitive and affective learning.

Understanding the lives of teachers and students and how their relationships impact social studies teaching and learning. Learn to engage with students in ways that honor and sustain their cultural traditions and invite ambitious intellectual learning practices. Historical and contemporary understandings of identities and their impact on relationships.

Focuses on the communities and cultural contexts in which teaching occurs. Supports reflexive teaching practices informed by community and cultural contexts. Emphasis on understanding community and cultural contexts affecting social, political, economic, and civic decision-making.

Lesson planning, implementation, and formative classroom assessments to foster equity-orientated, interdisciplinary social studies classrooms. Students will apply planning and teaching tasks to demonstrate competencies in connecting the curriculum to the world, questioning techniques, and use of the inquiry approach in social studies.

Lesson planning, implementation, and formative classroom assessments to foster middle grades students’ understanding of the global world. Teaching and planning tasks will deepen students understanding of the history, politics, economics, and geographies of Europe, Australia, Canada, Latin American, Asia, Africa, and Southwest Asia.

Lesson planning, implementation, and formative classroom assessments to foster middle grades students’ cultural understandings of Georgia and the United States. Teaching and planning tasks will deepen students understanding of the interconnectedness of the history, politics, economics, and geographies of Georgia and the United States.

Field experiences in secondary classrooms and community settings. The field experiences illustrate curriculum planning, implementation, and assessment for teaching secondary social studies. There is a companion seminar course.