Course Detail: WTET930 - Elementary Methods of Teaching Social Studies
This 45-hour course meets 1 day a week for 8 weeks. As a result of this training educators will be able to determine the relevancy and purpose of social studies in the elementary classroom; identify disciplinary literacy practices, tools, and concepts in social studies; evaluate strategies to engage students with disciplinary tools, concepts, and resources; examine cross-curricular connection between ELA and social studies to plan lessons that reflect healthy integration of speaking, reading, writing, and listening; identify resources and strategies that support planning for teaching, learning, and assessing social studies disciplinary literacy; and evaluate pedagogical practices that foster civic preparation and good citizenry.