EDU 4320 - Teaching Social Studies

Credits: 2

The course content will address various aspects of social studies education such as global awareness, cultural diversity, the development of geography skills and the planning and implementation of social studies units. The needs of bilingual, ELL and special needs students in these curriculum areas will be studied. In each area there will be a focus on the methodology, materials and theoretical foundations for the specific curriculum scope and sequence. Students will be required to develop instructional folders for each curriculum area. EDU 4320 must be taken in the same semester as EDU 4340 - Children’s Literature.