ELED 405 - Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Classrooms

4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces discipline-based inquiry for promoting democratic citizenship through the social studies. Focuses on building content knowledge and instructional strategies in history, geography, political science, cultural studies and economics. Course objectives and activities are based on the College, Career and Civic Life four-stage model of inquiry from the National Council for the Social Studies and align with Maryland state standards for elementary social studies. Includes clinical experiences.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites Admission to Professional Teacher Education Program.
Major Prerequisites Elementary: ELED 320, ELED 330, ELED 340, ELED 350. Dual Certification: ECED 356, ECED 366, ELED 330, completion of General Education Group IIIB.