EDU 3510 Social Studies in the Diverse Classroom Birth-Grade 2/Childhood 1-6

This course provides the teacher candidate with the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to know, understand and use major concepts and modes of inquiry from the social studies to promote elementary students' abilities to make informed decisions as citizens of a culturally diverse democratic society and an interdependent world in the preschool, elementary and early middle grades. Candidates will create and implement an integrated unit plan that reflects an understanding of the development of democratic values, basic principles of government and citizenship and cultural diversity. New York State Standards for Instruction and the Common Core State Standards will be analyzed.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

EDU 2290

Distribution

Education