SESSION 3. SOCIAL STUDIES SUBJECT: DIMENSIONS, HISTORY AND PEDAG

In one sentence (10 words or less), what is the difference between Social Science and Social Studies?

List the three periods in the evolution of Social Studies According to Maxim (2018) (session 2)

In elementary level education, English literature and Social studies are often related. While studying history, different literary pieces from the same historical period are also studied. What type of curriculum design does this example represent?

• Separate Subject Design

• Integrated Design

• Core Design

• Broad Field Design

Sprague’s approach to Social Studies should be based on immediate life experiences, “here-and-Now” correponds to what approach?

• Traditional

• Progressive

• Expanding environments

• Spiral curriculum

The NEA first introduced Social Studies in the curriculum in

• 1903

• 1916

• 1921

• 1816

According to Hannah’s expanding environment approach, starting with what is familiar to the child and then moving outward is known as what?

• “Ripple effect”

• “Ring effect”

• “Solsona's effect”

The Great Seal Of California depicts what Historical character form the Greco-Roman times?

• Venus -Aphrodite

• Minerva-Athena

• Diana -Artemis

The main three educational paradigms marked the evolution of teaching and learning, what is the fourth and the latest that appeared in the 2000s?

• Constructivism

• Connectivism

• Behavioralism

• Cognitivism

According to your textbook, a second period of Social Studies evolution marked its beginning with what event?

• No child left Behind (2001)

• Nation at risk Report (1986)

• Curriculum Standards

  1994

• Common Core Standards

  2009

Focusing on critical thinking, inquiry, primary documents, multimedia data the Spiral knowledge approach to teach history was mostly inpired by

• Bruner

• Vygotsky

• Dewey

• Piaget