EDE4226C - ELA/SS Midterm Review

Social studies has two goals:

• Social understanding and civic competence

• Teaching how to make informed and reasoned decisions

• Standards and curriculum

True or False: Social studies standards are determined by state education policies and vary widely across states.

• True

• False

The five characteristics of social studies education are:

• Using and making timelines and maps, locating information, writing reports, distinguishing between primary and secondary sources, forming hypotheses

• Meaningful, integrative, value-based, challenging, and active

• Being responsible, loyal, fair, committed, and connected

How many language groups are present in the United States?

• More than 100

• 80

• 50

• 30

How long does it take to learn a second language well enough to learn subject matter in that language?

• 2 years

• 3 years

• 4 years

• 6 years

How do teachers model high expectations?

• Call on all genders and language learners equally

• Praise everyone for their intellectual work

• Lowering curriculum standards for all students

• Do not tolerate name calling from students

• Show students you care about them and show you expect their best behavior and academic work

Democratic citizenship education includes:

• Community service and action

• Deliberation

• History

• Voting

Democratic citizenship education includes:

• Citizenship knowledge

• Democratic disposition and virtues

• Geography

• Democratic values

Personally responsible citizens:

• know how government agencies and community agencies work; they utilize what they know to get things done.

• obey the rules, act responsibly, and help others in times of crisis

• work to get to the underlying problem in our society, understanding why things are the way they are and working to change those things.

Participatory citizens

• know how government agencies and community agencies work; they utilize what they know to get things done.

• obey the rules, act responsibly, and help others in times of crisis

• work to get to the underlying problem in our society, understanding why things are the way they are and working to change those things.