LESSON 1 & 2 EED119

1. 1. As a teacher, you want to introduce social studies while emphasizing its integrative nature. Which approach best describes this goal?

• Present social studies as solely focused on history and geography topics.

• Teach social sciences from a variety of perspectives by integrating subjects across all areas.

• Engage students in projects that connect anthropology, history, and civics.

• Focus only on memorizing and remembering dates and events.

2. 2. You notice that students struggle to understand the historical origins of social studies. How can you teach this concept to connect it to their lives?

• Describe the Big Bang theory of 1916 by providing them with resources.

• Explain that social studies emerged from various social sciences.

• Discuss with them that it has a role in relation to citizenship.

• Focuses on subjects such as physical science to explain it.

3. When planning a lesson on civic competence, which teaching strategy best aligns with 21st-century skills?

• Deliver a lecture discussion on current issues.

• Assign certain topics to be brainstormed by the students.

• Allow them to use textbooks by looking into the local context.

• Organize debates on current issues related to citizenship.

A student questions why social studies includes disciplines like psychology and economics. How should you respond effectively?

• Explain that these fields provide a holistic understanding of societal issues.

• Demonstrate that these fields are interconnected and share common issues, societal issues.

• Justify that psychology and economics deal with human beings' actions.

• Focus exclusively on societal issues.

To engage learners in understanding the challenges faced in the Philippine social studies, which activity would be the most effective?

• Assign readings about the issues in Philippine education, especially in social studies.

• Facilitate case studies on issues like curriculum gaps and social relevance.

• Allow your students to engage in classroom observation during social studies discussion.

• Create test questions showing the Philippine challenges in social studies.

When teaching about the influence of social welfare on social studies, you should emphasize:

• Welfare policies are the greatest concern of the government.

• Social studies matters for civic competence.

• General welfare is relevant to education.

• Social sciences work together to address societal problems.

For the critical analysis of the impact of the 1916 social studies committee, a good inquiry would be:

• Why did they reject interdisciplinary studies?

• How did they promote active civic participation?

• Why did it focus on social welfare?

• How did it start?

When explaining the role of social studies in the K to 12 curriculum, which statement is the most comprehensive?

• It teaches citizenship and encourages critical reflection on local and global issues.

• It addresses environmental and societal issues.

• It presents historical evidence about progression and common misconceptions about social studies.

• It checks the comprehensiveness of subject areas taught in social studies.

To promote civic competence, which activity goes beyond simple memorization?

• Conduct case studies on local issues.

• Simulations of community decision-making.

• Researching historical facts.

• Watching videos about social issues.

Concerning the interdisciplinary nature of social studies, which statement is the least accurate?

• It draws from anthropology, economics, history, and sociology.

• It incorporates ideas from the humanities, natural sciences, and social welfare.

• Focuses merely on civic competence.