• Teaching Social Studies: Content and Methods

Catalog description

Applies methods and strategies to design and deliver engaging, inclusive, standards-aligned social studies instruction for grades K–6. Integrates civics, history, geography, economics, and Minnesota-based Indigenous perspectives. Emphasizes culturally responsive pedagogy, student voice, and critical thinking. Analyzes standards, plans and teaches lessons, and reflects on social studies’ role in identity, democratic participation, and community understanding.