Teaching Ohio in the Curriculum

Catalog description

This course focuses on developing core knowledge about the state of Ohio and designing curriculum and instructional practices that support learning about Ohio in social studies classrooms from second to eighth grade. Course emphasis is placed on a systematic study of Ohio’s history, geography, government, and economics along with identifying and practicing approaches and instructional strategies to teach about Ohio. Through the use of literature, discussion, digital resources, inquiry, and place-based education, this course presents prospective elementary and middle childhood teachers with approaches to develop content knowledge, curriculum design, and instructional approaches to support social studies learning in grades 2-8 classrooms.