Understanding Concepts in Secondary Social Studies

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Standard Grading Scale 89 Terms Offered: All Terms In this course, Relay students will build and deepen their understanding of key knowledge and concepts that are a part of secondary social studies curricula. Relay students will survey key concepts in U.S. history, world history, geography, economics, and/or civics and government and focus their application of the knowledge in one specific subject area. Relay students will engage with these topics as a student learner might to build their schema for activities that support building understanding of the knowledge and concepts. They will also consider how these concepts are applied in academic tasks and what students’ responses can reveal about their understanding.