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Social Studies Curriculum
TCH 347Social Studies in the Elementary School
Department of Education
Shippensburg University
Han Liu, Ph. D.
Curriculum
Definition #1What a student should know and be able to do, which is defined by the state standards linked to high-stake tests.
Curriculum
Definition #2 What a student should know and be
able to do Grade-level content expectations Instructional methods Any classroom learning materials
Curriculum for Social Studies
Curriculum Content Curriculum Organization Curriculum Delivery Conceptual Structure Curriculum Scope & Sequence Social Studies Skills
Social Studies Content(Basic Disciplines)
Culture History Geography Economics Civics Current
Affaires
Sociology Anthropology Psychology Philosophy
Social Studies Curriculum Organization
Interdisciplinary Approach is applied in Elementary and middle schools, such as family life, cultural diversity, improve the environment…
Separate Subject Approach is applied in high schools, such as U.S History, American Government, Economics…
Multidisciplinary Approach is applied in teaching units, such as U.S. state, Latin America, middle east…
Special topics, such as globalization, the Middle East, etc.
Approaches to Deliver Social Studies Curriculum
Conceptual Approach Emphasizing the mastery of social studies concepts
Topical Approach Focus on topics, such as WW II, civil rights
movement, etc.
Inquiry Approach Generating questions Making Hypothesis to address the questions Testing the hypothesis
Conceptual Structure for Social Studies
Facts Vocabulary Concepts
Concept Clusters Themes Generalizations
Descriptive Generalizations Prescriptive Generalizations
Scope and Sequence Scope: Sample. Textbook p.10, Figure 1.1
Basic Contents defined by state standards Comparative Studies & Global Perspective Special Topics: Peace Studies, Environmental
Issues… Sequence: Sample. Textbook p.20, Units of Instruction in the K-8 Curriculum
Basic sequence defined by state standards based on knowledge acquisition theory and grade levels
School’s decisions Teacher’s decisions
Skills for Social Studies
Thinking Skills Language & Communication Skills
Vocabulary Building Skills Research Skills Data Processing Skills Technology Skills
Thinking Skills Inductive Thinking Deductive Thinking Critical Thinking Creative Thinking Analogical Thinking
Problem Solving
Decision-Making
Generalizing Particularizing Metacognition
Language and Communication Skills
Receptive Skills Reading Listening
Expressive Skills Speaking Writing Presenting
Comprehensive Communication Skills Debating
Vocabulary Building Skills
Semantic map (relationship between/among concept clusters)
Clusters Pairs Mnemonics
Research Skills Problem Identifying Predicting/Hypothesizing Inquiry Method Selecting Data processing Analyzing Synthesizing Interpreting Inferring Evaluating/Appraising
Data Processing Skills Data Source Identifying Data collection Data Tabulation Data Organizing Data Aggregation Data Analysis Data Presentation
Technology Skills Searching Classifying Organizing Tabulating Communicating Transmitting Presenting Graphing Multimedia integrating Teaching aids developing