EDGE 552 - Middle Level ELA/SS Pedagogy

3 Credit Hour(s)

Prepares classroom teachers with the conceptual knowledge and skills needed to teach 4th and 5th grade social studies and language arts. Ohio’s Learning Standards in Social Studies and Language Arts will be examined in the context of the standards of the National Council of Social Studies (NCSS) and National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The overriding goals are to ensure that teachers are able to adequately teach English language arts and social studies concepts for grades 4 and 5 outlined in Ohio’s Learning Standards. Content includes all strands (history, geography, government and economics) and the themes of Ohio in the United States and regions and people of the Western hemisphere for social studies as well as reading literature and informational text, foundational reading skills, speaking/listening, and language skills in English language arts.