ED 357 Teaching Social Studies and Creative Arts

Designed to familiarize students with history and social studies instruction in elementary classrooms and methods of integrating social studies with other content areas. Emphasis is placed on developing planning and using assessment strategies that help teachers differentiate instruction through the use of multiple instructional models and developing strategies to help children understand their world through literature, art, music, drama, and dance. Supervised field experience will provide the opportunity to observe strategies that are introduced. Field experience: 10 hours. Prerequisites: ED 200, ED 301, and EN 102. Liberal Arts Core/University Requirements Designation: WI. (3)