2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

EDUC 315 Methods: Elementary Social Studies

An overview of elementary social studies education-history, issues, state and national standards. Standards-based instruction for elementary social studies will be examined and applied. Includes an emphasis on instructional technologies. Taken as part of a methods block, that requires a 30-hour field experience in which candidates prepare, teach, and assess lessons.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Admission to teacher education; EDUC 251; EDUC 303; EDUC 306; EDUC 316; EDUC 313

Corequisite

EDUC 342; EDUC 405; EDUC 423; and EDUC 398 or EDUC 399

Offered

Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Locate, dissect, and apply ND Social Studies Standards.
  2. Incorporate diversity and appropriate activities to integrate social concerns into curriculum and teaching.
  3. Design, implement, analyze, and interpret instructional unit plan and student assessment data which develop critical, analytical, and problem-solving capacities of their future students.