COURSE OUTLINE IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE ELEMENTARY

GRADES (CULTURE AND BASIC GEOGRAPHY)

COURSE TITLE : Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary

Grades

COURSE CODE : TSSEGCULGEO

NUMBER OF UNITS : 3 UNITS

CONTACT HOURS : 3 HOURS

PREREQUISITE : NONE

COURSE REQUIREMENTS : Quizzes, reflection paper, research output

Written reports, oral presentation and major
exams

COURSE DESCRIPTION :

The course aims to equip the students in the BEED program a strong background in
local history and culture. This background serves as an avenue for further inquiry of the
available resources in the community for the localization and contextualization of
teaching of elementary subjects. Areas to be studied include natural heritage of the
locality, tangible and intangible culture that are of great significance to the socio-
economic and political activities of the people in the place. In the end they are expected
to come up with the profiling of available cultural resources in the community.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Evaluate the importance of social studies and its purpose in primary educational
environments.
2. Describe what powerful social studies looks like and identify important elements
of such instruction
3. Explain the role of inquiry, concepts, Big Ideas and Essential Questions in social
studies curriculum units.
4. Implement effective instructional strategies for teaching concepts, skills, and
attitudes in the elementary classroom.
5. Develop lessons, individualize materials, identify appropriate assessment
strategies, and plan unit of study using the formats provided.
6. Evaluate major resources for social studies education and describe trends in the
field relevant to teaching in our changing information age society.
7. Describe the importance of local history in teaching social studies
8. Create a profile of the different cultural resources in the local community.
COURSE CONTENT

PRELIM and MIDTERM FINALS

1. Orientation &  Character and values
Course overview  Decision making skills
2. The goal of Social Studies  Logical thinking and analyzing
3. A problem approach to social skills
studies 8. Distinguish facts from Speculations,
4. K-12 curriculum of the Department Conclusion from opinion, fantasy
of Education from reality truth from falsehood
5. Incorporating themes from the  Incorporating thinking and
standards learning skills in social studies
6. Constructivism and Social studies 9. Teachers pedagogical knowledge:
7. What values do you teach? understanding the process of
 Developing values historical inquiry
 Character education and 10. Understanding primary geography
citizenship 11. Exploring geography teaching and
curriculum

GRADING SYSTEM (Campus ++):

Class Standing: 70%

Major Exams: 30%
Passing Percentage for Professional and major subjects: 60%

REFERENCES:

Brophy, J. (2018). Powerful social studies : for elementary students. Australia:

Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.

Catling, S. (2018). Understanding and teaching primary geography (2nd ed.). New York.
Routledge.

Catling, S. and Willy, T. (2018). Understanding and teaching primary geography(2nd

ed.). Washington D.C.: Sage Publishing.

Copper, H. (2018) .History 5-11: A guide for teachers(3rd ed.). London: Routledge

Russell, W.B. (2018). Essentials of elementary social studies (5th ed.). London:
Routledge.

K-12 Deped Araling panlipunan curriculum guide (2016).retrieved https://deped.gov.ph