TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES

in the

INTERMEDIATE GRADES

Module 8
MIDTERM EXAMINATION

AGUILAR ERIKA M.
BEED ll - A
1.Def
ineSoci
alSt
udi
es?(
5pt
s)

•Socialstudi
esisthestudyofpeopleinrelat
iontoeachot herandtotheirworl
d.I
tisanissues-
focusedandi nqui
ry-
basedinter
disci
pli
narysubjectt
hatdrawsuponhi story
,geogr
aphy,ecology
,
economi cs,l
aw,phil
osophy,pol
it
icalsci
enceandot hersocialsci
encedisci
pli
nes.

2.Whati
sthei
mpor
tanceoft
eachi
ngSoci
alSt
udi
es?(
5pt
s)

•Socialst
udieseducationhel
psstudentsunderst
andt hewor l
dtheyl
iv
ein,sotheycanmake
i
nformeddeci sionsabouti
ssuesaff
ectingt
hem, especial
lywhentheygrowolder.Through
soci
al st
udies,student
sdevel
ophistor
icalt
hinki
ngandl it
eracyasawayofnav i
gatingourwor
ld.

3.Expl
aint
heSoci
alSt
udi
espr
ogr
am i
ntheKt
o12cur
ri
cul
um i
nGr
ades4-
6(10pt
s)

•TheK- 12Soci al Studi espr ogr am providest heoppor t

unityforeveryst udentt odevel opinto
knowledgeabl eandr esponsi bl eciti
zens.Ourst udent sneedtodev elopt heabi l
itytoappl y21st
centuryski l
ls, usecr iti
cal t
hinkingski l
lsforpr oblem sol v
ing,makeaut hent i
cr eal world
connections, anduset echnol ogyt ocol l
ectinf ormat i
on,showcr eati
v i
ty,andi nnov at
ion.
Purposef ul activit
iesbasedonessent ialquest ionspr ovi
deoppor t
unitiest odev elophi gherlevel
thi
nkingski lls,integrat econcept sacrosscur riculum, andbecomeawar eofcul turaldiv er
sit
y .
Thesoci al studiespr ogr am addr essescont entst andardsinthear easofci vicsandgov ernment,
economi cs, geogr aphy ,andhi story.Thesoci al studiescurri
culum dev el
opsci t
izenswhowi llbe
abletopar ticipat einacul t
urallydi v
erse,democr atic,andglobalsociet y
, ablet oanaly zeand
objecti
velyev aluatehi st ori
cal andsoci alissues.Thegoal oftheSocial St udiescur ri
cul um i
st o
hel
pcr eat ehi storicallyliterateandwel li
nf ormedci ti
zenswhoact ivelypar t
icipateina
democr aticsoci ety.

4.Whati
sthedi
ff
erencebet
weenappr
oachesandst
rat
egi
es?(
5pt
)

•Appr oachesdeal wit

hgener al phi
losophiesoft eaching.Methodsdeal withmorepr acticalnut
s
andbol ts.Str
ategi
esdeal wit
hspeci f
icact i
ons.Ov ertheyears,theobjecti
veofmanyt eacher s
haschangedf rom t
ryingtof i
ndanul ti
mat e"bestmet hod"toidenti
fyi
ngcompat i
bleappr oaches
andt hendecidingonst rategi
esf oractuall
ydoi ngwhatneedst obedonei ntheclassroom.The
teacherhasaspect r
um ofr olesinthesemet hodologiesrangi
ngf rom l
anguagemodel and
commanderofcl assroom act iv
iti
esinsy stemsl ikeGrammarTr ansl
ati
onandTot alPhy sical
Responset obackgroundf aci
lit
atorandcl assroom col l
eagueinCommuni cat
iveLanguage
TeachingandDogmeal l t
hewayt ominimal l
ypr esentintheSilentWay .

5.Whatar
ethedi
ff
erentappr
oachesi
nteachi
ngSoci
alSt
udi
es?(
5pt
s)

•Somemet hodsoft eachi

ngSocialSt
udiesinclude,
sti
mul at
ion,l
abor
atory
, i
nquir
y,proj
ect
,
dramat
izat
ions,questi
onsandanswer ,
fiel
d-tr
ips,di
scussi
on, l
ect
ure,
problem-sol
ving,
dramat
izat
ion,homeassi gnmentandconstructionmethods.

6.Whatar
ethegui
dingpr
inci
plesi
nteachi
ngAr
ali
ngPanl
i
punan?(
10pt
s.)
•Effecti
veAPt
eachi
ngi
sact
ive.APt
eachi
ngr
equi
resst
udent
stopr
ocessandt
hinkaboutwhat
theylearn

•Ef
fect
iveAPt
eachi
ngi
sint
egr
ati
ve

•Ef
fect
iveAPt
eachi
ngi
smeani
ngf
ul

•Ef
fect
ivet
eachi
ngofAPi
sval
ue-based

•Ef
fect
iveAPt
eachi
ngi
schal
l
engi
ng

7.Whyi
sassessmentandev
aluat
ioni
mpor
tanti
nteachi
ng?(
10pt
s)

•Assessmenti sanintegralpartofinstruct
ion,
asitdet er
mi neswhetherornotthegoalsof
educat i
onar ebeingmet .Assessmentaf f
ectsdeci
sionsaboutgr ades,pl
acement ,
advancement,
i
nst ructionalneeds,curr
iculum, and,i
nsomecases, funding.Assessmentisakeycomponentof
l
ear ningbecausei thelpsst udentslearn.Whenstudent sareabletoseehowt heyar edoi
ngina
class, t
heyar eabletodet erminewhet herornottheyunder standcoursemateri
al.Assessment
canal sohel pmot i
vatest udents.Justasassessmenthel psst udent
s,assessmenthelps
teacher s.