History and Social Studies Methods: Secondary

3 credits · Graduate

This class is the second in the two-course series that is grounded in a critical understanding of California’s 2016 History-Social Science Framework with the goal of articulating a history-social science pedagogy that humanizes and empowers all students. Our year-long course question is: How can robust history-social science instruction support our students to connect their lives to the past, develop as critical thinkers about past, present, and future challenges, and take actions towards a more just and democratic world? This semester in particular aims to deepen pre-service teachers’ understanding of the range of ways scholars have conceptualized U.S. history, world history, economics and civics.