B.S. Social Scien Education Flori A & M Universit. ce da y

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1 B.S. Social Scien Education Flori A & M Universit ce da y Department of HIstory and Political Science 1 Knowlwdge of Geography 1. Identify and apply the six elements of geography. 2. Identify the natural processes that shapes the Earth's physical and human features. 3. Identify physical and cultural features. 4. Analyze and interpret geographic information from maps, charts, and graphs. Knowledge of Economics 1. Analyze how scarcity and opportunity cost impact choices about how to allocate resources. 2. Identify how economic systems answer the three basic economic questions. 3. Analyze the role of supply and demand in coordinating consumption, production, and distribution in the market system. 4. Analyze fundamental macroeconomic concepts such as infaltion, employment, money supply, the components of gross domestic product, and the role of the stock market. Knowledge of Economics (cont.) 5. Analyze the role of government in the market and nonmarket economies.

2 6. Apply the principle of comparative advantage to local, state, and national, and international trade. 7. Evaluate the role of credit, etc., in a consumer economy. Knowledge of Political Science 1. Identify the features and principles of the U.S. Constitution. 2. Identify the functions of the U.S. political institutions, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. 3. Identify the functions of political parties, elections, interest groups, and the mass media in the U.S. 4. Identify the elements and functions of state and local government in the U.S. 5. Analyze the guiding concepts, principles, and consequences of U.S. foreign policy. 6. Compare elements, structures and functions of various political l systems. 7. Analyze the key elements of U.S. citizenship, including rights, provileges, and responsibilities within the U.S. legal system. Knowledge of World History 1. Identify characteristics of prehistoric cultures and early civilizations (e.g., Mesopotamia, Egypt, China). 2. Evaluate ancient civilizations (e.g., Greek, Roman) and their influence on Western civilization. 2

3 3. Identify the cultural, political, and economic developments of African, Asian, and Mesopotamian societies. 4. Idenfity the major contributions between the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation periods. 5. Identify major contributions of Western and non-western civilizations during the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation periods. 6. Identify the significant scientific and social changes from the Age of Reason through the Age of Enlightenment. 7. Identify the causes, events, associated with the Age of Exploration. 8. Assess the social, political, and economic effects of the Industrial Revolution. 9. Identify the causes, effects, events, and significant individuals associated with the Age of Revolution. Knowledge of World History (cont.) 10. Evaluate the impact of imperialism and nationalism on global social, political, geographic, and economic development. 11. Analyze the causes and effects of political transformations and military conflicts in the 20th century. 12. Analyze major contemporary world issues and trends in terms of their political, social, economic, and geographic characteristics. 13. Identify major world religions and ideologies and their impact on world events. Knowledge of U.S. History 3

4 1. Evaluate the impact of the Age of Exploration on the Americas. 2. Analyze the cultural, political, and economic development of Americas during the colonial period. Knowledge of U.S. History 3. Identify the causes, events, of the Revolutionary Era. 4. Identify the causes, significant associated with the Constitutional Era and the early republic. 5. Evaluate the impact of westward expansion on the cultural, political, and economic development of the emerging nation. 6. Identify the social, cultural, political, and economic characteristics of the antebellum era. 7. Identify causes, events, of fthe Civil ilwar and dreconstruction ti eras. 8. Evaluate the impact of agrarianism, industrialization, urbanization, and the reform movements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 9. Assess the impact of immigration on cultural, political, and economic development in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 10. Identify the causes, events, of the World War I era. 11. Identify the social, cultural, political, and economic developments between World War I and World War II, including the Roaring Twenties, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, and the New Deal. 4

5 Knowledge of American History 12. Identify the causes, events, of the World War II period. 13. Identify key causes, events, related ot domestic and foreign affairs during the Cold War Era. 14. Identify causes, significant associated with movements for equality, civil rights, and civil liberties in the 19th and 20th centuries. 15. Identify the causes, significant associated with contemporary domestic and foreign affairs. 16. Identify key individuals, events, and issues related to Florida history. Knowledge of Social Science and its Methodology 1. Identify the social science disciplines, including anthropology, psychology, and sociology. 2. Identify social science concepts (e.g., culture, class, technology, race, gender). 3. Analyze the interrelationships between social science disciplines. 4. Interpret tabular and graphic representations of information related to the social sciences. 5. Identify appropriate strategies, methods, tools, and technology for the teaching of social science. 6. Evaluate examples of primary and secondary sources. 5