Catalog Year: 2022-2023
Graceland University
Social Studies Recommendations
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Here NCTQ outlines (1) the set of courses providing candidates with the content most aligned with what elementary teachers need within current institution and program requirements, and (2) suggestions for courses to fill in gaps where candidates still lack coverage.
"Most Aligned" Set of Courses
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Social Studies Requirement 01
HIST 1200 - History of the African Diaspora
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Social Studies Requirement 02
ECON1300 - Principles of Macroeconomics
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Social Studies Requirement 03
POLS 1300 - United States Government
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Social Studies Requirement 04
EDUC 3475 - Social Studies Methods and Content Reading Strategies
How to Improve Content Coverage
Using the “Most Aligned” Set of Courses, current course requirements can address up to 76.92% coverage of social studies topics.
The topics still lacking coverage include:
- Geographic Representations
- Human-Environment Interactions
- Economic Principles and Exchange
To improve content coverage, the institution or teacher preparation program may need to require additional courses for their candidates to achieve coverage across all topics. Our analysts identified the following courses to cover these topics:
- Geographic Representations: No applicable courses found in NCTQ's analysis
- Human-Environment Interactions: No applicable courses found in NCTQ's analysis
- Economic Principles and Exchange: ECON1320
Analysis of Content Covered with "Most Aligned" Set of Courses
Catalog Year: 2022-2023
Graceland University
Social Studies Recommendations
PrintHere NCTQ outlines (1) the set of courses providing candidates with the content most aligned with what elementary teachers need within current institution and program requirements, and (2) suggestions for courses to fill in gaps where candidates still lack coverage.
"Most Aligned" Set of Courses
HIST 1200 - History of the African Diaspora
ECON1300 - Principles of Macroeconomics
POLS 1300 - United States Government
EDUC 3475 - Social Studies Methods and Content Reading Strategies
How to Improve Content Coverage
Using the “Most Aligned” Set of Courses, current course requirements can address up to 76.92% coverage of social studies topics.
The topics still lacking coverage include:
To improve content coverage, the institution or teacher preparation program may need to require additional courses for their candidates to achieve coverage across all topics. Our analysts identified the following courses to cover these topics:
Analysis of Content Covered with "Most Aligned" Set of Courses
= Course is Currently Recommended or Required by Program
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Political institutions, Participation, Rules, and Laws
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Economic Principles and Exchange
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The Economy
D
European Exploration and Colonization (up to 1700)
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The American Revolution and Founding (1700s)
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Growth and Expansion of the American Republic (up to 1900)
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Twentieth Century and Beyond
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Pre-Columbian and/or Ancient Civilizations
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Twentieth Century and Beyond
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Geographic Representations
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Human-Environment Interactions
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Diverse Perspectives
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Cross-cutting Concepts
HIST 1200
History of the African Diaspora
ECON1300
Principles of Macroeconomics
POLS 1300
United States Government
EDUC 3475
Social Studies Methods and Content Reading Strategies
If a candidate takes the above courses, this is the topic coverage they would experience overall:
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