| CIS-Curriculum and Instruction - Social Studies Education |
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| CIS480A |
Methods of Teaching Social Studies |
| This course is focused on theory, curriculum, methods and materials pertaining to the teaching of Social Studies in the elementary classroom. Prerequisite: Admission to National College of Education. 4 quarter hours |
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| CIS480B |
Methods for Teaching Social Studies |
| This course applies methods of teaching social studies in the elementary school curriculum. Students will learn to demonstrate social studies methods related to effective instruction in and for a pluralistic democracy. Year long planning, unit planning and lesson implementation with a pattern of varied instructional strategies designed for student success is stressed. Admission to M.A.T. program or consent M.A.T. program director required. Prerequisite: EPS500, EPS510, FND 504. 2 semester hours |
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| CIS500 |
Methods and Materials for Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School |
| Provides awareness of the currently developing trends in the broad area of the social studies in elementary education. Special attention is given to ways of fostering the basic skills required in group cooperation, the understanding and use of abstract concepts, the interpretation of social data and its application to social living, the techniques of social inquiry, and the assessment of values. Students are encouraged to pursue special studies related to individual concerns in teaching. 2 semester hours |
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| CIS502 |
Trends in Teaching Social Studies |
| This seminar explores current issues and trends in social studies education within the contexts of education generally and American society. Students will examine the development of social studies historically with special emphasis on the last several decades. 3 semester hours |
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| CIS504 |
Asian Cultures/Language & Education |
| 2 semester hours |
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| CIS505 |
Asian American Experience: A Historical Perspective |
| 2 semester hours |
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| CIS506 |
Geographic Perspectives: Human Environmental Interaction |
| This course examines the ways that people have interacted with the natural environment over time in different places related to the social studies curriculum in grades 6-12, especially world history and culture and American history. Through readings, discussion, and written assignments that include instructional planning and implementation, students will learn how human-environmental interaction affected the history, geography, political systems, economic systems, and social systems of various cultures. Learning content and applying it to the classroom is stressed. 3 semester hours |
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| CIS507 |
Studying the World |
| From an international perspective, this course explores various topics and themes related to the teaching of world history and cultures in grades 6-12. Students will learn important world history and cultures concepts and content through readings, discussion, and written assignments that include instructional planning and implementation. Learning content and applying it to classroom instruction is stressed. 3 semester hours |
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| CIS508 |
Democracy and Diversity in the United States |
| This course provides students with an opportunity to develop a research project on a topic related to democracy and diversity. The interplay between these two concepts has been a major dynamic in the development of the United States and a primary theme of the study and teaching of American history and culture. Learning content, conducting professional social science research, and applying findings to curriculum and instruction will be stressed. 3 semester hours |
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| CIS509 |
Technology and Innovation in United States and World Civilizations |
| In this course, students will conduct research on the interplay between technology and innovation. The interplay between these two concepts has been a major dynamic in the development of the world and an increasingly prominent theme in the study and teaching of history and culture. Learning content, conducting professional social science research, and applying findings to curriculum and instruction will be stressed. 3 semester hours |
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| CIS510 |
Concepts in Social Science/Economics |
| Exercises and activities make economic concepts meaningful and useful to elementary and middle school teachers. |
| 2 semester hours |
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| CIS511 |
Concepts in Social Science/Anthropology |
| Culture, language, race, diffusion, and change as key ideas for understanding diverse groups within the United States and around the world. Practice in using and adapting for the classroom the research tools of anthropology. 2 semester hours |
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| CIS512 |
Concepts in Social Science/Geography |
| Students will study the five themes of geography: location, place, human interaction with the environment, movement, and region. 2 semester hours |
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| CIS515 |
| This course explores significant content topics and themes related to the teaching of United States history and cultures in grades 6-12. Students will learn important history and cultures concepts and content through readings, discussion, and written and/or media assignments that include instructional planning and implementation. The emphasis is on learning disciplinary content and applying it to classroom instruction that accommodates the needs to build literacy, thinking, and communication abilities as well as to infuse technology into instruction, to differentiate instruction, to meet standards, and to assess all aspects of the teaching and learning process, especially student performance. Prerequisite: six semester hours of U.S. History. 3 semester hours |
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| CIS516 |
Teaching the Local Community |
| This course explores various topics related to the teaching of local community history and culture in grades 6-12. Local community is defined as the neighborhood and the municipal form of government, most particularly suburb or city, Special emphasis is placed on the city of Chicago and the surrounding metropolitan area. Students will learn important history and cultural concepts and content through development of curricular materials and activities. 2 semester hours |
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| CIS 520 |
Area Study |
| Provides an understanding of the peoples of a particular cultural region, noting social, political, economic, religious, and aesthetic similarities as well as diversities. Includes enough history to understand contemporary affairs and foreign policy. 2 semester hours |
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| CIS583 |
Workshop/Social Science Education/Contemporary Issues |
| 1-4 semester hours |
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| CIS585 |
Workshop/Social Science Education/Instructional Practices |
| 1-4 semester hours |
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| CIS587 |
Workshop/Social Science Education/Cultural Studies |
| 1-4 semester hours |
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| CIS591 |
Field Study / Social Science Education |
| 1-4 semester hours |
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| CIS591A |
Field Study/Social Science Education/Mexico |
| This course provides factual knowledge, along with direct observational experiences, and the honing of reflective and interpretive skills for understanding and teaching Mexican Americans, the largest language minority group in the United States, through their heritage culture: ancient Mesoamerican and the history, cultures, and geography of Mexico. The course begins with an orientation and class meetings in the United States (e.g., Chicago). Then participants travel as investigative explorers to Mexico where the coursework continues, and they learn to relate their knowledge to intercultural education and communication with Mexican Americans in the United States. 1-4 semester hours |
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| CIS594 |
Independent Study/Social Science Education |
| Issues, perspectives, and practices in different cultural, geographic, and socioeconomic learning environments are identified and compared. 1-3 semester hours |
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| CIS595 |
Selected Topics in Social Studies Education |
| Provides the student with the opportunity to explore current or specialized topics in the field of social services education. 1-4 semester hours |
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