ELE3340    
Study Guide -  Midterm
Prompts will be selected from the list that follows. The exam will be written in class.
Prepare short essays to answer the following – let your responses reflect the quality of your reading, study, notetaking, thinking.  Choose 5 = 4 pts., and 5 = 3 pts.
Plan to use "for example...." frequently in your writing..

      1. Explain how/why the purpose of public schools themselves is the same as the purpose of the Social Studies in the curriculum.  (3)
2. List 5/6 major characteristics of Social Studies.  Explain three of these in detail. (4)
3. Reproduce the ‘classical building’ model of SS. Reproduce three global themes expressed both positively and negatively, as social needs and social opportunities.  (4)
4. Use a number of synonyms for the cognitive and affective goals in SS.  Explain how both cognitive and affective broad goals are necessary to achieve the overall purpose of SS.  (3)
5. What is the purpose of the President’s Activity? (3)
6. How does children’s literature contribute to the SS curriculum? (3)
7. Why are we basing a themed unit of study in SS upon a children’s novel? (3)
8. List and explain 5/6 ways to avoid stereotypes when teaching another culture. (4)
Include the important differences in the use of the word 'myth.'
9. What is the purpose of the model personality experience and of biography in elementary social studies?  (3)
10. Why is it particularly important to teach values?  (EE p. 8, W/Ch. 6)   (3)                  
11.  List and explain why you think Kevin Ryan’s 6 E’s will help to teach moral education?  (4)
12. Describe the human values that are brought forward in your novel.  Discuss how these can be part of your social studies curriculum, beyond teaching the novel.  (4)
13. What attributes of young children enable them to learn history well? (3)
14. What are the advantages of teaching with timelines?  What are the dangers (see textbook) of teaching with timelines?   (3)                                        
15. In what way can the calendar be considered the basis for culture?  Give examples from at least three cultures. (4)
16. Identify:  John Dewey, E. D. Hirsch, James Banks, Patricia Polacco, Expectations for Excellence, NCSS, Benjamin Franklin, Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Cesar Chavez, David Welton, Kevin Ryan, Carl Jung                                                                                                       

Match the following dates with key events in American History.                     
1776, 1781, 1787, 1789, 1809, 1861  = (.5 pts. apiece = 1 test point + 2 points ex.credit)