EDU 570: SOCIAL STUDIES AND THE ARTS

This course presents MAT candidates with curriculum content, materials, instructional strategies, and organizational techniques for integrating social studies and fine arts content in the differentiated early childhood classroom. Candidates will investigate how to incorporate movement, music, drama, and the visual arts with the essential content, processes, and attitudes of social studies. In addressing the needs of a diverse student population through differentiated instruction, candidates will learn how to target the multiple intelligences through social studies and fine arts integration. A major emphasis will be on the incorporation of differentiated instruction and Understanding by Design in the creation of an integrated Social Studies and Fine Arts unit. During Clinical Practice, MAT candidates will have opportunities to plan, implement, and evaluate an integrated social studies and fine arts lesson plan that addresses differentiation of essential social studies content, instructional practices, and student products. This course will focus heavily on teacher candidate proficiency development and should be taken during the semester before the Clinical Residency experience. Prerequisite: Stage II Admission (Clinical Practice)