Integrated study of methods of teaching secondary social studies, contemporary issues in the teaching social studies, and preparation for the student teaching practicum. Also includes a 40-hour field experience in a secondary social studies classroom.
Introduces the teaching of secondary social studies within state and national frameworks, including expectations and concerns for educators, the context and impact of public education, strategies specific to teaching social studies, and an introduction to contemporary issues in social studies education. Includes a community action project and a 25-hour field experience working in a social studies classroom.
Problem-centered seminar conducted during the student teaching practicum semester. Designed to provide support for student teachers, focus on contemporary educational issues, and aid students in navigating the job search and application process.
An introduction to the scholarship of teaching and learning history and its application in the classroom. Students will examine the multifaceted elements of historical thinking and best practices for teaching historical content and skills in a secondary classroom.
This course examines the intersections among environmental knowledge, ecological change, and imperial expansion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Utilizing a global-comparative approach, students will examine the bilateral relationship between imperialism and environment, drawing on case studies across the British, French, and Russian empires. Topics of comparative analysis will include environmental knowledge, agriculture, resource extraction, public health & disease, conservation, and anticolonial resistance.
This course introduces some of the key themes, historiographical developments, and ongoing discourses within the field of urban history. Examining processes and patterns of urban evolution since the Industrial Revolution, students will analyze both broader global trends and city-specific case studies in the US and abroad. Though only an introduction to a handful of major themes in urban history, students will have the opportunity to dig deeper into topics and themes of interest in a culminating digital exhibit project using ArcGIS StoryMaps.
AHIS 158 - The World in the 20th Century
HST 166 - Environmental History of Europe
AP Modern World History
AP United States History
Modern World History
Environmental History
Environmental Justice