8710.4800 TEACHERS OF SOCIAL STUDIES FORM I-C MATRIX

Professional Education Program Evaluation Report (PEPER II)	MATRIX Form I-C
8710.4800 Teachers of Social Studies	Identify coding used to indicate placement or assignment of standards here: K=Knowledge, A= Assessed
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Subp. 3. Subject matter standard. A candidate for licensure as a teacher of social studies must complete a preparation program under subpart 2, item C, that must include the candidate's demonstration of the knowledge and skills in items A to K.
A. A teacher of social studies understands how human beings create, learn, and adapt culture. The teacher must understand:
(1) ways in which groups, societies, and cultures address human needs and concerns;									KA
(2) how data and experiences may be interpreted by people from diverse cultural perspectives and frames of reference;									KA
(3) culture as an integrated whole, including the functions and interactions of language, literature, the arts, traditions, beliefs and values, and behavior patterns;									KA
(4) societal patterns for preserving and transmitting culture while adapting to environmental or social change;									KA
(5) benefits of cultural diversity & cohesion, within / across groups;									KA
(6) patterns of behavior reflecting values and attitudes that contribute or pose obstacles to cross-cultural understanding;									KA
(7) the causes and effects of stereotyping on American Indians within their society and on society as a whole;			KA

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(8) specific cultural responses to persistent human issues; and									KA
(9) ideas, theories, and modes of inquiry drawn from anthropology and sociology in the examination of persistent issues and social problems.									KA
B. A teacher of social studies understands historical roots based on what things were like in the past and how things change and develop over time. The teacher must understand:
(1) that historical knowledge and the concept of time are socially influenced constructions that lead historians to be selective in the questions they seek to answer and in the evidence they use;					KA	KA
(2) key concepts, including time, chronology, causality, change, conflict, and complexity to explain, analyze, and show connections among patterns of historical change and continuity;					KA	KA
(3) historical periods and patterns of change within and across cultures;					KA	KA
(4) the significance of American Indian oral tradition in the perpetuation of culture and history;			KA
(5) processes of critical historical inquiry to reconstruct and reinterpret the past;					KA	KA
(6) multiple historical and contemporary viewpoints with viewpoints within and across cultures; and					KA	KA

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(7) ideas, theories, and modes of historical inquiry to analyze historical and contemporary developments, and to inform and evaluate actions concerning public policy issues.					KA	KA
C. A teacher of social studies understands the world within and beyond personal locations. The teacher must understand:
(1) the relative location, direction, size, and shape of locales, regions, and the world;				KA
(2) how to create, interpret, use, synthesize info from various representations of the earth;				KA
(3) appropriate resources, data sources, geographic tools to generate charts, graphs, and maps and to interpret information from resources including atlases, databases, and grid systems;				KA
(4) how to determine distance, scale, area, density, and distinguish spatial distribution patterns;				KA
(5) the relationships among various regional and global patterns of geographic phenomena;				KA
(6) physical earth system changes to explain geographic phenomena;				KA
(7) how people create places that reflect culture, human needs, government policy, and current values and ideals as they design and build specialized buildings, neighborhoods, shopping centers, urban centers, industrial parks, aetc				KA

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(8) physical and cultural patterns and their interactions;				KA
(9) how historical events have been influenced by, and have influenced, physical and human geographic factors in local, regional, national, and global settings;				KA
(10) social and economic effects of environmental changes and crises resulting from phenomena; and				KA
(11) policies for the use of land and other resources in communities and regions.				KA
D. A teacher of social studies understands that personal identity is shaped by an individual's culture, by groups, and by institutional influences. The teacher must understand:
(1) personal connections to time, place, and social and cultural systems;								KA
(2) influences of various historical and contemporary cultures on an individual's daily life;								KA
(3) the ways family, religion, gender, ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic status, and other group and cultural influences contribute to the development of a sense of self;								KA
(4) the vital role the process of achieving harmony and balance and the American Indian value system play in American Indian philosophy and in the daily lives of American Indians;			KA

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(5) concepts, methods, and theories about the study of human growth and development;								KA
(6) how ethnicity, nationality, and culture interact to influence specific situations or events;		KA
(7) the role of perceptions, attitudes, values, and beliefs in the development of personal identity;								KA
(8) the impact of stereotyping, conformity, acts of altruism, and other behaviors on individuals and groups;								KA
(9) how to work independently and cooperatively within groups and institutions to accomplish goals; and								KA
(10) factors that contribute to and damage mental health and issues that relate to mental health and behavioral disorders in contemporary society.								KA
E. A teacher of social studies understands how institutions are formed, what controls and influences them, how institutions control and influence individuals and culture, and how institutions can be maintained or changed. The teacher must understand:
(1) how concepts, including role, status, and social class, impact the connections and interactions of individuals, groups, and institutions in society;									KA
(2) group and institutional influences on people, events, and elements of culture in both historical and contemporary settings;									KA

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(3) the various forms institutions take and how they develop and change over time;									KA
(4) how Minnesota-based Anishinabe reservations and Dakota communities are influenced by history, geography, and contemporary issues;			KA
(5) that expressions of individuality and efforts to promote social conformity by groups or institutions can result in tensions;									KA
(6) belief systems in contemporary and historical movement;									KA
(7) how institutions can further both continuity and change;									KA
(8) how groups and institutions meet individual needs and promote the common good in contemporary and historical settings; and									KA
(9) the application of ideas and modes of inquiry drawn from behavioral science and social theory in the examination of persistent issues and social problems.									KA
F. A teacher of social studies understands the historical development of structures of power, authority, and governance and their evolving functions in contemporary United States’ society and other parts of the world. The teacher must understand:
(1) persistent issues involving the rights, roles, and status of the individual in relation to the general welfare;							KA

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(2) the purpose of government and how its powers are acquired, used, and justified;							KA
(3) ideas and mechanisms to meet needs and wants of citizens, regulate territory, manage conflict, establish order and security, and balance competing conceptions of a just society;							KA
(4) ways nations and organizations respond to conflicts between forces of unity and diversity;							KA
(5) American Indian treaties and how they function, the meaning of tribal sovereignty, and the concept of sovereignty as related to tribal government;						KA
(6) the impact of ever changing United States policies on American Indians;						KA
(7) existing differing political systems and the role representative political leaders from selected historical/contemporary settings have had in shaping these systems;							KA
(8) conditions, actions, and motivations that contribute to conflict and cooperation within and among nations;							KA
(9) the role of technology in communications, transportation, information processing, development, as it contributes to or helps resolve conflicts;							KA

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(10) how to apply ideas, theories, and modes of inquiry drawn from political science to the examination of persistent issues and social problems;							KA
(11) the extent to which governments achieve their stated ideals and policies at home and abroad; and							KA
(12) how public policy is formed and expressed.							KA
G. A teacher of social studies understands how people organize for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The teacher must understand:
(1) how the scarcity of productive human, capital, technological, and natural resources requires the development of economic systems to make decisions about how goods and services are to be produced and distributed;	KA
(2) the role that supply and demand, prices, incentives, and profits play in determining what is produced and distributed in a competitive market system;	KA
(3) the costs and benefits to society of allocating goods and services through private and public sectors;	KA
(4) relationships among the various economic institutions that comprise economic systems;	KA
(5) the role of specialization and exchange in economic processes;	KA

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(6) how values and beliefs influence economic decisions in different societies;	KA
(7) basic economic systems according to how rules and procedures deal with demand, supply, prices, the role of government, banks, labor and labor unions, savings and investments, and capital;	KA
(8) how to apply economic concepts and reasoning in evaluating historical and contemporary social developments and issues;	KA
(9) differences between the domestic and global economic systems and how the two interact; and	KA