The Elementary Certificate 110 resources are designed to aid the elementary teacher candidate in their preparation for state certification (certificate #110).
How to read the standards: first letters indicate social science, second letters indicate the specific field, last two numbers/letters indicate the number of the standard and grade level. For example: SS.C.1.K can be read as Social Science, Civics, Standard 1 for Kindergarten.
- Civics Standards for grades K-5
Understand political systems, with an emphasis on the United States - Economics and Financial Literacy Standards for grades K-5
Economic decision making; exchange and markets; national and global economy; and financial literacy - Geography Standards for grades K-5
Geographic representations; human-environmental interaction; human population; and global interconnections - History Standards for grades K-5
Change, continuity, and context; perspectives; historical sources and evidence; and causation and argumentation
Each of these will have links to grade level standards, internet sites and/or campus sites such as the Wheaton College Library (journals, books, videos).
Contact person: Dr. Karen Johnson