Praxis II Review: Test 5034 Social Studies Review Session # Dr. Meg Monaghan

Today’s Agenda: Introduction Practice Test #1- General overview Review “study topics” Focus: US History Overview of other sessions In the meantime…

Praxis II for Elementary General Review Strategies – – Demonstration of computer based test, strategies, what to expect, test anxiety, etc. – Multiple Subjects Test (5031) – Reading Language Arts – Math – Social Studies (5034) – Science

Social Studies (5034) 50 minute test, 55 multiple choice questions Passing score= 166 – US History, Government, Citizenship= 45% – Geography, Anthropology, Sociology=30% – World History, Economics= 25% – No specific state history questions

Practice Test #1

Today: Focus on US History Study guide, questions Pull textbooks to study (curriculum library) Gain understanding of the “general narrative” of US, use the timeline to help you y

European Exploration, Colonization Ice Age- Bering Strait 15 th -16 th century- “Age of Exploration” 17 th century-European Colonization, conflict with Native Americans 18 th century- British colonization  Revolution

American Revolution, “The Founding” Causes, general narrative Include founding people (i.e. “Founding Fathers”) AND founding documents – Declaration of Independence – Articles of the Confederation – Constitution and Bill of Rights

Growth of the Republic Slavery – Origins – Civil War – Reconstruction – Abolitionists Westward Expansion – “Manifest Destiny” – Changes to the map – Impact on Native Americans – Technology – Agriculture

20 th Century America World War I The 20’s – Harlem Renaissance, Prohibition, women’s suffrage Great Depression World War II – Japanese Internment, atomic bombs, postwar impact (“Baby boom”) Cold War – Korean War, Vietnam War, McCarthyism, Red Scare Modern issues – Civil Rights, technology, environmentalism

Session #2 Government and Citizenship Geography, Anthropology, Sociology World History and Economics

Session #3: Catch up, catch all! Full, timed practice test

In the meantime… Examine the study guides! Come prepared with questions