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WGU C104 Elementary Social Studies Methods
Objective Assessment ACTUAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 QUESTIONS BANK AND VERIFIED
CORRECT SOLUTIONS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <LATEST VERSION>
What are two developmentally appropriate ways to teach third
graders about individual rights and responsibilities in their school
setting? ......ANSWER........1. Organize and complete a class
service project for the school community.
2. Have a student explain why there are rules and consequences
after a rule is broken.
Which two lessons should a fourth-grade social studies teacher
use to teach students about time, continuity, and change?
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......ANSWER........1. A lesson requiring students to create a
timeline of events leading up to the Civil War
2. A lesson about President Kennedy's election, focusing on
voting patterns of city voters compared to rural voters
Which strategy could a social studies teacher use to help
students understand how humans learn culture?
......ANSWER........Have the students study acceptable behavior
for children in different countries.
How can an eighth-grade teacher help students become
informed about voter issues before a local election?
......ANSWER........By having the students use a structured
decision-making framework to explore both sides of a levy that
is on the ballot.
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A teacher would like her students to explore the different
functions of government. She decides to have students explore
how different political systems influence government design.
Which activity would be appropriate for this teacher to use to
teach this concept? ......ANSWER........Give small groups the same
mythical country and have them randomly select a form of
government to use to design the country's governance system.
Which two learning experiences would help students engage
with people, places, and events that are relevant to the local,
regional, and national news? ......ANSWER........1. The teacher
invites a journalist to discuss the importance of reporting
accurate information.
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2. The teacher challenges students to rewrite headlines to
demonstrate their understanding of the actual information in the
story.
A first-grade social studies teacher is beginning a unit on
families. Students will be learning about family structures.
Which language arts activity would support this specific social
studies inquiry? ......ANSWER........The teacher incorporates oral
histories by inviting grandparents to class to talk about their lives
when they were young.
A fifth-grade teacher wants her students to evaluate the
reliability of two written histories of the controversy surrounding
the creation of their school fifty years ago.
Which two strategies utilize primary sources to help her students
evaluate the reliability of these two histories?
WGU C104 Elementary Social Studies Methods
Objective Assessment ACTUAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 QUESTIONS BANK AND VERIFIED
CORRECT SOLUTIONS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <LATEST VERSION>
What are two developmentally appropriate ways to teach third
graders about individual rights and responsibilities in their school
setting? ......ANSWER........1. Organize and complete a class
service project for the school community.
2. Have a student explain why there are rules and consequences
after a rule is broken.
Which two lessons should a fourth-grade social studies teacher
use to teach students about time, continuity, and change?
,age 2 of 119
......ANSWER........1. A lesson requiring students to create a
timeline of events leading up to the Civil War
2. A lesson about President Kennedy's election, focusing on
voting patterns of city voters compared to rural voters
Which strategy could a social studies teacher use to help
students understand how humans learn culture?
......ANSWER........Have the students study acceptable behavior
for children in different countries.
How can an eighth-grade teacher help students become
informed about voter issues before a local election?
......ANSWER........By having the students use a structured
decision-making framework to explore both sides of a levy that
is on the ballot.
,age 3 of 119
A teacher would like her students to explore the different
functions of government. She decides to have students explore
how different political systems influence government design.
Which activity would be appropriate for this teacher to use to
teach this concept? ......ANSWER........Give small groups the same
mythical country and have them randomly select a form of
government to use to design the country's governance system.
Which two learning experiences would help students engage
with people, places, and events that are relevant to the local,
regional, and national news? ......ANSWER........1. The teacher
invites a journalist to discuss the importance of reporting
accurate information.
, age 4 of 119
2. The teacher challenges students to rewrite headlines to
demonstrate their understanding of the actual information in the
story.
A first-grade social studies teacher is beginning a unit on
families. Students will be learning about family structures.
Which language arts activity would support this specific social
studies inquiry? ......ANSWER........The teacher incorporates oral
histories by inviting grandparents to class to talk about their lives
when they were young.
A fifth-grade teacher wants her students to evaluate the
reliability of two written histories of the controversy surrounding
the creation of their school fifty years ago.
Which two strategies utilize primary sources to help her students
evaluate the reliability of these two histories?
