CERTIFICATION TEST SOCIAL STUDIES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
d. Help students learn abstract map concepts through involvement in concrete experiences related to a
familiar location. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A second-grade teacher plans the following activities to
promote students' developent of map skills.
Activity 1: The class creates a large, three dimensional model of the classroom using common materials
(e.g., empty milk cartons, spools of thread) to represent desks and other objects in the room. The
teacher uses the three-dimensional model to promote students' ability to apply various map-reading
skills (e.g., locating places, understanding the concept of relative size and scale).
Activity 2: The class creates a flat map of the classroom in which hand-drawn symbols (e.g., squares of
different sizes, drawings of objects) represent objects in the room. The teacher uses the flat map to
reinforce the skills addressed in activity 1.
Based on the descriptions above, these activities will promote development of map skills to sescond
graders mainly because they -
a. enable students to progress from specific knowledge about maps to more general skills and
understandings related to map use.
b. help students distinguish essential from nonessential knowledge about maps and focus on the most
important knowledge and skills.
c. prompt students to use previously acquired skills and knowledge from other disciplines to facilitate
their acquisition of new skills.
d. help students learn abstract map concepts through involvement in concrete experiences related to a
familiar location.
c. Is the bookshelf or piano closer to the aquarium? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A second-grade teacher
plans the following activities to promote students' developent of map skills.
Activity 1: The class creates a large, three dimensional model of the classroom using common materials
(e.g., empty milk cartons, spools of thread) to represent desks and other objects in the room. The
teacher uses the three-dimensional model to promote students' ability to apply various map-reading
skills (e.g., locating places, understanding the concept of relative size and scale).
,Activity 2: The class creates a flat map of the classroom in which hand-drawn symbols (e.g., squares of
different sizes, drawings of objects) represent objects in the room. The teacher uses the flat map to
reinforce the skills addressed in activity 1.
As the class creates the model in Activity 1, the teacher asks quesions designed to help students develop
particular map skills and unnderstandings. Which of the following questions would best promote
students' ability to apply the concept of relative location?
a. Where in our model should we place the file cabinet?
b. Can anyone trace a path from the sink to the door?
c. Is the the bookshelf or the piano closer to the aquarium?
d. Which is larger, the math center or the reading center?
d. All students benefit from working in the heterogeneous groups where all students can practice
speaking and reading aloud. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A second-grade teacher has a class with several
English Language Learners (ELLs). In a lesson on the roles of the president, governor, and mayor, the
teacher puts students into small groups, and each group includes at least one English Language Learner.
The teacher than has each student choose a card that has a picture of the president,governor, or mayor
on it and the duties of each. The teacher then asks each student to read the duties of each person and
show his group the picture. Which of the following is a primary rationale for using this activity with this
group of students?
d. All students benefit from working in the heterogeneous groups where all students can practice
speaking and reading aloud.
b. sectionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following terms best describes the regional
conflicts related to slavery before the Civil War?
a. Americanism
b. sectionalism
c. nationalism
d. patriotism
a. a video ofstudents reciting patriotic poems and songs
, b. a display showing how students participated in a mock election
e. a portfolio of letters that students have written to eected officials about preserving a historical
monument - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Each year, Happy Valley Elementary School holds a student
exhibition night where students highlight their academic work. Ms. Miller is wokring on deciding which
student work to have her studnets display. Which of the following would most likely convey to parents
and other stakeholders the value of social sciences education? Select all that apply.
a. a video ofstudents reciting patriotic poems and songs
b. a display showing how students participated in a mock election
c. a word wall depicting a different word of the week
d. a collection of multiple choice assessments for a unit on the civil war
e. a portfolio of letters that students have written to eected officials about preserving a historical
monument
a. As students develop historical thinking skills they can use the same analysis skills as adults to evaluate
political, economic, and social arguments and perspectives and be well-informed citizens. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The TEKS reflect recent social science education research social science education research
that focuses on developing students' historical thinking. Students are expected to analyze historical
documents to determine its reliability, bias, and perspective. Why are these skills vital to a students'
overall academic and citizenship development?
a. As students develop historical thinking skills they can use the same analysis skills as adults to evaluate
political, economic, and social arguments and perspectives and be well-informed citizens.
b. As students develop historical thinking skills they can contribute to the academic literature about
topics and issues.
c. As students develop historical thinking skills they also build a sense of community responsibility and
are more likely to volunteer as adults.
d. As students develop historical thinking skills, they improve their ability to evaluate literature as well.
c. Obtain information about a topic using a variety of oral sources. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅According to
the TEKS, fifth-grade students are expected to be able to differentiate between, locate, and use valid
primary and secondary sources. Which of the following does the TEKS expect students to master as a
prerequisite skill for this standard in an early grade?
d. Help students learn abstract map concepts through involvement in concrete experiences related to a
familiar location. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A second-grade teacher plans the following activities to
promote students' developent of map skills.
Activity 1: The class creates a large, three dimensional model of the classroom using common materials
(e.g., empty milk cartons, spools of thread) to represent desks and other objects in the room. The
teacher uses the three-dimensional model to promote students' ability to apply various map-reading
skills (e.g., locating places, understanding the concept of relative size and scale).
Activity 2: The class creates a flat map of the classroom in which hand-drawn symbols (e.g., squares of
different sizes, drawings of objects) represent objects in the room. The teacher uses the flat map to
reinforce the skills addressed in activity 1.
Based on the descriptions above, these activities will promote development of map skills to sescond
graders mainly because they -
a. enable students to progress from specific knowledge about maps to more general skills and
understandings related to map use.
b. help students distinguish essential from nonessential knowledge about maps and focus on the most
important knowledge and skills.
c. prompt students to use previously acquired skills and knowledge from other disciplines to facilitate
their acquisition of new skills.
d. help students learn abstract map concepts through involvement in concrete experiences related to a
familiar location.
c. Is the bookshelf or piano closer to the aquarium? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A second-grade teacher
plans the following activities to promote students' developent of map skills.
Activity 1: The class creates a large, three dimensional model of the classroom using common materials
(e.g., empty milk cartons, spools of thread) to represent desks and other objects in the room. The
teacher uses the three-dimensional model to promote students' ability to apply various map-reading
skills (e.g., locating places, understanding the concept of relative size and scale).
,Activity 2: The class creates a flat map of the classroom in which hand-drawn symbols (e.g., squares of
different sizes, drawings of objects) represent objects in the room. The teacher uses the flat map to
reinforce the skills addressed in activity 1.
As the class creates the model in Activity 1, the teacher asks quesions designed to help students develop
particular map skills and unnderstandings. Which of the following questions would best promote
students' ability to apply the concept of relative location?
a. Where in our model should we place the file cabinet?
b. Can anyone trace a path from the sink to the door?
c. Is the the bookshelf or the piano closer to the aquarium?
d. Which is larger, the math center or the reading center?
d. All students benefit from working in the heterogeneous groups where all students can practice
speaking and reading aloud. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A second-grade teacher has a class with several
English Language Learners (ELLs). In a lesson on the roles of the president, governor, and mayor, the
teacher puts students into small groups, and each group includes at least one English Language Learner.
The teacher than has each student choose a card that has a picture of the president,governor, or mayor
on it and the duties of each. The teacher then asks each student to read the duties of each person and
show his group the picture. Which of the following is a primary rationale for using this activity with this
group of students?
d. All students benefit from working in the heterogeneous groups where all students can practice
speaking and reading aloud.
b. sectionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following terms best describes the regional
conflicts related to slavery before the Civil War?
a. Americanism
b. sectionalism
c. nationalism
d. patriotism
a. a video ofstudents reciting patriotic poems and songs
, b. a display showing how students participated in a mock election
e. a portfolio of letters that students have written to eected officials about preserving a historical
monument - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Each year, Happy Valley Elementary School holds a student
exhibition night where students highlight their academic work. Ms. Miller is wokring on deciding which
student work to have her studnets display. Which of the following would most likely convey to parents
and other stakeholders the value of social sciences education? Select all that apply.
a. a video ofstudents reciting patriotic poems and songs
b. a display showing how students participated in a mock election
c. a word wall depicting a different word of the week
d. a collection of multiple choice assessments for a unit on the civil war
e. a portfolio of letters that students have written to eected officials about preserving a historical
monument
a. As students develop historical thinking skills they can use the same analysis skills as adults to evaluate
political, economic, and social arguments and perspectives and be well-informed citizens. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The TEKS reflect recent social science education research social science education research
that focuses on developing students' historical thinking. Students are expected to analyze historical
documents to determine its reliability, bias, and perspective. Why are these skills vital to a students'
overall academic and citizenship development?
a. As students develop historical thinking skills they can use the same analysis skills as adults to evaluate
political, economic, and social arguments and perspectives and be well-informed citizens.
b. As students develop historical thinking skills they can contribute to the academic literature about
topics and issues.
c. As students develop historical thinking skills they also build a sense of community responsibility and
are more likely to volunteer as adults.
d. As students develop historical thinking skills, they improve their ability to evaluate literature as well.
c. Obtain information about a topic using a variety of oral sources. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅According to
the TEKS, fifth-grade students are expected to be able to differentiate between, locate, and use valid
primary and secondary sources. Which of the following does the TEKS expect students to master as a
prerequisite skill for this standard in an early grade?
