1. Decoding the Facts: FTCE Social Science Review FTCE Elementary Education K-6 Subject Area Exam Social Sciences Workshop

2. Workshop Sequence Introductions, Survey, Practice Questions FTCE Subject Area Elementary Education (K-6) Exam Basics Orientation to Social Sciences Subtest Competencies Sample Questions Resources Question and Answer Session Exit Survey and Additional Support

3. FTCE BASICS- Just the Facts WHAT DO YOU KNOW???? Turn and Talk with your neighbor about what you already know about the FTCE Subject Area Exam – Elementary Education (K-6).

4. CAN YOU NAME THESE THREE PEOPLE

5. CAN YOU NAME THESE THREE PEOPLE?

6. THE NEW EXAM 4 sections 1)Language Arts and Reading 2)Science 3)Social Science 4)Mathematics Format Computer-based test (CBT); Subtest 1: approximately 60 multiple-choice questions Subtest 2: approximately 55 multiple-choice questions Subtest 3: approximately 55 multiple-choice questions Subtest 4: approximately 50 multiple-choice questions All 4 subtests: approximately 220 multiple- choice questions Time Subtest 1: 1 hour and 5 minutes Subtest 2: 1 hour and 5 minutes Subtest 3: 1 hour and 10 minutes Subtest 4: 1 hour and 10 minutes If you take 3 or more subtests in a single session, you will receive a 15-minute break.

7. SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBTEST Social Science Subtest 1)# of Questions-55 questions 2)Percent to Pass- 69% 3)# Correct Needed-38 of 55 questions 4)# Incorrect Allowed-17 of 55 questions 5)Time- 65 minutes 5 Competencies 1)Instruction and Assessment 2)Time, Continuity, and Change 3)People, Places, and Environment 4)Government & the Citizen 5)Production, Distribution, and Consumption

8. Competency 1 Instruction & Assessment: Social Studies Methods for Elementary Teachers -19% of Subtest EXAMPLE: To assess a student’s ability to analyze the draining of the Everglades and the development of South Florida, it would be most effective to ask the student to A.participate in a play about the state’s agriculture. B.prepare a report on early exploration in the area. C.label a blank political map of the state. D.write a cause-and-effect essay about the region

9. Competency 2 Time, Continuity, & Change = History, 26% of Subtest EXAMPLE The Sons of Liberty organized a demonstration primarily in response to the A.Quartering Act. B.Stamp Act. C.Townshend Act. D.Tea Act

10. Competency 3 People, Places, & Environment = Geography 18% of Subtest EXAMPLE The formal name the United States of America denotes which type of region? A.language B.religious C.political D.climate

11. Competency 4 Government & The Citizen = Civics, 20% of Subtest EXAMPLE Over the course of U.S. history, six constitutional amendments have expanded voting rights to more citizens to include African Americans, women, and young citizens. Which amendment specifically gave women the right to vote? A.Fifteenth amendment B.Nineteenth amendment C.Twenty-fourth amendment D.Twenty-sixth amendment

12. Competency 5 Production, Distribution, & Consumption = Economics, 17% of Subtest EXAMPLE The Latin phrase caveat emptor encourages consumers to A. use comparison shopping to get the best prices. B. avoid using credit to buy products. C. refuse to buy items on impulse or hunches. D. examine products carefully before purchasing.

13. What are some test taking strategies that you have used in the past? Turn and Talk with your neighbor about test taking strategies you know about which could apply to this exam.

14. STRATEGIES NO SWIMMING Tip: It is recommended that you do not try to complete questions in the order they are asked within the subset. Answers questions you know the answers to first, and “mark” questions you may need more time to review and consider to return back to later. NO FISHING Tip: It is recommended that you read the answers first before reading the question. When you review the answers see if you can already identify any outliers in the responses to eliminate.

15. STRATEGIES P.O.E.- Process of Elimination Step 1: Eliminate outliers. Outliers are answer choices that lie outside of the realm of plausibility. Test-makers usually include one answer choice that is obviously wrong, sometimes even a little silly. Eliminate this one. Also look for answer choices that sound perfectly fine, but don’t answer the question asked. Step 2: Use your gut feelings to make a quick guess. Unless you’ve been able to eliminate all the answer choices except one, you’ll need to make a guess among the remaining answer choices. Rely on your gut feelings and, whatever you do, don’t spend a lot of time agonizing over it.

16. STRATEGIES Questions to ask yourself… Does this answer choice respond to the question being asked? Do any of the answer choices use words like always, never, all, none, or absolutely? Does this answer choice present an extreme view of information(either extremely positive or extremely negative)?

17. LETS PLAY A GAME….. GET OUT YOUR PHONES….. ***If you do not have access to a phone, share with a neighbor.

18. PRACTICE The United States Constitution defines some powers as shared concurrently between the states and the federal government. Which of the following powers are concurrent powers? I.To lay and collect taxes II.To regulate commerce III.To establish post offices IV.To borrow money (A) I and II (B) II and III (C) III and IV (D) I and IV

19. Practice ANSWER D) Both state and federal governments have the power to lay and collect taxes and to borrow money.

20. PRACTICE The drought of the 1930s that spanned a large area from Texas to North Dakota was caused by I.overgrazing and overuse of farmland II.natural phenomena, such as below-average rainfall and wind erosion III.environmental factors, such as changes in the jet stream IV.the lack of government subsidies for new irrigation technology (A) I and II (B) II and III (C) I and III (D) II and IV

21. PRACTICE ANSWER- A. overgrazing and overuse of farmland and natural phenomena, such as below-average rainfall and wind erosion

22. PRACTICE Which of the following would be considered a primary source in researching the factors that influenced U.S. involvement in the Korean War? I.The personal correspondence of an officer stationed in Korea. II.A biography of Harry S. Truman by David McCullough, published in 1993. Diagnostic Test 9 III.A journal article about the beginning of the Korean War by a noted scholar. IV.An interview with Secretary of Defense George Marshall. (A) I and II (B) II and IV (C) II and III (D) I and IV

23. PRACTICE ANSWER- D- I and IV Why? Involves people who were there and involved with the Korean War.

24. PRACTICE Self-assessment Practice Locating resources to help you study Study Guides (Make sure they are recent editions that account for the changes to the exam) Online Resources  http://www.fl.nesinc.com/ (for specific questions about the exam) Quizlet-https://quizlet.com/class/3598088/ Textbooks (Elementary/Early Middle School)

25. Key Essentials to Know- WORLD ASK-Who, What, When, Where, Why? Who was Leonardo de Medici? He was born and Florence Italy and became known as a patron of the arts. He came from a banking family and was called “Lorenzo the Magnificent Who was Julius Caesar? Julius Caesar was a ruler of the Roman Empire. Caesar got the throne from Pompey the Great, and was named dictator of Rome for life. However, the following year, a group led by Marcus Brutus stabbed him to death

26. Key Essentials to Know: WORLD Who is Nelson Mandela? Nelson Mandela is a great moral and political leader. He has spent his life fighting against racial oppression in South Africa, which won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. He served as head of South Africa's apartheid movement Siddhartha Gautama- prince born in India, renounced his title and found enlightenment, became “The Buddha”. Wrote the Four Noble Truths and the 8 Fold Path.

27. Key Essentials to Know- WORLS

28. KEY ESSENTIALS TO KNOW- WORLD

29. Keys Essentials to Know- USA Matching Game  http://online.seterra.com/e n/vgp/3044 South Carolina Rhode Island North Carolina New Jersey New York Virginia Pennsylvania New Hampshire Maryland Massachusetts Georgia Delaware Connecticut

30. KEY ESSENTIALS TO KNOW- USA WARS- Timeline 1.French and Indian War (7 Years War): 1756- 1763 2.War for Independence(Revolutio nary War): 1775-1783 3.War of 1812: 1812-1815 4.Mexican-American War:1846-1848 5. U.S. Civil War: 1861-1865 6. Spanish-American War: 1898 7. World War I: 1914-1918 8. World War II: 1939-1945 9. Korean War: 1950-1953 10. Vietnam War: 1960- 1975 11. Persian Gulf War: 1990- 1991 12: War on Terror: 2001-

31. KEY Essentials to Know- USA Andrew Carnegie- monopolist, immigrant from Scotland who built “American Dream” off of Steel Woodrow Wilson-28 th pres., president during WWI, creator of 14 points and Treaty of Versailles Alexander Hamilton- first treasurer of the US, Federalist John D. Rockefeler- monopolist, Standard Oil Company Thomas Edison- Inventor, over 2,000 patents Andrew Jackson- 7 th U.S. president, Democratic- Republican; associated with Trail of Tears Teddy Roosevelt- Rough Riders, 26 th pres, “speak softly carry a big stick, conservationist

32. Key Essentials to Know- Geography FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY: 1.Location: Position on the Earth's Surface (Absolute/Relative). Geographic study begins with the location of places on the earth. Places have absolute locations that pinpoint them on the earth, and relative locations that place each location in respect to other locations. 2.Place: Physical and Human Characteristics. Place have physical and human characteristics that make them what they are. 3.Human/Environment Interactions: Shaping the Landscape. The landscape of the earth is no longer a purely physical feature. Human have impact every area of the earth, but in varying ways. 4.Movement: Humans Interacting on the Earth. The postmodern world is one of great interaction between places. This movement is inherently geographic, whether it is by telecommunications or ship. 5.Regions: How They Form and Change. The essential geographic feature is the region. A region is any unit of space that is unified by the presence of some characteristic. The Corn Belt, stretching from Indiana to eastern Nebraska, is an area in which corn is a dominating product. The Corn Belt is a region within the United States.

33. Key Essentials to Know- Geography TYPES OF MAPS Thematic Flow-line Chloropleth Dot Density Proportional Symbol thematic Reference Isoline Thematic Cognative or mental maps MAP REVIEW: https://quizlet.com/class/359 8088/

34. Key Essentials to Know- Geography 1. Identify the factors that influence the selection of a location for a specific activity. 2.Identify the relationship between natural physical processes and the environment. 3.Identify how conditions of the past, such as wealth and poverty, land tenure, exploitation, colonialism, and independence, affects present human characteristics of places. 4. Identify ways in which people adapt to an environment through the production and use of clothing, food, and shelter. 5. Identify physical, cultural, economic, and political reasons for the movement of people in the world, nation, or state.

35. KEY ESSENTIALS TO KNOW Compare and contrast major regions of the world.

36. Key Essentials to Know- Government ROMAN REPUBLICATHENIAN DEMOCRACY FOUNDATIONS OF THE US GOVERNMENT

37. Key Essentials to Know- GOVERNMENT THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT: Legislative, Judicial, and Executive

38. Key Essentials to Know- Government The Bill of Rights: Articles 1-10 of the Constitution. They spell out the rights of the individual citizen. 1st amendment: Freedom of religion, speech, press, and to peaceably assemble 2nd amendment: The right to bear arms 3rd amendment: No soldier shall be quartered in any house, w/o consent from the owner 4th amendment: Protection against search and seizure 5th amendment: Cannot take away the right to life, liberty and property w/o due process of the law. Shall not be a witness against oneself. 6th amendment: Speedy and public trial 7th amendment: Trial by jury 8th amendment: Protection against cruel and unusual punishment 9th amendment: Cannot impose excessive bail/fines or give cruel or unusual punishment 10th amendment: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”.

39. Key Essentials to Know- Government 13th amendment: Formally abolished slavery in the United States. 14th amendment: granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. 15th amendment: Granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens… to vote shall not be denied or abridged…on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." 16th amendment: Right of the government to collect income taxes. 19th amendment: Women’s right to vote

40. Key Essentials to Know- Government SENATE Seats: 100 Length of Term: 6 yrs Apportioned: 2 per state Speaker: Vice Pres. Of the US (Joe Biden) House of Reps Seats: 435 Length of Term: 2 yrs Apportioned: based off population Speaker: elected by the House (Paul Ryan)

41. Key Essentials to Know- Government The Voting Process-What are electoral votes? After each person in a state casts their vote for president, the state determines which candidate won by popular vote. At that point, the state casts its electoral votes for that candidate. Each state gets a certain amount of electoral votes based on the number of people they have representing them in the House of Representatives and the Senate. There is a total of 538 electoral votes, so a candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the election. How many does FLORIDA have?  29

42. Key Essentials to Know- Government

43. Who consents the Presidents approval for Supreme Court justices? Senate How many judges sit on the Supreme Court? Nine The United State’s Supreme Court is established in the Constitution. It is the highest judicial body in America, and heads the judicial branch of government. There are nine judges that sit on the Supreme Court (one Chief Justice and eight associate justices). Each of these nine justices are appointed by the President, confirmed by the senate, and appointed to serve life terms.

44. Key Essentials to Know- Economics Wants - Simply the desires of citizens. Wants are different from needs as we will see below. Wants are a means of expressing a perceived need. Wants are broader than needs. Needs: These are basic requirements for survival like food and water and shelter. In recent years we have seen a perceived shift of certain items from wants to needs. Telephone service, to many, is a need. I would argue, however, that they are wrong. Scarcity - the fundamental economic problem facing ALL societies. Essentially it is how to satisfy unlimited wants with limited resources. This is the issue that plagues all government and peoples. How do we get rid of the issue of scarcity? Many people have thought they had the answer (see Marx, Smith, Keynes, etc.) but the issue of scarcity still exists.

45. Key Essentials to Know- Economics Factors of Production/Resources - these are those elements that a nations has at its disposal to deal with the issue of scarcity. How efficiently these are used determines the measure of success a nation has. They are Land - natural resources, etc. Capital - investment monies. Labor - the work force; size, education, quality, work ethic. Entrepreneurs - inventive and risk taking spirit. This is a rather new addition to a traditional list. The "Three Basic Economic Questions" - these are the questions all nations must ask when dealing with scarcity and effciently allocating their resources. What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce?

46. Key Essentials to Know- Economics Economics - Economics is the study the production and distribution of goods and services, it is the study of human efforts to satisfy unlimited wants with limited resources. Opportunity Cost - the cost of an economic decision. The classic example is "guns or butter." What should a nation produce; butter, a need, or guns, a want? What is the cost of either decsion? If we choose the guns the cost is the butter. If we choose butter, the cost is the guns. nations bust always deal with the questions faced by opportunity cost. It is a matter of choices. Resources are limted thus we cannot meet every need or want.

47. Key Essentials to Know- FLORIDA A Brief History Early Human Inhabitants People first reached Florida at least 12,000 years ago. European Exploration and Colonization Written records about life in Florida began with the arrival of the Spanish explorer and adventurer Juan Ponce de León in 1513. Territorial Period As a territory of the United States, Florida was particularly attractive to people from the older Southern plantation areas of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, who arrived in considerable numbers.

48. Key Essentials to Know- FLORIDA Seminole Indian Wars: (1816-1858) The Seminole Wars, also known as the Florida Wars, were three conflicts in Florida between the Seminole—the collective name given to the amalgamation of various groups of Native Americans and African Americans who settled in Florida in the early 18th century—and the United States Army. Taken together, the Seminole Wars were the longest and most expensive (both in human and monetary terms) Indian Wars in United States history.FloridaSeminoleNative AmericansAfrican AmericansUnited StatesArmy Statehood Florida became the twenty-seventh state in the United States on March 3, 1845. Civil War and Reconstruction During the Civil War, Florida was not ravaged as several other southern states were. Indeed, no decisive battles were fought on Florida soil. While Union forces occupied many coastal towns and forts, the interior of the state remained in Confederate hands

49. Florida Development During the final quarter of the nineteenth century, large- scale commercial agriculture in Florida, especially cattle- raising, grew in importance. The Great Depression in Florida Florida's economic bubble burst in 1926, when money and credit ran out, and banks and investors abruptly stopped trusting the "paper" millionaires. World War II and Post-War Boom World War II spurred economic development in Florida. Because of its year-round mild climate, the state became a major training center for soldiers, sailors, and aviators of the United States and its allies.