GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) study guide
GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) is one of the subject-area assessments Georgia uses in the certification pathway for teachers who want to teach social studies in the middle grades, typically grades 4 through 8. It is aimed at candidates who are completing an educator preparation program, transferring certification from another state, or adding a social studies field to an existing certificate. The GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) study guide has 5 sections and about 2,065 words.
01Domain I - Historical Understandings and Perspectives
Domain I asks you to both recall and do history: world history, U.S. history, and Georgia's role in both, read through chronology, causation, and evidence.
412 words, about 2 min02Domain II - Geographic Understandings and Perspectives
Domain II tests spatial thinking: how physical and human features are distributed, why they are where they are, and how maps and data represent them. Expect map interpretation, scale and projection questions, population and migration, climate, and economic geography.
427 words, about 2 min03Domain III - Civics and Government Understandings and Perspectives
Domain III covers the foundations of American constitutional government, federalism, the three branches, civil liberties, political participation, and Georgia state and local government. Questions often ask you to classify a power or identify which check is being exercised.
397 words, about 2 min04Domain IV - Economic Understandings and Perspectives
Domain IV tests how people and societies allocate scarce resources: decision-making, markets, macroeconomic indicators, government policy, trade, and personal finance. Many items ask you to predict an effect or distinguish a shift from a movement.
421 words, about 2 min05Domain V - Social Studies Literacy, Inquiry, and Disciplinary Skills
Domain V tests the skills that cut across history, geography, civics, and economics: asking questions, evaluating sources, interpreting text and data, and communicating evidence-based claims. It mirrors the C3 inquiry arc: developing questions, applying disciplinary tools, evaluating sources and using evidence, and communicating conclusions.
408 words, about 2 min