Praxis 5004 study plan

Define the core concepts of social studies inquiry (chronology, causality, periodization, continuity and change) and supply one historical example of each.

Distinguish primary from secondary sources and evaluate two short passages for bias, point of view, and reliability.

Match each social science discipline (geography, economics, political science, sociology, anthropology) to the kind of question it typically asks.

Interpret one data table and one thematic map, stating a supported conclusion and one limitation for each.

Sequence the major eras from colonization through Reconstruction on a timeline with at least 12 anchor events.

Compare the labor systems and economies of the New England, middle, and southern colonies.

Explain the major constitutional compromises and trace how federalism and slavery shaped antebellum politics.

Analyze the causes and consequences of the Civil War and evaluate two competing Reconstruction plans.

Trace industrialization, immigration, and Progressive reform from 1877 to 1920 and identify their effects on urban life.

Explain the causes and consequences of U.S. involvement in World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.

Evaluate the strategies and outcomes of the civil rights movements and cite three landmark laws or court decisions.

Build a chronological frame for ancient river-valley civilizations and two classical empires.

Compare the political structures of two classical empires and explain one reason each expanded.

Analyze how major belief systems spread along trade routes and changed the societies that adopted them.

Identify continuity and change in the Silk Road and Indian Ocean trade networks across two periods.

Evaluate the causes and consequences of the fall of one classical empire using at least two types of evidence.

Analyze the causes, shared ideas, and differing outcomes of the American, French, Haitian, and Latin American revolutions.

Explain how industrialization and imperialism reshaped global power between 1750 and 1914.

Trace 20th-century global conflict and decolonization, naming three new nations and the circumstances of their independence.

Describe the founding principles of U.S. government (popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, federalism) with one example of each.

Outline the structure and powers of the three branches and explain five checks and balances with concrete examples.

Explain federalism using two policy areas where state and national authority overlap or conflict.

Compare the roles of political parties, interest groups, elections, and media in shaping public policy.

Analyze four landmark Supreme Court decisions for the constitutional principle each established.

Apply map skills, including latitude and longitude, scale, and projection distortion, to interpret three maps.

Explain physical processes, human-environment interaction, population distribution, and urbanization with regional examples.

Apply supply, demand, and elasticity to predict price and quantity changes in two scenarios.

Distinguish market structures and explain how fiscal policy, monetary policy, and trade affect the national economy.

Re-teach the three weakest sub-topics identified in earlier error logs.

Complete one full-length timed practice test under exam conditions.

Write a rationale for every missed item and classify each error as content gap, misreading, or guessing.

Summarize the 10 highest-yield facts or frameworks across all six domains on a single review sheet.