Praxis Middle School Social Studies case studies
Praxis Middle School Social Studies · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Praxis Middle School Social Studies (5089) is a subject-matter teacher certification test used by states and educator preparation programs as part of the licensure pathway for people who intend to teach social studies in the middle grades. It assesses the breadth of knowledge a middle school social studies teacher is expected to command rather than the depth of a single discipline, so candidates usually find it rewards wide reading and steady review more than last-minute memorization. The Praxis Middle School Social Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 2,255 words.
1Two Accounts of the Same Mill
An eighth-grade U.S. history class in a former textile town is studying industrialization.
456 words, about 2 min2Beyond Two Sides in Westward Expansion
Seventh-grade social studies classes meet for forty-five minutes. In a unit on westward expansion, the team uses John Gast's 1872 painting American Progress, a Lakota winter count entry recalling the winter the soldiers killed many women, and an excerpt from the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty.
459 words, about 2 min3From Crop Lists to Causal Reasoning
Sixth-grade world history classes meet for forty minutes. During a unit on the Columbian Exchange, students label a map with arrows for horses, cattle, wheat, maize, potatoes, and sugar and list five consequences.
476 words, about 2 min4Majority Rule and Minority Rights in a Budget Simulation
Eighth-grade civics students are running a two-day simulation of a city council facing a $2.4 million shortfall. Five groups propose competing plans: a new park in a growing neighborhood, road repairs, rental assistance, library hours, and a reserve fund.
429 words, about 2 min5Was Reconstruction a Failure? Defining Criteria Before Debating
At the end of an eighth-grade unit on Reconstruction, students debate whether Reconstruction was a failure. The teacher provides the texts of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, an excerpt from Mississippi's 1865 Black Code, and a sharecropping contract from 1870.
435 words, about 2 min