LAC 28:CXLVI.345. Social Studies Content Knowledge Competencies

A. The teacher candidate understands and connects fundamental economic, geographic, political, historical, and civic principles and how they manifest in local, state, national, and global contexts. B. The teacher candidate accurately applies knowledge of Louisiana’s geography, history, government, economy, and traditions, grounded in and driven by the Louisiana Social Studies Student Standards. C. The teacher candidate demonstrates understanding of how to work with primary, secondary, and tertiary sources, analyzing authorship, point of view, intended audience, reliability, and relevance. D. The teacher candidate employs disciplinary literacy practices (historical thinking, geographic reasoning, economic analysis, and civic examination) to frame problems, construct claims, and support conclusions with evidence. E. The teacher candidate comprehends the chronologically coherent organization of the Louisiana Social Studies Student Standards and connects social studies content across time and place, including comparison, change and continuity, cause and effect, and patterns of development across grade bands.