Ill. Admin. Code tit. 23 § 26.150

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 36, September 6, 2024

Section 26.150 - Curriculum: Social Science

The competent early childhood teacher understands the interrelationships among the social sciences; uses historical, geographical, economic and political concepts and modes of inquiry; and promotes the abilities of children as they begin to experience, think about and make informed decisions as members of a culturally diverse, democratic society and interdependent world.

a) Knowledge Indicators - The competent early childhood teacher:

1) understands the basic concepts of and interrelationships among the social sciences and the ways in which geography, history, civics and economics relate to everyday situations and experiences;

2) understands geographic concepts and phenomena;

3) understands the major ideas, eras, themes, developments and turning points in the history of Illinois, the United States and the world;

4) understands the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in the United States;

5) understands the basic concepts of economic systems, with emphasis on the United States;

6) understands concepts related to the structure and organization of human societies and relationships among social, economic, cultural and political activities and institutions; and

7) incorporates the Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards - Children Age 3 to Kindergarten Enrollment Age set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 235.Appendix A, the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines - Children from Birth to Age 3 set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 235.Appendix C, and the Illinois Learning Standards for Social Science set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.Appendix D.

b) Performance Indicators - The competent early childhood teacher:

1) provides opportunities for children to develop beginning concepts, skills and dispositions that focus on how geography, history, civics (participation and citizenship) and economics relate to everyday situations and experiences;

2) provides opportunities for children to use maps and symbols, observe and describe physical characteristics of local communities, and explain the interdependence of people, places and regions;

3) creates opportunities for children to develop beginning historical concepts involving people, cultures, families, folklore and related events;

4) provides opportunities for children to explore the interrelationships among people and the roles of individuals and groups in the world in which they live;

5) provides opportunities for children to gather, organize, map and interpret data and to use technology to communicate concepts, information and procedures; and

6) creates opportunities for children to understand the relationship of self to others and to social, economic, cultural and political activities and institutions.

Ill. Admin. Code tit. 23, § 26.150

Amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 2413, effective 2/2/2015