National Council for the Social Studies 
         National Standards for the Preparation of Social Studies Teachers 
            Prepared by the National Council for the Social Studies Task Force on Teacher Education Standards 
                               Alexander Cuenca, Indiana University  
                              Antonio J. Castro, University of Missouri  
                             Brandie Benton, Henderson State University  
                              Andrew Hostetler, Vanderbilt University  
                         Tina Heafner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 
                             Emma Thacker, James Madison University   
                                     Senior Advisors 
                               Kathy Swan, University of Kentucky 
                             John Lee, North Carolina State University 
                                    JANUARY 1, 2018 
                                                                                                                               
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                    TABLE OF CONTENTS 
                     
                     
                    FOREWORD                                                                                   Kathy Swan, John Lee, and S.G. Grant   5 
                     
                     
                    INTRODUCTION                                                                                                                                                   7 
                     
                    Overview                                                                                                                                                       7 
                    Background                                                                                                                                                     7 
                    Ambitious Teaching: A Vision for Social Studies Teaching/Teacher Education                                                                                     8 
                    Audiences                                                                                                                                                      8 
                    Document Organization                                                                                                                                        10 
                    Assessments                                                                                                                                                  11 
                     
                     
                    STANDARDS                                                                                                                                                    13 
                     
                    Standard 1. Content Knowledge                                                                                                                                13 
                    Standard 2. Application of Content Through Planning                                                                                                          15 
                    Standard 3. Design and Implementation of Instruction and Assessment                                                                                          18 
                    Standard 4. Social Studies Learners and Learning                                                                                                             22 
                    Standard 5. Professional Responsibility and Informed Action                                                                                                  25 
                     
                     
                    GLOSSARY                                                                                                                                                     29 
                     
                     
                    EVIDENCE GUIDE                                                                                                                                               32 
                     
                     
                    REFERENCES                                                                                                                                                   51 
                     
                     
                                                                       
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