QUALIFICATIONS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES MAJORS AND MINORS To qualify to teach social studies at the secondary level, applicants must meet two conditions: Possess a recognized four-year Bachelor's degree ...

The phrase “Social Studies” means many things to many people. For some, it evokes images of fourth graders memorizing capitals and singing the fifty states in order.

It’s a truism that has led, in practice over the past three decades, to most elementary schools putting more time toward reading and math than toward social studies and science.