The contents of elementary social studies involve broad knowledge areas, mainly including the simplified concepts and facts of different disciplines in social science. This course aims at introducing the scope and key ideas of elementary social studies, and helping learners to understand how to use some principles and techniques to design and analyze various kinds of learning materials for elementary social studies.

CILO-1: To understand the core content in elementary social studies. CILO-2: To understand that there are lots of forms of learning materials for children to learn social studies. CILO-3: To have the ability to design and analyze learning materials for elementary social studies. CILO-4: To enhance the awareness of the importance of choosing good learning materials for young learners.