FTCE Elementary Social Science Online Center
This FTCE Elementary Social Science Online Center brings together practice, lessons, worksheets, flashcards and review tools. Choose the resource that matches the skill you want to work on next.
FTCE Elementary Social Science Practice Center
Take a full 65-minute form, read the explanation under every question you miss, then use the flashcards to lock down the names, dates, and definitions that decide close questions.
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Elementary Social Science at a glance
The content range here is wide and the questions are not deep. You are not asked to argue about historiography. You are asked whether you can place an event, read a map or a source, and explain a basic economic idea to a ten year old. Florida content appears throughout, so do not skip it.
| Subtest | Social Science, part of Elementary Education K-6 (060) |
|---|---|
| Part of | The FTCE Elementary Education K-6 test, code 060, alongside Language Arts and Reading, Social Science, Science, and Mathematics. Each subtest is passed and retaken separately. |
| Number of questions | Approximately 45 multiple-choice questions |
| Answer options | Four per question (A, B, C, or D) |
| Time limit | 65 minutes |
| Format | Computer-based. Some questions attach to a short primary source, a map description, a timeline, or a small data table. |
| Passing score | A scaled score of at least 200. |
| Retakes | Subtests are retaken individually after a 31-day wait. |
Florida does not publish how many questions come from each competency. Any percentage breakdown you see on a prep site is someone’s estimate, not an official figure, so this Online Center does not repeat one.
The five competencies, in plain language
Thirty-six skill statements across the four social science disciplines plus how to teach them.
Competency 1: Effective instructional practice and assessment
Teaching social science to elementary students.
- Choosing sources and activities a child can handle
- Building chronological thinking in young students
- Assessing understanding rather than recall of dates
Competency 2: Time, continuity, and change (history)
United States and world history at survey depth.
- Settlement, colonization, revolution, and the early republic
- Expansion, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
- Industrialization, the world wars, and the Cold War
- Civil rights movements and their legal landmarks
- Florida history from Spanish settlement to the modern state
Competency 3: People, places, and environment (geography)
Where things are and why that matters.
- Maps, globes, scale, and geographic tools
- Regions, landforms, and climate
- Migration, population, and culture
- Human interaction with the environment, including in Florida
Competency 4: Government and the citizen (civics)
How the system is built and what a citizen does in it.
- Founding documents and constitutional principles
- Federalism and the three branches
- Rights, responsibilities, and the courts
- Elections, parties, and state and local government
Competency 5: Production, distribution, and consumption (economics)
Basic economics, taught concretely.
- Scarcity, choice, and opportunity cost
- Supply, demand, and prices
- Money, banking, credit, and saving
- Trade, and the role of government in markets
A routine that fits a 65-minute subtest
The breadth is the difficulty. You cannot re-learn United States history in a week, so aim for coverage rather than depth, and let the practice tests tell you where the holes are.
Complete lesson map
Thirty-one lessons across the four disciplines and the skills that cut across them. Each opens in a new tab.
Social science skills
Civics and government
- 06Types of Government↗
- 07Principles of American Constitutional Democracy↗
- 08The Constitution, Federalism, and Amendments↗
- 09The Three Branches and Checks and Balances↗
- 10Rights, Liberties, and Civic Responsibilities↗
- 11Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections↗
- 12Contemporary Public Policy↗
- 13Key Historical Documents↗
United States history
Economics
Before test day
When a question hangs on a source, the answer is in the source. Candidates lose points by answering from what they remember about the period instead of from the six sentences in front of them. Read the excerpt, then read the question again, then look at the options.
Give Florida content a dedicated evening. Spanish settlement, the Seminole Wars, statehood in 1845, the railroads and the land boom, Ybor City, and the modern population shifts all appear, and they are the parts a candidate trained outside Florida is most likely to have never studied.
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FTCE Elementary Social Science: study questions
What can I study in this FTCE Elementary Social Science Online Center?
This FTCE Elementary Social Science Online Center includes practice, lessons, worksheets, flashcards and review tools. Topics on the page include Competency 1: Effective instructional practice and assessment, Competency 2: Time, continuity, and change (history), Competency 3: People, places, and environment (geography).
How should I use the FTCE Elementary Social Science resources?
Choose a topic or practice activity from this Online Center. Review the linked explanation, try the practice, and use the result to decide what to study next. Check each resource’s directions for its format and access requirements.
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