Inquiry and Analysis Portfolio Instructions

(replaces the former Learning Portfolio assignment)

Students will successfully submit and complete four of the following six portfolio entries by February of their Junior year—coinciding with the deadline for applying for student teaching. All six entries must be successfully completed by the end of the spring semester of their junior year. Students will submit electronically on our UD Social Studies Education Canvas site.

Entry 1: Inquiry and analysis of History as a discipline

Entry 2: Inquiry and analysis of Political Science as a discipline

Entry 3: Inquiry and analysis of Economics as a discipline

Entry 4: Inquiry and analysis of Geography as a discipline

Entry 5: Inquiry and analysis of Psychology (or Sociology or Anthropology) as a discipline

Entry 6: Civic Engagement—planning for and taking action (see separate instructions on Entry 6)

Choose one course that you have taken in this discipline and respond to the following prompts:

1. Identify a compelling question, as well as supporting questions that this course was organized around and discuss how this compelling question was addressed in this course.  Be sure to consult the glossary for definitions of these key terms.
2. Identify the disciplinary methods, tools and habits of mind that this course employs and discuss where you applied these disciplinary approaches in the course.  Be sure to consult the glossary for definitions of these key terms.
3. Attach the syllabus and a sample of your work from this course as evidence for prompts "a" and "b." Analyze your work sample in order to demonstrate the connections between your work and prompts "a" and "b."

Note:  The course syllabus must include the semester and year that you took this course. The work sample must include the date that the work was turned in as well as the name of the course and the instructor. Highlight in the course syllabus where this work sample occurred.