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A current guide to the 2-hour Praxis Citizenship Education 5087 exam, including 120 selected-response questions, NCSS alignment, source interpretation, civics, history, geography, economics, and higher-order reasoning.
Praxis Citizenship Education 5087 measures whether beginning secondary citizenship teachers can apply social studies content across history, civics, geography, and economics. Preparation should pair domain review with interdisciplinary source analysis and higher-order reasoning.
Use these ETS structure points to organize Citizenship Education preparation around the five social studies domains and source-based reasoning.
ETS lists 2 hours for Praxis Citizenship Education: Content Knowledge 5087.
The test includes 120 selected-response questions, including questions where candidates may select one or more answer choices.
ETS says the test is aligned to the National Council for the Social Studies National Standards for Social Studies teachers.
ETS states that no less than 40% of questions require higher-order thinking.
Praxis 5087 gives about 22% each to United States History, World History, and Government/Civics/Political Science, with Geography and Economics at about 17% each. HiraEdu uses that balance to keep history and civics strong while still building map, spatial, economic, and policy reasoning.
ETS notes that many questions are interdisciplinary and require candidates to know, interpret, and integrate history and social science facts and concepts. Prep should connect constitutional ideas, political institutions, public opinion, world regions, trade, fiscal and monetary policy, geography, culture, race, gender, and global historical change.
The test includes items based on written passages, maps, charts, graphs, tables, cartoons, diagrams, and photographs. HiraEdu practice pairs content review with source analysis so candidates can extract evidence quickly and apply it to civic, historical, geographic, and economic questions.
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Praxis Citizenship Education: Content Knowledge 5087 is the ETS subject assessment for beginning secondary citizenship education teachers. The official ETS Study Companion lists a 2-hour computer-delivered test with 120 selected-response questions. ETS states that the test is aligned to the National Council for the Social Studies National Standards for Social Studies teachers.
HiraEdu prepares candidates around the five ETS domains: United States History, World History, Government/Civics/Political Science, Geography, and Economics. Prep emphasizes interdisciplinary reasoning, source interpretation, maps, charts, graphs, tables, cartoons, diagrams, photographs, diverse U.S. experiences, global regions, public policy, constitutional concepts, economic systems, and state-specific score planning.
The official ETS Study Companion lists 2 hours for Citizenship Education: Content Knowledge 5087.
ETS lists 120 selected-response questions.
The test covers United States History, World History, Government/Civics/Political Science, Geography, and Economics.
Yes. ETS says some questions use written passages, maps, charts, graphs, tables, cartoons, diagrams, and photographs.
ETS states that Praxis 5087 is aligned to the National Council for the Social Studies National Standards for Social Studies teachers.
Check the Praxis 5087 passing score required by the state or agency that will receive the score.
Create a tracker for U.S. history, world history, government and civics, geography, and economics using the ETS percentages.
Practice interpreting maps, charts, tables, cartoons, passages, diagrams, and photographs under timed conditions.
Review events, institutions, policies, regions, economic systems, trade, civil rights, and comparative government through interdisciplinary prompts.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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