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A clear guide to the 60-minute Praxis 5004 subtest, including U.S. history, government, citizenship, geography, anthropology, sociology, world history, economics, and selected-response pacing.
Praxis 5004 covers the elementary social studies knowledge beginning teachers are expected to bring into the classroom. Preparation should connect history, civics, geography, culture, and economics to sources, maps, timelines, examples, and real classroom explanations.
Use these ETS structure points to keep social studies preparation aligned with the official subtest.
ETS lists 60 minutes and 60 selected-response questions for Praxis Social Studies 5004.
United States History, Government, and Citizenship has about 27 questions and 45% of the examination.
Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology has about 18 questions and 30% of the examination.
World History and Economics has about 15 questions and 25% of the examination.
Nearly half of Praxis 5004 centers on United States history, government, and citizenship. Candidates should be ready for colonial history, founding documents, constitutional ideas, branches and levels of government, civic responsibilities, major U.S. developments, and cause-and-effect relationships.
The geography, anthropology, and sociology domain includes places, regions, spatial terms, physical and human systems, environmental interaction, resources, communities, and cultural similarities or differences. Practice should include maps, region comparisons, settlement patterns, and human-environment examples.
World History and Economics covers classical civilizations, twentieth-century developments, cross-cultural comparisons, scarcity, supply and demand, money, resources, population, technology, and the relationship between government and economic systems.
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Praxis Elementary Education: Social Studies 5004 is the social studies subtest in the Praxis Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects 5001 series. ETS lists a 60-minute computer-delivered subtest with 60 selected-response questions.
HiraEdu prepares candidates around the official ETS blueprint: United States History, Government, and Citizenship has about 27 questions and 45% of the examination; Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology has about 18 questions and 30%; and World History and Economics has about 15 questions and 25%. The subtest assesses broad knowledge and competencies needed for beginning elementary teachers, including historical chronology, civic documents, government structures, geography, cultures, classical civilizations, scarcity, supply and demand, and the relationship between economics and society.
Spend the most time on U.S. History, Government, and Citizenship, then rotate Geography and the combined World History and Economics domain.
Practice with timelines, maps, constitutional excerpts, civic scenarios, charts, region descriptions, and economics examples.
Rehearse elementary-level explanations for democracy, checks and balances, scarcity, supply and demand, regions, climate, migration, and cultural interaction.
Complete 60-question mixed sets in 60 minutes and tag misses by domain, source type, and concept.
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