MTEL Middle School Humanities 50 Teacher Certification Test Prep Study Guide, 2nd Edition (XAM MTEL)

Table of Contents......Page 4
Study Tips......Page 15
Testing Tips......Page 18
Skill 1.1 Identify characteristics of major literary genres......Page 19
Skill 1.2 Identify elements of fiction......Page 20
Skill 1.3 Identify genres of fiction......Page 24
Skill 1.4 Identify types of fiction and their characteristics......Page 25
Skill 1.5 Identify genres of nonfiction and their characteristic elementsand structures.......Page 27
Skill 1.6 Distinguish genres of drama and their characteristic elementsand structures......Page 28
Skill 1.7 Identify genres of poetry and their characteristic elements andstructures......Page 29
Skill 1.8 Distinguish types of patterned lyric poetry......Page 34
Skill 1.9 Understand characteristics of literature for children and youngadults......Page 36
Skill 1.10 Identify literary devices and ways in which they contribute tomeaning and style......Page 43
Skill 2.1 Understand myths and legends of indigenous peoples of NorthAmerica......Page 47
Skill 2.2 Identify characteristics of major movements, periods, andvarious ethnic literary traditions in American literature......Page 49
Skill 2.3 Identify significant genres and themes in American literature......Page 55
Skill 2.4 Identify changes in literary forms and styles.......Page 61
Skill 2.5 Identify major American authors and representative works andthe significance of these works in the development ofAmerican literature from the colonial period to the present......Page 63
Skill 2.6 Understand how the structure and use of American Englishhave changed......Page 64
Skill 3.1 Identify characteristics and significance of world mythology,folk literature, and traditional narratives......Page 66
Skill 3.2 Identify major literary forms, works, and movements in Britishand other world literature......Page 68
Skill 3.3 Identify significant genres and themes in world literature......Page 75
Skill 3.4 Identify major authors and representative works and theirsignificance in the development of British and other worldliterature......Page 76
Skill 3.5 Understand the evolution of English language structure anduse.......Page 80
Skill 4.1 Understand structural features of language......Page 83
Skill 4.2 Identify research-based theories relating to the readingprocess......Page 85
Skill 4.3 Utilize vocabulary skills and strategies......Page 89
Skill 4.4 Assess a reader's literal, inferential, and evaluativecomprehension of literary and expository texts......Page 90
Skill 4.5 Assess a reader's use of metacognitive techniques to monitorreading comprehension......Page 94
Skill 4.6 Assess a reader's application of comprehension strategiesbefore, during, and after reading......Page 95
Skill 4.7 Apply research-based instructional strategies to promotedevelopment of particular reading skills......Page 98
Skill 4.8 Apply principles for planning, managing, and differentiatingreading instruction to support students' reading development......Page 100
Skill 4.9 Understand the adjustment of reading instruction based onongoing assessment......Page 101
Skill 4.10 Utilize instructional technologies to promote students' readingdevelopment......Page 102
Skill 5.1 Understand general principles of classical rhetoric.......Page 104
Skill 5.2 Identify structural devices......Page 106
Skill 5.3 Understand application of modern rhetorical principles......Page 107
Skill 5.4 Apply strategies for writing or speaking effectively for a varietyof audiences, purposes, and contexts......Page 108
Skill 5.5 Identify use of appropriate arrangement and organization,style and tone, and form of delivery......Page 111
Skill 6.1 Identify distinguishing features of various forms of writing......Page 113
Skill 6.2 Identify processes for generating and developing written texts......Page 120
Skill 6.3 Identify techniques for gathering, analyzing, and evaluatinginformation......Page 127
Skill 6.4 Understand effective sentence, paragraph, and essaydevelopment......Page 128
Skill 6.5 Apply techniques for improving text organization.......Page 130
Skill 6.6 Understand selection of appropriate details to support anargument or opinion......Page 133
Skill 6.7 Apply use of appropriate rhetorical, logical, and stylisticcriteria for assessing written work; revising written texts toimprove clarity and economy of expression......Page 135
Skill 6.8 Understand accurate use and effective application of writtenlanguage conventions......Page 139
Skill 6.9 Understand techniques for editing written texts to achieveconformity with conventions of standard American Englishusage......Page 148
Sample Test: English Middle Level......Page 151
Answer Key: English Middle Level......Page 162
Rationales with Sample Questions: English Middle Level......Page 163
Skill 7.1 Understand human origins and prehistory......Page 188
Skill 7.2 Identify political, economic, religious, and culturalcharacteristics of the early civilizations of Egypt, the MiddleEast, India, and China......Page 190
Skill 7.3 Understand fundamental ideas and beliefs of Hinduism,Buddhism, and Confucianism......Page 194
Skill 7.4 Examine origins, central teachings, and legacies of Judaism......Page 196
Skill 7.5 Understand institutions, culture, and legacies of Greekcivilization.......Page 197
Skill 7.6 Have knowledge of Alexander the Great and the spread ofGreek culture......Page 198
Skill 7.7 Examine institutions, culture, and legacies of the RomanRepublic and Empire......Page 199
Skill 7.9 Understand the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.......Page 200
Skill 7.10 Identify the rise and achievements of Byzantine civilization......Page 202
Skill 7.11 Understand the relationship of Greek and Roman politicalconcepts to modern government......Page 203
Skill 8.1 Examine the emergence, central teachings, and expansion ofIslam......Page 205
Skill 8.2 Identify characteristics of the trans-African slave trade to theMiddle East......Page 209
Skill 8.3 Identify characteristics, components, central figures, andevents of early European civilization......Page 210
Skill 8.4 Have knowledge of European feudalism and manorialism.......Page 211
Skill 8.5 Understand European government, society, and culture in theHigh Middle Ages......Page 212
Skill 8.6 Identify origins, course, and consequences of the Crusades......Page 213
Skill 8.8 Understand the decline of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula......Page 214
Skill 8.9 Identify political, economic, and cultural developments in themajor civilizations of Asia, Africa, and the Americas......Page 215
Skill 8.10 Examine interactions among European, Islamic, and Asiansocieties......Page 220
Skill 9.1 Have knowledge of the European Renaissance andReformation......Page 223
Skill 9.2 Identify causes and consequences of European expansion andexploration......Page 226
Skill 9.3 Identify characteristics of the transatlantic slave trade.......Page 228
Skill 9.4 Understand the rise and decline of the Ottoman Empire......Page 229
Skill 9.5 Identify absolute monarchies and constitutional governmentsin Europe......Page 231
Skill 9.6 Understand the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment......Page 232
Skill 9.7 Understand the origins, stages, and consequences of theAmerican and French Revolutions......Page 234
Skill 9.8 Understand causes and consequences of the agricultural andindustrial revolutions......Page 235
Skill 9.9 Have knowledge of European nationalism and the newimperialism......Page 238
Skill 9.10 Identify causes, course, and consequences of World War I.......Page 239
Skill 9.11 Have knowledge of the Russian Revolution......Page 241
Skill 9.12 Examine the Great Depression and the rise of fascism.......Page 243
Skill 9.13 Identify origins, events, and results of World War II.......Page 244
Skill 9.14 Identify characteristics of contemporary Islamic societies......Page 246
Skill 9.15 Understand the collapse of the Soviet Union.......Page 247
Skill 9.16 Understand globalization.......Page 249
Skill 9.17 Examine the emergence of world terrorism......Page 251
Skill 10.1 Identify political, economic, and cultural features of NativeAmerican societies.......Page 252
Skill 10.2 Identify political, religious, and economic motives of Europeanexplorers and colonizers......Page 254
Skill 10.4 Have knowledge of early settlements in North America......Page 256
Skill 10.5 Understand early Massachusetts settlement......Page 258
Skill 10.6 Examine importation of Africans and the emergence ofslavery......Page 259
Skill 10.7 Understand labor and family life across classes, races, andregions of colonial America......Page 260
Skill 10.8 Identify major causes, events, and turning points of theAmerican Revolution......Page 261
Skill 10.9 Examine debates over the Articles of Confederation and theConstitution......Page 263
Skill 10.10 Understand politics and government in the new nation......Page 265
Skill 10.11 Have knowledge of expansion and conflict in the earlyRepublic.......Page 267
Skill 11.1 Understand Jacksonian democracy and the rise of popularpolitics......Page 271
Skill 11.2 Examine social and political change in antebellum America......Page 272
Skill 11.3 Understand developments in transportation and industry......Page 273
Skill 11.4 Understand differences between the northern and southerneconomic systems......Page 276
Skill 11.5 Examine Irish immigration and nativist hostility......Page 277
Skill 11.6 Identify key events and issues related to westward migration......Page 278
Skill 11.7 Have knowledge of slave life and resistance in the AmericanSouth......Page 279
Skill 11.8 Identify issues and events leading to the secession crisis.......Page 280
Skill 11.9 Identify significant leaders, turning points, and consequencesof the Civil War, North and South......Page 281
Skill 11.10 Identify achievements and failures of Reconstruction......Page 284
Skill 11.11 Have knowledge of the Compromise of 1877......Page 286
Skill 12.1 Identify causes and consequences of industrial expansion.......Page 287
Skill 12.2 Understand Populism and Progressivism......Page 290
Skill 12.3 Examine the emergence of the United States as a world power.......Page 291
Skill 12.4 Identify major cultural, social, and economic developments ofthe 1920s......Page 294
Skill 12.6 Examine Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal......Page 297
Skill 12.7 Identify key events and consequences of U.S. participation inWorld War II.......Page 301
Skill 12.8 Have knowledge of the Cold War at home and abroad.......Page 302
Skill 12.9 Examine the revival of political liberalism......Page 303
Skill 12.10 Have knowledge of the civil rights and women's movements.......Page 304
Skill 12.11 Examine Ronald Reagan and the growth of conservatism......Page 307
Skill 12.12 Understand the changing face of America......Page 308
Skill 13.1 Distinguish the shape, location, and relationships amongmajor land masses and bodies of water......Page 309
Skill 13.2 Identify major political units and divisions......Page 315
Skill 13.3 Utilize application of basic geographic terms and concepts......Page 316
Skill 13.4 Identify characteristics and uses of basic geographic sources......Page 320
Skill 13.5 Apply the use of maps to obtain data for solving locationalproblems and to answer questions, infer relationships, andanalyze spatial change......Page 322
Skill 13.6 Identify the influence of geographic factors on patterns ofhuman settlement, major historical events, and patterns ofeconomic activity......Page 328
Skill 14.1 Identify central concepts and purposes of the Declaration ofIndependence and the U.S. Constitution......Page 334
Skill 14.3 Understand the structure and functions of government at thelocal, state, and national levels.......Page 337
Skill 14.4 Identify elements and operation of the U.S. electoral system......Page 343
Skill 14.5 Distinguish the role of political parties and interest groups......Page 346
Skill 14.6 Understand ways citizens participate in and influence thepolitical process.......Page 349
Skill 14.7 Understand the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship......Page 350
Skill 15.1 Understand basic economic concepts.......Page 351
Skill 15.2 Distinguish types of economic systems......Page 352
Skill 15.3 Understand historical development of the U.S. economy......Page 353
Skill 15.4 Identify fundamental principles and characteristics of the U.S.economic system......Page 354
Skill 15.5 Identify components of the U.S. economy......Page 356
Skill 15.6 Understand the role of government in the U.S. economy.......Page 358
Skill 15.7 Identify factors influencing the activities of Americanproducers and consumers in international markets......Page 359
COMPETENCY 16.0 PREPARE AN ORGANIZED, DEVELOPED ANALYSIS ON A TOPIC RELATED TO LITERATURE, LANGUAGE, READING, RHETORIC, AND/OR COMPOSITION......Page 362
SAMPLE ESSAY QUESTION #1......Page 364
SAMPLE ESSAY QUESTION #1: Social Studies......Page 366
Bibliography......Page 368
Sample Test: Social Studies......Page 370
Answer Key: Social Studies......Page 379
Rationales with Sample Questions: Social Studies......Page 380