Praxis Elementary Education Fundamentals: Social Studies (8004) Study Guide 2026–2027
Exam Prep with Full-Length Practice Tests, Inquiry Skills Practice, and Detailed Answer Explanations
What is inside
- 1,241 practice questions, and every wrong option explained, not just the right one
- Three full-length 77-question practice tests at the official category counts, timed as three separate sections of 40, 30, and 30 minutes
- A 38-question diagnostic test that names the chapter to study for every question you miss
- 83 chapters on U.S. history, government, geography, anthropology, sociology, world history, economics, and the four Social Studies Inquiry Skills, with 96 maps, timelines, and graphs
- Which TWO questions and map, table, graph, or excerpt questions in every content chapter, with 54 excerpts from public-domain documents
- Quick reference, commonly confused terms, glossary, coverage map, answer key at a glance, score tracker, and wrong-answer log
Built for the 8004 as it is given now: three separately timed sections since September 1, 2026.
The Praxis Elementary Education Fundamentals: Social Studies test (8004) has 77 selected-response questions in 100 minutes: about 33 on United States History, Government and Citizenship in a 40-minute section, then about 23 on Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology and 21 on World History and Economics in 30 minutes each. Ten to fifteen percent of the questions place the content inside a teaching task and draw on the Social Studies Inquiry Skills: compelling and supporting questions, disciplinary tools, sources, and conclusions. Where Praxis Steps is available you can take each category as its own appointment and retake only the one you do not pass. This study guide was written for that test and no other.
Every content chapter starts from the test's own topic list. Each topic is taught in plain prose with tables, timelines, and maps drawn for the book, followed by a Classroom Connection, the terms candidates most often confuse, and twelve practice questions. Quoted documents are public-domain texts, from the Mayflower Compact and the Constitution to Hammurabi's Code and Luther's theses, and dates use B.C.E. and C.E., as the test does.
What is inside
- 1,241 practice questions, with every wrong option explained, not just the right one
- Three full-length 77-question practice tests at the official category counts, printed as three sections of 40, 30, and 30 minutes, each with Which TWO items and nine inquiry questions
- A 38-question diagnostic test that names the chapter to read for each question you miss
- 83 chapters: Native nations, colonization, the Revolution and the Constitution, expansion, Civil War and Reconstruction, reform, the world wars, government and citizenship, maps and regions, culture, religion, and society, world history from the first farms to globalization, economics and personal finance, and four chapters on the inquiry skills
- 96 maps, timelines, graphs, and climographs and 54 primary-source excerpts
- Study plans for eight weeks, four weeks, two weeks, and the final week, and advice on taking the test as three Steps
- Review tools: a quick reference, commonly confused terms, a glossary, a topic coverage map, an answer key at a glance, a score tracker, and a wrong-answer log
- Qualifying scores for the states that listed the 8004 in September 2026
Checked at the source. Question counts, timing, fee, Praxis Steps rules, category weights, and state qualifying scores were read from the Praxis Study Companion for test 8004 and the Praxis website in September 2026. The 8004 is new and states are adopting it one at a time, so confirm that your state requires the 8004 before you register.
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