What Is Social Studies???

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Social Studies is an interdisciplinary study of the

______________ world, past and present

Interdisciplinary means that it is a study of the world in many different ways.

Different Ways To

Look at the World

Economically: What does a particular country do for money?Government: How is a country’s government run?Geographically: What are the major landforms of a region?Climate: What is the region’s annual climate like?Culturally: This includes the arts, beliefs, customs, inventions, language, technology and traditions of a country.

Human/ Environment Interaction

Social Studies shows the relationship between people and where they live.

It also shows how human life is very much shaped by the

___________________ in which they live in, and how the people affect where they live as well.

Human Environment Interaction

Social Studies looks at current and

____________ cultures through myths, religion, science and art to gain an understanding of how people got to where they are today.

Culture

The idea of culture is a huge part of Social Studies. The definition of culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, food, music, arts, and festivals. Cultures around the world are dramatically different from one place to the otherToday, in the United States, where many of the citizens have come to the country as immigrants, our culture has been incredibly influenced by the many groups of people that now make up the population of our country.

What Is A Culture?

History It is impossible to

understand why a country is the way that it is in present day, without looking at the events of the past.

Social Studies takes into account many aspects of a country’s history such as, declaring independence, leaders, ancient cultures, and warfare.

Social Studies realizes that we live in an

___________ world and it examines how people

___________ to that world.

Why do we needSocial Studies?

1. Helps to support the community, and the common good of the community.

2. Helps identify multiple

_____________________. (point of views)

3. Creates opportunities for students to understand where they are

____________________ and

_______________________ in the world.

Main Idea

The main idea of Social Studies is to help young people receive the ability to make educated and reasonable decisions for the public good as

__________________ of a culturally diverse

________________ society.You will someday soon be voting for the leaders of our country. A big part of that means understanding, not only about your own country, but about the world around us as well.

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