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Five Strands of Social Studies. What is Social Studies?. The study of how people over time have interacted with each other and their environment. In social studies, we have “five strands” of social studies. A strand is an area of study. Five Strands (or pieces) to the Social Studies Puzzle. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Five Strands of Social Studies
What is Social Studies?
• The study of how people over time have interacted with each other and their environment.
• In social studies, we have “five strands” of social studies. A strand is an area of study.
Five Strands (or pieces) to the Social Studies Puzzle• They are…
• Geography
• Culture
• History
• Economics
• Government
Geography
• The study of people, places and the environment
Political features: countries &
cities
Climate: weather over a period of
time
Longitude & Latitude
Physical features: Continents, oceans, and landforms
Culture
Religion & Traditions
• The beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways of living of a group of people.
Art & Recreation
Language
Food, Dress, & Greetings
HistoryPeople who
changed society
Events that changed the way people live today
• A record of the past
We learn history from 2 sources:
• Primary source: document, person, or object from the actual time
• Secondary source: document, person, or object that interprets or analyzes primary sources
Government
Citizen participation
• The people and groups within a society that have the authority to make laws, to make sure they carried out, and to settle disagreements about them.
Type of government Structure of the
government
Personal freedom
Economics
• The study of how people manage their scarce (limited) resources by producing, exchanging, and using goods and services.
Trade barriers, money,
exchange rates
Natural, Capital, and
Human resources
Economic systems: traditional, market,
command, and mixed
Entrepreneurs
• Five Strands of Social Studies Matrix
Geography
• How does where you live affect how you live?
• How does the physical geography and climate affect how people live, work, and travel?
• What are the physical and political features of a region?
• How have humans changed the environment?
Culture
• How does cultural diffusion change the region in which you live?
• What is the belief system of the people and how does it affect the region?
• How does language affect the region?
• How does local culture affect the traditions of the region?
History
• How does the past shape the present?
• How have people and events changed society?
• How have influences of other, more powerful countries, affected countries today?
• What factors caused European countries to colonize the world?
Government• How does citizen satisfaction impact the
government?
• How much can a citizen participate in their government?
• Who has the power to make laws and policies for a nation?
• How many levels does the government have? (national, regional, and local)
Economics
• What factors influence a country’s standard of living?
• Who decides what, how, and for whom things are made? (gov’t, people, traditions)
• What is the role of entrepreneurs in the economy?
• How does free and restricted trade affect countries?