Social Studies
What is Social Studies?
Social studies is the subject of history, civilization, and economy. It can be divided into multiple topics, such as geography, history, politics and government studies, economical studies, and civilization and cultural studies. History is not just about the past - it's about how humans developed and changed into what we know as the world today.
historical famous landmarks
Geography
Geography is the study of the globe, such as its landmarks and physical features (land, water, air, etc). The topic focuses on learning about humans and how they interact with their environment and how the Earth is impacted by this. For instance, geography studies patterns caused by humans in each environment like population, resources, use of the land, and industry companies like manufacturers and factories.
flat globe picture to analyze the world
History
History is the study of past events with materials such as photographs, writing (documents), and people. The topic has multiple sub-topics such as studying change, which is how humans have evolved and developed. There is also evidence-based studies, like using past resources to analyze objects and humans. Also, students learn about interpretation, which is about analyzing the evidence to support a claim; this can lead to debate and revising to ensure clarity. Teachers also provide students with assignments that allow them to connect the modern world experiences to past life.
historical map and magnifying tools
Politics
Politics is the study of making decisions (rules, laws, how resources are gained and used, changes, etc), improving the student voice (speaking up), power dynamics (hierarchies, social statuses, etc), and education focusing on the civic life (for instance, government, democracy, citizens, etc). Exercises the teacher assigns are public speaking, decision making, debates, student elections, and role-playing as countries to settle peace.
politician with many different faces
Economic Studies
Economic studies is about analyzing people, businesses, governments, and how the world manages currency and resources. The subject focuses on learning about production, factories, wealth, transfers, and more involving other subjects such as math (analyze data and results and make into a graph). Some key focuses in this topic are: behaviour (who, what, when, where, and how the economy changes), systems (how all the businesses and individuals connect to the government and its market, finance, and economy), policies (the rules and laws), and applications (how resources are used on healthcare, education, development, labour, and environment upgrades).
Civilization and Cultural Studies
Civilization and cultural studies is a topic about human developments, achievements, race, power, and identity. The topic focuses on each culture's societies and how they function, such as their historical developments (how they evolved) and their social hierarchy. The core idea of this topic is about how humans had built their culture and how it relates to social power, justice, and everyday traditions.
people all around the world
how to grow the economy