We have an assignment in Social Studies which include this question and I find it difficult as a Student. I tried to search in the internet but there are no searches are related. Can you please answer this question for me.
Social studies is actually just an interdisciplinary field of study made up mostly of the social sciences and a bit of the humanities. It’s just there to make students (usually elementary and high school) aware of current events and to teach them to be good citizens of their nations.
I think the list in this wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Studies) is ok:
Usually social studies is mistaken for a history class but they are quite different. History class is focused on the details of the past. In social studies, we usually start with historical narratives and then apply the lessons of the past to the present and future.
But social studies is not just history. It also contains concepts from the other fields in order to enhance how we can analyze current society. These fields include political science, sociology and anthropology, geography, and civics.
Everything is weighed the same besides our final test. So my current Social Studies average is 78. And I need it to stay 75%+ and I have one more final exam worth 25% of my mark so what percentage on my test would I need to get achieve the grade I want?
If you are hanging at a 78 percent consider that the 100 percent. Then 25% of that you would need to get perfect to keep the 78 percent, and anything lower than about 20% would bring you lower than 75. You need an almost perfect or absolutely perfect score to get your 75+
I graduate in May with a BS in Anthropology and Human Biology. I would like to teach, but most of the positions tend to be in the sciences. Is it too difficult to find a position (while obtaining certification) as a social studies teacher in either NJ, Miami, or Atlanta?
You need the Ed. degree for certification.
OK, my brother has these questions for social studies, and I can’t find the answers to some questions and i am in the eighth. Like one question is "Time before people wrote things?" It is a crossword puzzle. It is 10 letters long. It ends with Y and the fourth to the end is T.
The answer is prehistory.
Hello People , i need help with social studies.
Can you make a sentence with this and if you do please tell me. Ok here is the word, : One Person, One-vote Concept ? please tell me
the words are one person, one vote concept.
How will we use what we learn in social studies class in middle school and below in life? I mean from k-8, not high school. It’s just the past, we should be learning about the present or near future.
Its a good lesson to teach your kids so they can teach their kids so they can teach their kids; See where I’m going with this social studies lesson.
At this age (7) what are some good lessons to teach to a 2nd grader in social studies? She made a small booklet about George Washington a while back, what are some other things? I need lots of ideas please!
Of course, you have options up the wazoo. 
Our local school district helpfully posts what the kids should be learning in Grade X on their website. So I check that from time to time to calibrate what we’re doing with what they’re doing. So for second grade they’re listing:
SOCIAL STUDIES
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Economics – Explain community needs/wants and ow people meet these; Demonstrate understanding of supply/demand; explain how family income is circulated in the community.
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(Yup, that was a copy/paste. They have typos on the site.) I haven’t bothered with a formal Economics class yet. We’re starting out BIG and zooming in small, although the kids are involved with fundraisers through Scouts, and they like to run their own lemonade stand in the summer.
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Geography Skills – Use maps and globes (symbols, compass rose, keys, tiles, etc); follow directions to get from one place to another; demonstrate an awareness of continents, countries, states, and cities; recognize bodies of water and land forms.
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We definitely do this. They know all their continents, placements, and oceans by K. The different biomes of earth are covered in Science class, but they use the SS part of it to identify basic weather expectations and to locate tropical rain forests, deserts and mountains.
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History – Compare and contrast communities across times and cultures; demonstrate an awareness of important American figures and events; be aware of current events.
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Once they have topography down, we start in with the nomads settling in Mesopotamia, and start moving through the ancient world; Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, China, etc. They can see how important the Nile was, for instance, because they already know that area is a desert. Today we covered Sparta; last week it was Athens. The week before was using a map to plot the routes the Greek ships might have taken to get to Troy, and explain how the Trojan War was won. We cover the very basics of the different religions, as well as we can understand them from archeological evidence.
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Political Science – Explain community rules/laws; demonstrate an understanding of rights and responsibilities of good citizens; understand majority rule.
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We covered Democracy for the unit on Athens, and how the Pharaohs ruled in Egypt and the Kings ruled in the middle-east. It’s very gradual. Most of their citizenship stuff comes from Scouts. (They’re HUGE on good citizenship.)
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Sociology/Anthropology/Psychology – Define and explain different types of communities; recognize similarities and differences within a community; use problem solving strategies in relationships with others.
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Other than comparing and contrasting what we’re currently learning about the ancient cultures, we don’t do much on this stuff. Some of it is very abstract for the little guys to really connect with.
I’ve been looking on College Board, and many of the schools I’m interested in require 2 years of history in high school. My school’s classes that actually say "history" in it are AP classes, and I’m not interested in those. However, in freshman year and this year, we take Social Studies classes that cover periods of time in history. In junior year, we take a class called World Cultures.
Would the classes mentioned count as history classes?
Yeah, those are history classes. It’s recorded in the curriculum as ”world cultures” or ‘’social studies” but that’s just a specific name and genre. According to the state, it’s a history class. I went through the same situation as you, and I was fine.
I’m looking into colleges, and one requires 2 years of a history course, and 2 years of a social studies course, while another recommends four years of history and four years of social studies. What’s the difference? I need to know ASAP, so I know what courses I need to take for next year in order to be able to apply there. Thanks!
Social Studies (more commonly Social Sciences) are Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Economics, Political Science, Linguistics, law.
History is part of the Humanities. The Humanities are History, English (or any other language), Classics, Performing Arts, Film, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Visual Arts.
Social Sciences use empirical methodologies, whereas the Humanities use subjective, specualtive analysis.
I have a bachelor’s degree in Sociology.
I want to become a history teacher.
I have taken a lot of history like classes in my Sociology Degree?
Do I need to take education classes, should I look into applying for a Master’s degree in Social Studies Education?
Where should I start to become a social studies teacher?
btw, I’m 23.
Some states have a 1 year program to gain a certificate in teaching. In others, you need to earn a M.Ed in Education. (2 years) Also, Teach for America is a national volunteer service that culminates in teaching certification.