Connecting Themes in Social Studies

This theme tells us that technology has different consequences on a society, depending on how that technology is used.

• Beliefs and Ideals

• Conflict and Change

• Technology Innovation

• Scarcity

This theme tells us that people’s ideals and feelings influence their decisions.

• Scarcity

• Individuals, Groups, and Institution

• Technology Innovation

• Beliefs and Ideals

This theme tells us that where people live matters.

• Scarcity

• Location

• Technological Innovation

• Individual, Groups, and Institutions

This theme tells us that moving to new places changes the people, land, and culture of the new place, as well as the place that was left.

• Location

• Movement and Migration

• Technological Innovation

• Beliefs and Ideals

This theme tells us that we can’t have everything we want and we are forced to make choices and that those choices always incur a cost.

• Scarcity

• Beliefs and Ideals

• Location

• Movement and Migration

This theme tells us that conflict causes both a positive or negative change.

• Scarcity

• Beliefs and Ideals

• Conflict and Change

• Location

This theme tells us that the actions of you, others, and large groups affect society through intended and unintended consequences.

• Scarcity

• Movement and Migration

• Location

• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions

This theme tells us that the ways people make, get, and use goods and services may be different from how people in other places make, get, and use goods and services.

• Scarcity

• Movement and Migration

• Production, Distribution, and Consumption

• Beliefs and Ideals

In ELA, a _____________ is a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature. We will also see universal themes in social studies.

• Theme

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Plot