Social Studies Themes

New technology has many types of different consequences, depending on how people use that technology.

• Beliefs and Ideals

• Location

• Technological Innovation

• Distribution of Power

Laws and people’s beliefs help decide who gets to make choices in government.

• Conflict and Change

• Production, Distribution, Consumption

• Location

• Distribution of Power

Conflict causes change

• Conflict and Change

• Location

• Beliefs and Ideals

• Technological Innovation

Where people live matters

• Movement/Migration

• Technological Innovation

• Location

• Conflict and Change

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.

• Distribution of Power

• Conflict and Change

• Location

• Production, Distribution, Consumption

What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not.

• Individuals, Groups, Institutions

• Distribution of Power

• Location

• Beliefs and Ideals

Moving to new places changes the people, land, and culture of the new place, as well as the place that was left

• Distribution of Power

• Location

• Movement/Migration

• Conflict and Change

People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions.

• Conflict and Change

• Beliefs and Ideals

• Location

• Distribution of Power