5 Strands of Social Studies

The study of physical features and human interactions on earth

• geography

• history

• government

• economics

The people and groups within a society that have the authority to make laws, to make sure they are carried out, and to settle disagreements about them.

• geography

• history

• government

• economics

A record of the past.

• history

• government

• culture

• geography

The beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways of living of a group of people.

• geography

• history

• culture

• economics

The study of how society chooses to use resources.

• history

• geography

• government

• economics

When you were learning your way around the school- which strand of SS is this?

• geography

• history

• government

• economics

When you decide which school supplies to purchase at the store- which strand of SS is this?

• geography

• history

• government

• economics

When you are learning the rules of Daniell Middle School- which strand of SS is this?

• geography

• history

• government

• economics

Meeting new friends and learning where they went to school last year- which strand of SS?

• geography

• history

• government

• economics

When your teacher tells you she travelled to Spain over the summer and shows you pictures of the people and how they dressed plus she talks about the new foods she tried- this is which strand of SS?

• geography

• history

• culture

• economics