Introduction: Why?

Why should you learn about social studies?

• A. you are a human

• B. you live in a society

• D. you need to survive

• C. you need a job

• A, B, & D

You are more likely to be successful in life if you are...

• intelligent

• hard working

• artistic

• athletic

What is the main purpose of school?

• making good grades

• having fun

• babysitting

• learning and growing to become the best version of yourself

Which of these will destroy your future and your happiness?

• striving to be better each day

• helping others

• taking the easy way out which builds a habit of laziness and quitting

• not comparing yourself to others

Fill in the blank:

SOCIAL STUDIES (LIKE LIFE) IS A ______

      -understanding that nothing just happens, but is the result of many smaller events that culminate into something bigger

• HISTORY

• GAME

• PROCESS

• EQUATION

Fill in the blank:

SOCIAL STUDIES (LIKE LIFE TODAY) IS ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF _________

 -everything about life (human or otherwise) is  the need, the desire, and the struggle for it

• MONEY

• RESOURCES

• FRIENDS

• HISTORY

Fill in the blank:

SOCIAL STUDIES (LIKE LIFE TODAY) _______ ______

       -because human nature doesn't change

           -The emotions and thought processes that motivated humans in the past still motivate us today.

             

• NEVER REOCCURS

• IS NEW

• ISN'T REAL

• REPEATS ITSELF

Fill in the blank:

SOCIAL STUDIES (LIKE LIFE TODAY) IS ABOUT ____________

     -How you see/understand an event is determined by how you look at it (your perspective). 

           -just because you see something one way does not mean that everyone else will or should see it the same way

           -nothing is ever just "black or white"; there are always shades of grey

• PERSPECTIVES

• STUFF

• INTOLERANCE

• TRIBALISM

Fill in the blank: (choose all that apply)

SOCIAL STUDIES, HELPS YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND ___________ AND ________

• YOUR WORLD /

  YOUR CULTURE

• YOUR SOCIETY /

  YOURSELF

• YOUR GOVERNMENT/

  YOUR ECONOMY

• YOUR FRIENDS /

  YOUR ENEMIES

What does Social Studies teach us? (choose all that apply)

• Teaches you how to think critically

• Teaches you how to better understand the present by analyzing the past

• Teaches you that the problems have simple solutions

• Teaches you that everything is not just about you