Five Strands of Social Studies

What is Social Studies? The study of how people over time have interacted with each other and their environment. In social studies, we have “five strands” of social studies. A strand is an area of study.

What is Social Studies? Answers the burning question of “WHY?”. Why do people live there? Why do they speak that way? It combines the study of cultures, geography, history, economics, and government and their impact on our lives today … and tomorrow.

Five Strands (or pieces) to the Social Studies Puzzle They are… Economics Geography Government Culture History Each strand is COMBINED to create the identity of a region, a nation, and a person.

Geography The study of people, places and the environment Physical features: Continents, oceans, and landforms Longitude & Latitude Geography Climate: weather over a period of time Political features: countries & cities The study of people, places and the environment