Warm Up Please complete on a separate sheet of paper and place in the back of your 3-ringed binder. What is social studies? Write at least three sentences in your own words. Why do we learn social studies? Write at least three sentences in your own words.

The Five Aspects of Social Studies

Social Studies A way to learn about the world, which includes geography, government, economics, history and culture.

History The study of the past with the help of written records.

Name a historical event.

Culture Beliefs, customs, and ways of living that groups of people share.

Describe a custom that your family has.

Economics The study of the way in which people produce and exchange goods.

Explain the ways in which people exchange goods...(trade)

Government People or groups that have the authority to make and enforce laws.

What is one law in the United States?

Geography The study of people, places, environments, and resources of an area. There are five themes of geography: location, human environmental interaction, region, place, and movement.

Describe an app on a phone, tablet, laptop that deals with geography Describe an app on a phone, tablet, laptop that deals with geography. Explain how and what it is used for.

Location Describes a place by its nearness to other areas (relative location) or by its longitude and latitude (absolute location).

Provide an example of Absolute Location Provide an example of Relative Location

Human Environmental Interaction Describes a place in terms of the environment’s effects on the humans who live there and how they affect the environment.

Region Describes a place in terms of its shared characteristics.

Place Describes a place in terms of its physical (land and climate) and human (culture and government) characteristics.

Movement The transfer of people, goods, and ideas from one place to another.

Longitude Lines that run north and south and measure east and west of the Prime Meridian

Draw a longitude line.

Latitude Lines that run east to west and measure north and south of the Equator

Draw a latitude line

Equator 0 degrees latitude

Prime Meridian 0 degrees longitude