Topic: What is Social Studies?
Social Studies The study of the variety of human relationships the study of man’s life Relationships in Social Studies: social, political, economic, cultural, environmental (in the past and the present)
Branches of Social Studies 1) Geography [the study of the earth] Examples: Cultural, Human, and Physical 2) Anthropology [the study of man’s origin, physical characteristics, and culture] Examples: Archaeology
Branches of Social Studies 3) Sociology [the study of the way people live and work together] 4) Political Science [the study of the theory and practice of government] Examples: U.S. Govt., politics, local govt.
Branches of Social Studies 5) Economics [the study of the production, exchange, and the consumption of goods and services] 6) History [the study of man’s recorded past] Examples: American History, Georgia History, World History, family history ***Psychology – the study of an individual’s behavior