1. WHAT IS SOCIAL STUDIES?

2. What is Social Studies?? Civics & Government History Economics
Geography
Culture & Society

3. HOW CAN WE STUDY SOCIAL STUDIES?

4. Five Themes of Geography
Place
Location
Human-Environment Interactions
Five Themes of Geography
Movement
Regions

5. Location “Where is it?” Everything on earth has its own LOCATION –
the place where it can be found
ABSOLUTE V. RELATIVE

6. Examples of Location Absolute: Relative:
Mrs. Musca’s classroom is room 22.
Address
Longitude & Latitude
Relative:
SWS is behind Burger King
Mrs. Musca’s classroom is next to Mrs. Acovino’s

7. Place “What is it like there?”
Every place has physical and human characteristics, or features, that make it different from all other places.
Physical features are formed by nature.
Human features are created by people.

8. Examples of Place New York Empire State Building Niagara Falls
Statue of Liberty Catskills
Chrysler Building Hudson River
SWS Adirondack Mountains
One Direction World Store Long Island
Freedom Tower Fire Island
Montauk Lighthouse
Brooklyn Bridge
Yankee Stadium

9. Human-Environment Interactions “How are the lives there shaped?”
People and their surroundings interact, or affect each other.
People’s activities may modify, or change, the environment.
The environment may affect people, requiring them to adapt, or adjust, to their surroundings.

10. Human-Environment Interaction Examples
Air-conditioning in the summer
Heat in the winter
Roads
Bridges
Shoveling snow
Jones Beach
Warm clothes in the winter/cool clothes in the summer.

11. Regions “How is this place like other places?”
Areas of Earth with main features that make them different from other areas are called regions.
A region can be described by its physical features or its human features.

13. Examples of Regions The Southwest The West The Northeast The Midwest
The Southeast
The Tri-State area
New England

14. Movement “How do people ideas and goods move to and from this place?”
Every day, people in different states and countries exchange products and ideas.

15. Examples of Movement Trading sugar cane from the Bahamas to Virginia.
The U.S. Post Office
Sending an or text message.
Making a telephone call.

16. Homework Find the latitude and longitude for 5 of the following:
Honolulu, Hawaii
Boise, Idaho
Chicago, Illinois
Poughkeepsie, New York
Baltimore, Maryland
Trenton, New Jersey
Tallahassee, Florida
Sacramento, California
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Boston, Massachusetts