2. Five Strands of Social Studies

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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