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9/19/12 BR – What are the 5 keys to academic success? Today: Social Studies Disciplines

2. History- refers to the study and interpretation of past humans, families and societies as preserved primarily through written sources.

3. Anthropology- consists of the study of humanity and culture
Anthropology- consists of the study of humanity and culture. Anthropologists have tended to concentrate on the seemingly more "traditional" institutions and customs of non-Western, often tribal, societies

4. Geography- is the study of the Earth's features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity.

5. Psychology- involves the study of the human mind, brain, and behavior.

6. Sociology- studies the social rules and processes that organize people in society as individuals and as members of groups.

7. Political Science- concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour.

8. Economics- the study of human choice behavior and how it effects the production, distribution, and consumption of scarce resources. Economics studies how people seek to satisfy needs and wants through incentives, choices, and allocation of scarce resources.

9. Social Scientists
Disciplines of Social Studies
Meaning of underlined word
Example of what they may study…
Historians: the interpretation of the events of the past using written records
History
a way one person may try to (see) understand something
The first people to settle in North America and why.
Geographers: the linkages between human activity and natural systems
Geography
connection
Global warming
Political Scientists: how we identify ourselves as citizens of a particular nation or group. (power)
Political science
Certain, specific
Election of Obama
Anthropologists: the rituals and beliefs of a community or group over time
anthropology
Meaningful; things you do
Discovered graves; old tools;
Economists:how people choose to use the resources of time, talent, money, and property.
economics
Things you need or use
Student loans
Cost of education
Unemployment
Jobs
Psychologists: emotional and cognitive impacts of environments and relationships.
psychology
How people think
Problems, reactions to stress
Sociologists: Investigates human behavior (groups)
sociology
Search; look for
Aging
Youth
Violence
Archeologist: uses artifacts to understand the cultures of long ago.
archeology
Found man-made objects
Ancient burial mounds of Native Americans.