1. Perspectives of Different Social Scientists
6th Grade, Unit 1, Lesson 5
Perspectives of Different Social Scientists

2. Historians study ? … the past This includes: Time and chronology
Historical evidence
People, events, and ideas of the past
Continuity and change
Causes and effects

3. Political Scientists study ? … government and citizenship
This includes:
Purposes of government
Different kinds of governments
Functions of governments
Values and principles upon which governments are based
The role of citizens in government

4. Economists study ?
… how people produce, distribute, and consume goods and services
This includes:
Different kinds of economic systems
Productive resources (natural, human, capital)
Scarcity, choice, and decision making
Specialization, trade, and interdependence

5. Anthropologists study ? … the cultural development of humans
This includes:
Elements of culture
Social customs and beliefs
Cultural change
Cross-cultural issues
Cultural history

6. how humans organize in groups
Sociologists study ?
… human societies and
how humans organize in groups
This includes:
Social groups
Social class
Social behavior
Social change
Social problems

7. Social Scientists Geographer Political Scientist Historian
Anthropologist
Sociologist
Economist
Political
Scientist

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