1. 5 Components of Social Studies

2. THE 5 COMPONENTS OF SOCIAL STUDIES
Geography
History
Culture and Society
Civics and Government
Economics

3. The 5 themes of Geography
Location
Human-Environment Interactions
Place
Regions
Movement

4. Geography The location of places in the world
Physical features such as landforms, bodies of water, etc.
Climate
Examples: mountains, valleys, rivers, the desert

5. THEME 1: LOCATION
Relative location – tells where a place is in relation to other places
Absolute location – the exact location of a place

6. THEME 2: HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
Modify – to change your surroundings
Adapt – to change to fit your surroundings

7. THEME 3: PLACE
Physical features – landforms, bodies of water, climate, animal life
Human features – buildings, roads

8. THEME 4: REGIONS
Regions – areas on Earth that differ from each other because of their features

9. THEME 5: MOVEMENT Cause – an action that makes something happen
Effect – what happens as a result of that action

10. History -The Past -Famous (and well-known) people -Events
Examples: Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, the Declaration of Independence

11. HISTORY VOCABULARY History – what happened in the past
Chronology – time order in which events take place in history
Oral history – a story told aloud by a person who did not write down wht happened
Perspectives – different points of view
Historical empathy – the ability to understand people of the past in their own frame of reference

12. Culture and society Traditions of a group of people Beliefs/values
Behaviors
Examples: Clothing, type of music, ways of greeting someone

13. CULTURE VOCABULARY Culture – ways of acting, speaking, and believing
Society – human group
Heritage – the wealth of ideas that have been passed down through their history

14. Civics and Government Who leads a country How the country is run Laws
Examples: President, King or Queen, democracy, the Constitution

15. GOVERNMENT VOCABULARY
Government – a system of leaders and laws that helps people live safely together
Civic participation – being concerned and involved in issues related to your community

16. Economics Money! How money is spent
Things that help a country make money
Examples: finances, taxes, salaries, industries, unemployment

17. ECONOMICS VOCABULARY
Economy – a system of using resources to meet needs
Economics – the study of the way that goods and wealth are produced, distributed, and used in the world

18. SKILLS’ LESSON
Primary source – gives the actual words of people who were there when an event took place
Secondary source – gives information written at a later time by someone who was not there when it happened