5 Components 5 Components of of

Social StudiesSocial Studies

THE 5 COMPONENTS OF THE 5 COMPONENTS OF SOCIAL STUDIESSOCIAL STUDIES

• Geography

• History

• Culture and Society

• Civics and Government

• Economics

The 5 themes of GeographyThe 5 themes of Geography

• Location

• Human-Environment Interactions

• Place

• Regions

• Movement

GeographyGeography

• The location of places in the world

• Physical features such as landforms, bodies of water, etc.

• Climate

Examples: mountains, valleys, rivers, the desert

THEME 1: LOCATIONTHEME 1: LOCATION

• Relative location – tells where a place is in relation to other places

• Absolute location – the exact location of a place

THEME 2: HUMAN-THEME 2: HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONSENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS

• Modify – to change your surroundings

• Adapt – to change to fit your surroundings

THEME 3: PLACETHEME 3: PLACE

• Physical features – landforms, bodies of water, climate, animal life

• Human features – buildings, roads

THEME 4: REGIONSTHEME 4: REGIONS

• Regions – areas on Earth that differ from each other because of their features

THEME 5: MOVEMENTTHEME 5: MOVEMENT

• Cause – an action that makes something happen

• Effect – what happens as a result of that action

HistoryHistory

-The Past

-Famous (and well-known) people

-Events

Examples: Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, the Declaration of Independence

HISTORY VOCABULARYHISTORY 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

CultureCulture and societyand society

• Traditions of a group of people

• Beliefs/values

• Behaviors

Examples: Clothing, type of music, ways of greeting someone

CULTURE VOCABULARYCULTURE VOCABULARY

• Culture – ways of acting, speaking, and believing

• Society – human group

• Heritage – the wealth of ideas that have been passed down through their history

Civics and GovernmentCivics and Government

• Who leads a country

• How the country is run

• Laws

Examples: President, King or Queen, democracy, the Constitution

GOVERNMENT VOCABULARYGOVERNMENT 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

EconomicsEconomics

• Money!

• How money is spent

• Things that help a country make money

Examples: finances, taxes, salaries, industries, unemployment

ECONOMICS VOCABULARYECONOMICS 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

SKILLS’ LESSONSKILLS’ 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