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The Social Sciences

Standard H.8.0 Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues.

I can define and explain the roles of geographers, archaeologists, and historians.

The Social SciencesSocial Science is a particular area of study that relates to human society.

Social Scientists are specialists (scholars) in studying human society.

Social Scientists are like detectives because:

• They study clues, interpret clues, and form hypotheses.

• They solve the “mystery” of the meaning of artifacts and written records left behind by humans in the world.

As History Detectives we will be investigating what happened in the past and what it means.

The Social SciencesWe will study just three of the social sciences in Unit 1. The social scientists whose work is similar to the work of a detective are: Archaeologists Historians Geographers

Detectives Who Study the Past

Archaeologist: Digging Up the PastMain Item of Study: ArtifactsTypes of Evidence they investigate:

Clothing, tools, weapons, buildings, sculptures, paintings

Detectives Who Study the Past

Historian: Reading the PastMain Item of Study:: Written RecordsTypes of Evidence they investigate:

Diaries, writing, journals, records, newspapers, books

Detectives Who Study the PastGeographer: Mapping the Past

Main Item of Study: Natural and human made features of the Earth on or in the environment.

Types of Evidence they investigate: Landforms, rivers, oceans, climate, dams, bridges, roads.