What is Social Studies?

Social studies can also be referred to as social sciences. It’s a field which deals with human
behavior, relationships, resources, and institutions. Specific topics within social studies that are
studied in school coursework include geography,
anthropology, economics, history, sociology, political science, and civics.

The importance of Social Studies teaches students fundamental concepts of culture, economics
and political, skills to groom them into educated, productive citizen. Social Studies centers
around understanding how the world works on a social level.

Teaching Strategies

 Using oral and Visual

activities- these links to
Importance information about oral or
visual forms of literacy
 Better Reading and are useful for teaching
Learning and learning in social
 Economic Education
studies.
 Critical Thinking
IMPORTANCE OF  Writing and presenting
 Citizen Responsibilities
TEACHING SOCIAL information- this
and Values
section includes links to
 Real-World STUDIES and TEACHING
Understanding STRATEGIES suggestions for written
 Respect History activities, such a essay
 Political Skills and paragraph writing,
 Cultural Understanding questionnaire, surveys,
graphic organizers, and
descriptions.
 Cooperative learning-
explore these group and
team activities in which
students have
opportunities to work
together to achieve
GROUP 1 MEMBERS: shared learning goals.
 Graphic organizers-this
GESTA, KAE LOURDES section has a wide
variety of graphic
SARAGOZA, ARAGIN
organizers such as
charts, webs, diagrams,
maps, templates.
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ORIGENES, SHEILA MAE
MADREDIJO, MARY GRACE