TEACHING OF

SOCIAL SCIENCE
Role of Social Science in day
to day living
1) Development of Human
Relationships
2) Training for Citizenship
3) Development of Thinking &
Decision-making Ability
4) Development of Social
Competence
5) Teaching the Art of Self-
realization
6) To help the students adjust to
Social & Physical Environment
7) Development of Economic
Competence
8) Social Science can help the
child develop his Personality
9) To gain insight into Spiritual,
Economic & Political Values
10)It can lay down the Foundation
for Continuing Education in
Adult life
11) To develop a sense of
belonging among students
12) To enable the students to use
Leisure Profitably
13) To promote World Peace
14) To provide knowledge about
Social Reality
15) Teaching of Knowledge
Thus, teaching of Social Science
helps in imparting knowledge of
human relations, developing
intellectual abilities-reasoning,
critical judgment capacity, problem
solving capacity and inculcating
right attitudes and skills which are
essential to participate actively in
developmental activities of a
Nation and the World.
Objectives of teaching Social
Science
 To develop skills to show causes in the social
background and explore reasons for them
 To apply the current social development with the
trends in the world
 To understand the divergent human experiences
belonging to different places and times
 To understand the world through different perspectives
 To understand the influence of social evils on different
sections of the society
 To develop skills to evaluate collected data, projects,
imaginary aspects
 To develop skills to organize/manage printed matter,
data, diagrams/picture (to present the information in
different forms like pictures, diagrams and apply them
and draw inferences)
Integrating with constitutional and social values
towards the future generations by creating social
consciousness

“Quality Education is to be provided to every child to

enable to grow into a responsible citizen.”