What is Social Studies?

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What is Social Studies?
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The study of the past
The study of the way a group of people live
The study of the earth and its people
(and how they
interact with each other)
The study of governing and the study of the
rights and responsibilities of citizens
A helpful act (by a citizen or a member of a
community)
The study of the production, distribution and
consumption of goods and services
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What does it look like?
Color
Drawing

• History
• Geography
• Government/Civics
• Economics
• Culture
• Service

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What Does it Sound Like?

• Song 1
• Song 2
• Song 3
• Song 4
• Song 5
• Song 6

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Make a Human Monument

• Select your social studies category
• Decide how you can make a monument using your
  bodies to show the category
• Create the monument
• Explain it to your classmates