INTRO TO SOCIAL STUDIES
8-26/27-2015:
WARM UP: COPY THE SPIDER
DIAGRAM INTO YOUR
NOTEBOOK.
History/Historians
***Map homework out and ready to be checked!
***Each table group needs 1 or 2 copies of the yellow S.S. textbook from the
bookshelf by the door
**Pick up another copy of “Superman and Me”
BRAINSTORMING:
Record as many ideas,
thoughts or feelings you have about
history/historians into your spider diagram.
Add as many lines to your diagram as you can.
oBe prepared to share!
WHAT IS SOCIAL
STUDIES?
Social Studies is the study of the social sciences.
Geography
History
Government
Civics- the study of the rights and duties of citizenship.
Economics- the social science that seeks to describe the factors which determine the
production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.
IN THE STUDY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, THERE ARE NO FACTS,
ONLY QUESTIONS, THAT HELP US DISCOVER AND SOLVE THE
MYSTERIES THAT IMPACT OUR WORLD.
From this point on in Ms. Howard’s Social Studies class, you will
be a detective trying to solve mysteries and events of the past.
You will have to analyze clues and piece together a story.
It is your job to report your findings back to Ms. Howard
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6
GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES
What did you investigate last year?
What did you discover?
What big ideas did you learn?
WITH YOUR TABLE BUDDIES DISCUSS THE QUOTE BELOW.
“History is made on the backs of the broken”.
What does this quote mean? What comes to mind?
Next – Look at the pictures on the next slide and try to make connections between
each picture and the quote above.
U NIT 1 AND U NIT 2
FIRST GLOBAL AGE
(R ENAISSANCE , R EFORMATION AND E UROPEAN EXPLORATION )
Christopher Columbus
HERO or VILLAIN ??
-To some, he was an intrepid explorer, following his instincts to a
New World.
-To others, he was a monster, a slave trader who unleashed the
horrors of the conquest on unsuspecting natives
-Thief?
-Motive?
-Did he make friends with the native people he met?
It was already common knowledge that Earth wasn’t flat!
UNIT 3 AND UNIT 4
REVOLUTION!
Galileo Galilei
GENIUS or CRIMINAL??
Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and
mathematician who played a major role in the scientific
revolution during the Renaissance. He is widely regarded
as one of the greatest scientists of all time.
Galileo was ordered to turn himself in to the Holy Office
to begin trial for holding the belief that the Earth revolves
around the Sun, which was deemed heretical by the
Catholic Church.
-The belief was that the Earth was at the center of the
universe
UNIT 3 AND UNIT 4
IMPERIALISM AND WORLD WARS
Were these countries
VICTIMS
OR
INSTIGATORS
of war?
Russia
France- trench warfare
Germany WWI flag
UNIT 5 AND UNIT 6
THE WORLD AFTER WWII
WHAT PRICE, PEACE?
The Cold War
1947-1991
(still debated)
India
Indian Independence movement
(Independence in 1947)
Korea
1950-1953
Vietnam
1955-1975
COPY QUESTIONS INTO YOUR
NOTEBOOK: (LEAVE SPACE TO ANSWER
EACH ONE!)
1. What trends (new styles or
directions) did you notice in the video?
2. What do you consider the most
impactful event or innovation (better
way of doing something) depicted in the
video?
HISTORY OF THE WORLD
IN 7 MINUTES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pnmZalx9YY&feature=plcp
CHECKPOINT!
Do you have pages set aside in your notebook for a table of contents?
You should one entry! (It might look a little different depending on whether you had
a notebook on day 1.
-Make sure you have an entry for today!
Topic: “Introduction to Social Studies and Themes of Geography”
Geography?
Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their
environments.
Africa, Asia, Australia, p. 6
Review -5 Themes of Geography
Review -5 Themes of Geography
Location – Where do we live? How do we
compare it to other places?
Place – Describe where you live. What
characteristics do you use?
Human-Environment Interaction - How do we
change our surroundings to our benefit? At
what cost?
Movement – How did we get here? Why do
people move?
Regions – What region do we live in? How do
you know?
LOCATION
The importance of one thing in relation to
another.
Relative location-location of place in relation to
another
Absolute location-expressed in degrees of
longitude and latitude
Ex. To identify a location, what continents or oceans are near it?
(Relative)
Ex. Use latitude and longitude to identify an exact location
(absolute)
PLACE
How one area is different from another, “Physical” or “Human”
characteristics
Physical Characteristics: landforms, water forms, climate, soil,
plant and animal life
Human Characteristics: amount people living in a certain place,
how close together
they live, social traits, cultural traditions and political practices.
 Ex. The climate of a rain forest is hot and rainy
 Ex. There are 3 million people live in Paris, France
HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION
How people, use change and work with a place.
Ex. Why is New York City a great seaport?
Ex. Why is Buddhism a popular religion in Asia?
MOVEMENT
Explains how, people, goods, ideas move from place to place and
change culture and the environment.
 Ex. Marco Polo introduced pasta to Europeans, it came from Asia
 Ex. The Spaniards introduced horses to Latin America
 Ex. In the late 1800s, thousands of Europeans immigrated (moved) to the
United States
REGION
Common characteristics about an area.
Ex. What makes Hartford, Connecticut different from New York
City?
Ex. Make comparisons to nearest neighbors, what makes the USA
different from the Caribbean?
Digital Notebook Entry
1. With your seatmate, determine which theme
defines each picture in the next slide.
2. In one complete sentence, justify your choice
for each picture.
1
3
2
4
5
ANSWER THIS QUESTION IN PREPARATION FOR OUR NEXT LESSON!
Does the environment have more impact on humans or do
humans have more impact on the environment?
SOURCES
http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/pier/classroomresources/FiveThemesGeography.pdf