Five Fields of Social Studies

History is a record of the past. Historians search for primary resources such as newspapers, letters, journals, and other documents

History

Geography is the study of

people, places, and environment. Geography focuses on five themes: Location, Region, Place, Movement, and Human-Environment Interaction

Geography

The people in a society that have the authority to make laws, ensure they are carried out, and settle disagreements.

Limited – everyone must obey the laws

Unlimited- rulers do whatever they want

Citizen - legal member of a country

Government

Economics is the study of how people

manage their resources by producing, exchanging, and using goods and services. There are three types of resources:

1. Natural – gifts of nature 2. Human – skills people have 3. Capital- things people make

Economics

Culture consists of the beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways of living that people share

Culture