Social StudiesChapter 1:

The World’s Geography

Introduction⦿What is Social Studies?

Culture & Society

History⦿ In history we learn about the past.

We try to understand why events happened.

⦿Historians look for evidence, or proof, about the past in the objects and records that people have left behind.

Can you think of any things that a historian studies to find out about the past?Written records

Buildings

Works of artTools

⦿Historians have to understand the past from different perspectives, or points of view.

⦿ Because people lived differently in the past, we have to be careful not to judge people by the way we live now.

⦿How does this picture make you feel?

Slavery was normal at that time, so people then saw it differently. They had a different perspective.

Geography⦿Geography is the study of Earth and

the people who live on it.

⦿We can divide geography into different themes.

Location⦿ Everything on Earth has its own

location, or where it can be found.

⦿We use maps to study location.

Physical Systems⦿Geographers study the physical

features of Earth.

⦿ Things like…

Human Systems⦿Geographers also study population and

human activities, including settlement, trade, and interaction.

Seoul: a busy city with a big population.Rotterdam: the busiest port in Europe.

Ellis Island: where immigrants from all over the world arrived in the USA.

Culture and Society⦿ People live together in groups called

societies.

⦿ This Hmong society is in Vietnam, but very different from the society we know in Ho Chi Minh City.

⦿ Every society has its own culture, or way of life.

⦿ Culture includes clothing, food, arts, and many other things.

⦿ Korean culture is different than Americna culture.

⦿ For example, traditional instruments are different.

⦿ Can you think of some more cultural differences between Korea and the USA? Think about…

⦿ Food

⦿ Clothing

⦿Holidays

Government⦿ Societies need leaders and laws to live

together safely.

⦿Different societies have different kinds of government.

⦿ Look at North and South Korea.

Economics⦿ Economics is about money and how

people make, buy, and sell goods.

⦿Different societies have different economies.

⦿Germany makes and sells a lot of cars and sportswear.

⦿ Can you think of some goods that Korea makes and sells?

Review

⦿History⦿Geography⦿ Society⦿ Culture⦿Government⦿ Economics

Review

⦿ ___________ – a society’s way of living⦿ ___________ – studying how a society makes

buys, and sells goods⦿ ___________ – studying the events of the past⦿ ___________ – a society’s leaders and laws⦿ ___________ – a group of people living together⦿ ___________ – studying Earth and its people

economicsgovernment

culture

society

geographyhistory