Miss Matheny’s

Middle School

Social Sciences

So what sciences are they?

Instead of social studies, we’ll refer to this subject as the

social sciences. There are nine areas of behavioral and

physical sciences that we will study throughout the year.

culture history anthropology

sociology government citizenship

national

heritage economics geography

They include…

Culture encompasses many topics such as…

Culture encompasses many topics such as…

History is all about …

people places events

people and their actionspeople and their actions

In anthropology,we learn about

interactions of people within interactions of people within

families and societies.families and societies.

In sociology, we study the

US government is a balance of

federal, tribal,federal, tribal,

state, county,state, county,

and cityand city

entitiesentities

• Morals/values Morals/values

• Character Character

• Community serviceCommunity service

Citizenship develops over a lifetime and entails

culture and countryculture and country

National heritage ishaving pride in

The study of economics involves

• JobsJobs• CurrencyCurrency• Exchange of Exchange of

goods and goods and servicesservices

• International International marketsmarkets

to see how location and to see how location and landforms affect people’s landforms affect people’s

lifestyleslifestyles

In geography,we look at

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anthro-pology

sociologysociology government

government

citizenshipcitizenship

national heritage

national heritage

economicseconomics geographygeography

Social sciences are the study of

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