Welcome to Grade 7 Social Studies
Why is Social Studies so important?
Social Studies is the study of the earth's landscapes, peoples, places and environments Geographers are interested in identifying patterns and trying to understand and explain them.
Social studies draws upon such disciplines as archaeology, economics, geography, history, law, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology, as well as appropriate content from mathematics. As social scientists we are primarily concerned with answering 'why?'. In History we want to know why things happened and in geography we want to know why things are where they are.
For example, 'Why are the majority of countries suffering from malnutrition located in the Southern Hemisphere?'. Geography is not about memorizing the location of countries, cities, rivers, etc. Geographers try to answer three questions:
Social studies also informs us about......
Social Studies is the study of the earth's landscapes, peoples, places and environments Geographers are interested in identifying patterns and trying to understand and explain them.
Social studies draws upon such disciplines as archaeology, economics, geography, history, law, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology, as well as appropriate content from mathematics. As social scientists we are primarily concerned with answering 'why?'. In History we want to know why things happened and in geography we want to know why things are where they are.
For example, 'Why are the majority of countries suffering from malnutrition located in the Southern Hemisphere?'. Geography is not about memorizing the location of countries, cities, rivers, etc. Geographers try to answer three questions:
- Where?
- Why there?
- Why do we care?
Social studies also informs us about......
- The places and communities in which we live and work
- Our natural environments and the pressures they face
- The interconnectedness of the world and our communities within it
- How and why the world is changing, globally and locally