social studies is stories

Social Studiesis STORIES

MY STORYMY

STORY

OUR

 STORY  America’s Beginnings

The story of Social Studies is EVERYWHERE

How do we learn that story?

Where do we

SEE it?

WHY

DO WE CARE?

HISTORY ISTHE FORCES

OF CHANGE

AND CONTINUITY

the relationship between the

present and the past

and the

mistakes and the

triumphs of the world

that can teach us

about

future behavior

Who are we as a nation?

How did we get to be the way we are?

What are our great achievements as a nation?

Why have we failed and what do we need to change?

When does our responsibility to ourselves and to society begin?

THIS YEAR...

American Independence and the Revolutionary War

The Constitution and the Bill of Rights

Creating government and presidents

...MOVINGWEST

The American Civil War

What's your story?Share something with the people

at your table: what will you will remember from

this summer?

It's part of your history!

How do we LEARN

Our STORIES?

Primary Sources Original

materials from the time

period, that have not gone

through interpretation or evaluation.

LettersDocumentsDiariesJournalsEyewitness articlesVideos/recordingsSpeechesPhotosArtifactsWorks of art ArchitectureMusicLiterature

SECONDARYSOURCES

Relates to or discusses

information originally

presented somewhere

ELSE

TextbooksMagazinesEncyclopediasOnline databasesBiographies

ORAL HISTORY

Historical information based on the personal experiences or opinion of the speaker

Shared via word of mouth, not written down

songsstoriesmyths

legendsfolk talestraditions

Share some oral history!

What is a tradition or something unique that your family does?

Share with your table

Where do we 

SEE our stories?

EVERYWHERE• Television• Movies• Video games • Songs• Everyday items

TELEVISION

On TV…Social Studies can even make you rich!

MOVIES

VIDEO GAMES

EVERYWHERE, EVERYDAY

Social Studies is

EVERYWHERE!

Can you find references to:

•Geography?

•Culture?

•Economics?

•Language?

•Natural resources?

•Government & Law?

•Art & Literature?

•Diversity?

What history will you leave behind?

what's your

story?