The People of Social Studies

Can you think of a few historians?

Yourself – anytime you walk into this

room!!

Political Scientist – Person who studies governments and their relationships

People of Social Studies

AnthropologistAnthropolog ists - examine , ana lyze , repo r t on , and compare d iff e ren t cu l tu res and how they g row , deve lop , and in te rac t . How peop le l i ve off ers i ns igh ts i n to modern l i f e and how s ign ifi can t l y (o r , more o f ten , how l i t t l e ) we have changed and how s im i l a r we a re in ou r bas i c sys tems o f i n te rac t i on .

Archaeologist

Archaeolog ists - s t u d y a r t i f a c t s o f t h e n e a r a n d d i s t a n t p a s t t o d e v e l o p a p i c t u re o f h o w p e o p l e l i v e d i n e a r l i e r c u l t u re s a n d s o c i e t i e s . M a n y i n t h e p ro f e s s i o n a re a l s o i n v o l v e d i n t h e p re s e r v a t i o n o f a rc h a e o l o g i c a l s i t e s .

Economist

E c o n o m i s t s   s t u d y h o w s o c i e t y d i s t r i b u t e s re s o u rc e s , s u c h a s l a n d , l a b o r , r a w m a t e r i a l s , a n d m a c h i n e r y , t o p ro d u c e g o o d s a n d s e r v i c e s . T h e y c o n d u c t re s e a rc h , c o l l e c t a n d a n a l y z e d a t a , m o n i t o r e c o n o m i c t re n d s , a n d d e v e l o p f o re c a s t s o n a w i d e v a r i e t y o f i s s u e s , i n c l u d i n g e n e rg y c o s t s , i n fl a t i o n , i n t e re s t r a t e s , exc h a n g e r a t e s , b u s i n e s s c y c l e s , t a xe s , a n d e m p l o y m e n t l e v e l s , a m o n g o t h e r s .

Geographer

A   geographer   s t u d i e s l o c a t i o n s a n d s p a c e s t o l e a rn m o re a b o u t t h e w o r l d .  

A phys i ca l  geographer   s t u d ie s t h e s u r f a c e o f t h e E a r t h a n d n a t u r a l p h e n o m e n a . T h e y l o o k a t t o p i c s l i ke t e r r a i n , t h e   d i s t r i b u t i o n o f w a t e r ,   c l i m a t e   p a t t e rn s , e c o s y s t e m s , a n d t h e re l a t i o n s h i p s b e t w e e n l i v i n g o rg a n i s m s .

Sources in Social studies

Pr imary Source –

C a m e f ro m t h e t i m e i n w h i c h t h e p e r s o n w a s l i v i n gE x a m p l e s : D i a r y , j o u rn a l , a u t o b i o g r a p h y

E x . A b o o k a b o u t Ad o l f H i t l e r w r i t t e n i n 1 9 4 0 .

E x . A f o rm e r p re s i d e n t s p e r s o n a l d i a r y

Secondary Source

A b o o k o r m a t e r i a l w r i t t e n b y s o m e o n e n o t i n t h a t t i m e p e r i o d .

E x a m p l e : B i o g r a p h y

E x . M r. G . w r i t i n g a b o o k a b o u t Ad o l f H i t l e r

Types of Maps

• Activity: • On a piece of paper draw a

map of New York State

Political MapShows boarders and capitals as well as major cities

Topographic Map

Shows landforms and physical features of an area

Cartogram MapShows the size of a country or area based upon what is being measured

Roughly speaking, on a map like this, the sizes of the countries of the world are in proportion to their actual sizes on the surface of the planet and their shapes are the same as their actual shapes

Cartogram Map

In this map the sizes of countries are proportional not to their actual landmass but instead to the number of people living there; a country with 20 million people, for instance, appears twice as large as a country with 10 million.