What Is Social Studies?

What social sciences are related to social studies?

• We have an assignment in Social Studies which include this question and I find it difficult as a Student. I tried to search in the internet but there are no searches are related. Can you please answer this question for me.

• Answer:

  Social studies is actually just an interdisciplinary field of study made up mostly of the social sciences and a bit of the humanities. It's just there to make students (usually elementary and high school) aware of current events and to teach them to be good citizens of their nations. I think the list in this wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Studies) is ok: Usually social studies is mistaken for a history class but they are quite different. History class is focused on the details of the past. In social studies, we usually start with historical narratives and then apply the lessons of the past to the present and future. But social studies is not just history. It also contains concepts from the other fields in order to enhance how we can analyze current society. These fields include political science, sociology and anthropology, geography, and civics.