7th grade social studies investigates the humanities or the social sciences. Not content to merely examine history, this group explores psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, history and geography.
These elements are examined from many places including art, literature and language. Why use these types of instruments for instruction? that may be found in how we can define them.
Language travels far and wide, grows, ages, reproduces, falters and dies. It is a living thing, it can heal or harm, enlighten, enrage or inspire. It alters perception, maintains the status quo or begin a revolution.
Literature is an expression of thought in the written word. This expression has many forms and formats and has changed over time. The humanities interest lies in the changes and the reasons for those changes. Conversely, some of those changes have been to remove those thoughts from history. In those cases, we may never know what was written, but it has import just the same. It is the known and the unknown that describes literature's contribution to our understanding of the human condition.
Self expression lies near the emergence and development of civilization. As people developed the ability to provide a stable food source, settled into villages, formed governments there developed time to think. With those thought came expression and as written languages lagged behind, self expression became one of the realist forms of formal communication. Stories were told using dance, drama and music and these elements became the foundations of how many cultures spread and were integrated into other civilizations.
This class uses a text that explores the various elements first by defining and then by exemplars.
Chapter 4 Psychology 9/19-10/9
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
Chapter 5 Sociology 10/10-11/9
Chapter 6 Anthropology 11/11-26
Chapter 7 Political Science 12/2-12/12
Chapter 8 Economics 12/16-12/20
Chapter 9 History 1/6-1/17
Chapter 10 Geography 1/20-1/31
Zulke, F. J. (2002). Through the Eyes of Social Science. Long Grove: Waveland Press, Inc.
These elements are examined from many places including art, literature and language. Why use these types of instruments for instruction? that may be found in how we can define them.
Language travels far and wide, grows, ages, reproduces, falters and dies. It is a living thing, it can heal or harm, enlighten, enrage or inspire. It alters perception, maintains the status quo or begin a revolution.
Literature is an expression of thought in the written word. This expression has many forms and formats and has changed over time. The humanities interest lies in the changes and the reasons for those changes. Conversely, some of those changes have been to remove those thoughts from history. In those cases, we may never know what was written, but it has import just the same. It is the known and the unknown that describes literature's contribution to our understanding of the human condition.
Self expression lies near the emergence and development of civilization. As people developed the ability to provide a stable food source, settled into villages, formed governments there developed time to think. With those thought came expression and as written languages lagged behind, self expression became one of the realist forms of formal communication. Stories were told using dance, drama and music and these elements became the foundations of how many cultures spread and were integrated into other civilizations.
This class uses a text that explores the various elements first by defining and then by exemplars.
Chapter 4 Psychology 9/19-10/9
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
Chapter 5 Sociology 10/10-11/9
Chapter 6 Anthropology 11/11-26
Chapter 7 Political Science 12/2-12/12
Chapter 8 Economics 12/16-12/20
Chapter 9 History 1/6-1/17
Chapter 10 Geography 1/20-1/31
Zulke, F. J. (2002). Through the Eyes of Social Science. Long Grove: Waveland Press, Inc.
This file, wh_i.maps.pdf is a sample of student work when asked to create a map of how to get to their house. At this point, students were given no instruction as to what might make an effective map.
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