An essay on your view towards social studies
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My Definition of Social Studies Social studies is the study of world cultures, social and economic issues. It took some time for me to come up with this definition but after years of studying history I feel social studies is not just geography, civics, and history. I do not remember my childhood years of social studies other than studying about white men and the black men they enslaved or the white men who signed the constitution and what great men they were. I always felt the history I learned was one-sided. When I got to junior high school not much had changed. We did begin to learn about a few great black people such as, George Washington Carver, WEB Dubois, and Harriet Tubman. By…show more content…
My Definition of Social Studies Social studies is the study of world cultures, social and economic issues. It took some time for me to come up with this definition but after years of studying history I feel social studies is not just geography, civics, and history. I do not remember my childhood years of social studies other than studying about white men and the black men they enslaved or the white men who signed the constitution and what great men they were. I always felt the history I learned was one-sided. When I got to junior high school not much had changed. We did begin to learn about a few great black people such as, George Washington Carver, WEB Dubois, and Harriet Tubman. By…show more content…I am now in college and my professors have opened my eyes to many things, as well as, challenged me to want to learn what was not taught to me long ago. I had Dr. Combs for Urban Geography where I learned about what urban sprawl and contaminated water can do to a community. By learning what causes urban sprawl helped me to understand why family businesses that have been in business for fifty years are now closed. Whenever we discussed our surrounding communities I was always asking questions because I had a genuine interest. I am a forty-year-old black female that grew up in sixties in eastern Arkansas. I do not have many out of school social studies experiences other than the family cultures and traditions I was taught down through the years. One that stands out is Sunday dinners and the stories that my grandmother used to tell about our heritage. The characteristics of an effective social studies teacher would include learning about your students’ socioeconomic background, their interest, and there likes and dislikes.
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