Social Studies

Presenting knowledge in Social Studies occurs in a variety of ways. Since there are so many subjects that are encompassed by this term social studies (i.e. US/World History, Geography, Economics, Political Science & the Behavioral Sciences) it becomes tricky to present knowledge. Thankfully, these subjects are usually divided into separate classes but oftentimes the subjects become intertwined so that they can be better understood.

In my past experiences as a student, I always found that knowledge was presented in my social studies classes with the teacher bearing all of the knowledge and the students acting as sponges absorbing this information. The teacher's knowledge was usually presented in the form of a lecture or a PowerPoint. Within this field, the students generally had a textbook that they could use to reinforce the material taught by the teacher.

Like I mentioned before, Social Studies can easily become a difficult area to teach in because many of the subjects overlap, for example, it is important to know something of U.S. History in order to understand concepts about U.S. Gov't & Politics/Economics.