What is a good studying technique for social studies?
Q. I have a social studies quiz tomorrow. It is on a map where you have to label the country's and capitals. What is a good and easy studying technique?
Asked by Hannah - Tue Dec 1 15:32:13 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You could look up a world map without the names on it (blank), and save it in your documents. Edit it and try to name all the ones you need to study! It's fun I done it before and it helped me alot.
Answered by Shannon - Tue Dec 1 21:46:48 2009

What is a good social studies project for homeschoolers?
Q. My daughter is homw schooled and starting the 8th grade. I am using a Unit study based off the Chronicles of Narnia. But I would like to incorporate more social studies projects in.. Any suggestions?
Asked by Rachel B - Fri Aug 21 14:27:46 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The Chronicles of Narnia were written in England during WW2. You could easily tie in a study of English Geography (perhaps a 3D map of England created out of clay)or a study of WW2 (Sonlight and Queen Homeschool have some interesting readers about WW2). You could even get into a little of the medieval history about castles and armor, she could try building a model castle (I love making use of cardboard that the grocery store is planning to throw out). We built a castle big enough for the children to play in out of a large pieces of cardboard (Walmart is usually very generous, but take a large vehicle), clearance sheer material, and other decorative items. They love it and just loved learning all about castles (I did draw the line at the… [cont.]
Answered by Kathleen - Fri Aug 21 19:37:24 2009

What is the difference between social studies and history?
Q. I really want to get into this college and the requirements are 2 years of social studies and 2 years of history. I, personally, thought they're the same subject, but I guess not...
Asked by Ash - Tue Jan 1 19:10:48 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. History is a more specific subject, and while it is part of what is known as "social studies", it is only one among them. Other social studies subjects are geography, sociology, anthropology, linguistics. government/political science, gender studies, etc. As the name implies, social studies tends to deal with society and everything related to it. While any good history class will deal with social topics (as history does not happen in a vacuum), it sometimes helps to delve into fields like sociology in order to understand why things are the way they are. At a basic level, history deals with what happens- it answers the "what?". Social studies subjects help answer the "why?". Social studies is largely synonymous with "humanities" at the… [cont.]
Answered by bloggerdude2005 - Tue Jan 1 19:19:43 2008