I chose the title Bridging the Gap, because, as an educator I want to connect the children I am teaching to the world of social studies and have them build a bridge of knowledge.
The first question I ask is what is Social Studies? According to the Social Studies textbook on page 3 "social studies is about our social world: It is about people, what they do, and how they interact with each other and with the world." Even though I know social studies deals with things that have happened in the past I also believe social studies deals with our community.
There are so many components to social studies like; economics, history, geography, anthropology, archaeology, law, philosophy, political science, religion, and sociology. When people hear of social studies their minds usually go straight to history. My hope with this blog is to enlighten people with all the different things social studies is. I hope Bridging the Gap fulfils its name by putting new thoughts and ideas out there.
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