Why is there social studies in school?
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I think that history plays a major role in our lives. How would we know anything or be able to do anthing without knowing what happened in the past first?
311846
We go to school to learn, to be intelligent people. Sure socializing is fun and great for social sciences, but you are there to learn the many different subjects. And possibly move on to higher education, and maybe get a job using some specialized field. Come on, its not rocket science, or is it. Do you think it would be better if we went back to the 1800's model, crap whole literacy rate, ignorant unaccepting people. I mean I could list reasons all day.
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Education should provide a broad base of cultural knowledge (math, politics, psychology, geography, etc.) as well as easy-to-use and easy-to-remember tools for rational analysis.\n\nThe purpose should be to produce sharp, critical and mentally flexible citizens who are capable of adapting to new situations in a global economy that changes fast.
151005
Because people do not understand the aim of education,,Education in school and uni.s is not only giving information (that is more in schools) , but mainly it teachs the person HOW to get information,,millions of books are there everywhere full of information (plus internet  ...etc), what ment by education is to enable the person to get the information and use it to solve a problem..(of course I am not talking about the basics)
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Honestly, I don't believe there are any trivial subjects in school. There is a reason behind every single subject whether it be to broaden your horizons or develop basic skills. There is a reason for every subject. Granted I may have a tainted view...\n~An elementary teacher
240487
To know what happen in the surrondings\nso that teachers can communicate with parents and srtudents!\nIt helps
925949
for me school is a great place to learn to discover things you never done before.also school is a learning environment.im a 7th grader student.thanks for asking
1124203
the role of history ed is to help u understand what people went throw, go throw, what happened in the past is VERY important so that we can prevent it in the future!it is there so that we learn our rights & understand that life isn't easy & that we got to do our best to help everyone and so that we can live better and progress history is a VERY important subluct to learn & if U have an awesome history teacher it can also be EASY,  sorta fun, & sorta interesting!
241177
good! school is for learning.... it makes you educated 'bout many things....
904654
All it takes is to make learning and interesting.\nIs a good thing to make up educational games!
66827
social sciences are NOT a part of the science "curriculum"\nSocial Science involves the knowledge of the social life of human beings...history, sociology, psychology, economics, poly sci, history  (social sciences are not part of the history department in schools, the history department is part of the social sciences)\n\n\nscience, in the other hand, is using the "scientific method" or the knowledge gained from the scientific method\n\nthe word "science" is misleading in the social sciences... the word science comes from the latin scientia, which just means "knowledge"- thus, social knowledge, whereas in the "science" field, it means gaining knowledge by using theories and experimentation.
901150
You know..that's a really good question. Back in middle school, homework was everything. Tests were based off of homework. Now, as a junior, with three AP's, I've decided homework has NOTHING to do with your grade. Homework is literally busy work. Tests are based off your own individual learning and quizzes are things that the teachers go over during class. \n\nAlso, homework doesn't tell the teacher anything about how much you've learned. Nowadays, you have this site to help you, wikipedia, etc. Anything. \n\nIt's totally pointless. The only homework that I've found has helped me is for history. It's a bunch of reading and essays that question your knowledge about the current subject.
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Because school makes learning so boring and dreadful that kids automatically reject anything that might be informative.  Adults do it too actually.  Teachers need to find more ways of making learning fun.
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http://www.pbs.org/opb/meaningoffood/classroom/\n\nThe Meaning of Food provides an interesting and meaningful entry point for teachers to introduce students to diverse cultures through food. This lesson helps students learn about different cultures through classroom discussion and a research project. It also offers multiple ways for students to present their research to the class.\n\nThe lesson is recommended for middle school aged children in social studies classrooms, but you might be able to adapt it. \n\nAlso check out the source they have very interesting sites you might be able to find what you are looking for and many other cool things.
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The US has an over-abundance of social studies teachers.  The areas that the US really needs teachers in are math, science, reading and special education.
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if you are interested in pilitics i suggest you should study law cause if you study politics you probably will end up teaching history in some school.law contains politics.
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The main reason I beleive is Population Levels. If you look at states like Montana, Wisconsin, and so forth, they dont have nearly as much population as lets say LA, or New York. While schools in low population states have less students with a good amount of teachers, schools here in LA and other major cities are stuffed with students, and very few teachers. So whats the best choice the government has?. Well different types of education, for different type of regions. More text work for big  classes, more teacher friendly approach to classes with less students. which in turn means less money spent, less paper work, more time to concentrate on education.