The Social Sciences Anthropology/ Archaeology Communication Criminology Cultural studies Economics Education Environment History Human geography International relations Internet Law Linguistics Media Politics Psychology Social psychology Social work Sociology
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The Social SciencesAnthropology/Archaeology
CommunicationCriminology
Cultural studiesEconomicsEducation
EnvironmentHistory
Human geographyInternational relations
InternetLaw
LinguisticsMedia
PoliticsPsychology
Social psychologySocial work
Sociology
The Social Sciences
Standard H.8.0 Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues.
I can define and explain the roles of geographers, archaeologists, and historians.
The Social SciencesSocial Science is a particular area of study that relates to human society.
Social Scientists are specialists (scholars) in studying human society.
Social Scientists are like detectives because:
• They study clues, interpret clues, and form hypotheses.
• They solve the “mystery” of the meaning of artifacts and written records left behind by humans in the world.
As History Detectives we will be investigating what happened in the past and what it means.
The Social SciencesWe will study just three of the social sciences in Unit 1. The social scientists whose work is similar to the work of a detective are: Archaeologists Historians Geographers
Detectives Who Study the Past
Archaeologist: Digging Up the PastMain Item of Study: ArtifactsTypes of Evidence they investigate:
Clothing, tools, weapons, buildings, sculptures, paintings
Detectives Who Study the Past
Historian: Reading the PastMain Item of Study:: Written RecordsTypes of Evidence they investigate:
Diaries, writing, journals, records, newspapers, books
Detectives Who Study the PastGeographer: Mapping the Past
Main Item of Study: Natural and human made features of the Earth on or in the environment.
Types of Evidence they investigate: Landforms, rivers, oceans, climate, dams, bridges, roads.
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