Areas of social science - history, geography, ecomomy, & polical science. Social Studies Alive

1. Social Sciences are the study of how people live in groups.

2. Social Scientists
• Economist
• Geographer
• Historian
• Political Scientist

3. Economists-A scientist who studies the
economy of a community.
• Interested in the
choices people make
every day.
• They want to know
how people make,
buy, and sell things.

4. Geographer-A scientist who studies the
natural and constructed features of Earth’s surface.
• Geographers like to
know where places are
on a map.
• They study the earth’s
surface to find out
what lies around them.

5. Political Scientists are interested
in who is in charge.
• They want to know
how people get the
power to run a city,
state, or nation.
• Job to make and carry
out rules and laws
• A scientist who
studies governments

6. Historian-A social scientist who studies the
past.
• Historians are most
interested in the last few
thousand years of human
history.
Historians ask questions...
Who took part in the event?
How did this happen?
Why did this happen?