The document outlines the 5 key components of social studies: geography, history, culture and society, civics and government, and economics. It provides definitions and examples for each component. Geography includes the 5 themes of location, human-environment interactions, place, regions, and movement. History involves studying the past, famous people, and important events. Culture and society examines the traditions, beliefs, and behaviors of groups. Civics and government looks at leadership, laws, and how countries are run. Economics focuses on money, finances, industries, and spending. Related vocabulary terms are also defined for each component and theme.

1. 5 Components
of
Social Studies

2. THE 5 COMPONENTS OF
SOCIAL STUDIES
• Geography
• History
• Culture and Society
• Civics and Government
• Economics

3. The 5 themes of Geography
• Location
• Human-Environment Interactions
• Place
• Regions
• Movement

4. Geography
• The location of places in the world
• Physical features such as landforms,
bodies of water, etc.
• Climate
Examples: mountains, valleys, rivers, the
desert

5. THEME 1: LOCATION
• Relative location – tells where a place is in
relation to other places
• Absolute location – the exact location of a
place

6. THEME 2: HUMAN-
ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
• Modify – to change your surroundings
• Adapt – to change to fit your surroundings

7. THEME 3: PLACE
• Physical features – landforms, bodies of
water, climate, animal life
• Human features – buildings, roads

8. THEME 4: REGIONS
• Regions – areas on Earth that differ from
each other because of their features

9. THEME 5: MOVEMENT
• Cause – an action that makes something
happen
• Effect – what happens as a result of that
action

10. History
-The Past
-Famous (and well-known) people
-Events
Examples: Abraham Lincoln, the Civil
War, the Declaration of Independence

11. HISTORY VOCABULARY
• History – what happened in the past
• Chronology – time order in which events take
place in history
• Oral history – a story told aloud by a person who
did not write down wht happened
• Perspectives – different points of view
• Historical empathy – the ability to understand
people of the past in their own frame of
reference

12. Culture and society
• Traditions of a group of people
• Beliefs/values
• Behaviors
Examples: Clothing, type of music, ways
of greeting someone

13. CULTURE VOCABULARY
• Culture – ways of acting, speaking, and
believing
• Society – human group
• Heritage – the wealth of ideas that have
been passed down through their history

14. Civics and Government
• Who leads a country
• How the country is run
• Laws
Examples: President, King or Queen,
democracy, the Constitution

15. GOVERNMENT VOCABULARY
• Government – a system of leaders and
laws that helps people live safely together
• Civic participation – being concerned and
involved in issues related to your
community

16. Economics
• Money!
• How money is spent
• Things that help a country make money
Examples: finances, taxes, salaries,
industries, unemployment

17. ECONOMICS VOCABULARY
• Economy – a system of using resources to
meet needs
• Economics – the study of the way that
goods and wealth are produced,
distributed, and used in the world

18. SKILLS’ LESSON
• Primary source – gives the actual words of
people who were there when an event
took place
• Secondary source – gives information
written at a later time by someone who
was not there when it happened