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1. Social Studies is STORIES

3. MY STORY MY STORY

4. OUR STORY America’s Beginnings

5. The story of Social Studies is EVERYWHERE

6. How do we learn that story?

7. Where do we SEE it?

8. WHY DO WE CARE?

9. HISTORY IS THE FORCES OF CHANGE

10. AND CONTINUITY

11. the relationship between the present and the past

12. and the mistakes and the triumphs of the world that can teach us about future behavior

14. THIS YEAR...

15. American Independence and the Revolutionary War

16. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights

17. Creating government and presidents

18. ...MOVING WEST

19. The American Civil War

20. What's your story? Share something with the people at your table: what will you will remember from this summer? It's part of your history!

21. How do we LEARN Our STORIES?

22. Primary Sources Original materials from the time period , that have not gone through interpretation or evaluation.

24. Letters Documents Diaries Journals Eyewitness articles Videos/recordings Speeches Photos Artifacts Works of art Architecture Music Literature

25. SECONDARY SOURCES Relates to or discusses information originally presented somewhere ELSE

26. Textbooks Magazines Encyclopedias Online databases Biographies

27. ORAL HISTORY Historical information based on the personal experiences or opinion of the speaker Shared via word of mouth, not written down

28. songs stories myths legends folk tales traditions

29. Share some oral history! What is a tradition or something unique that your family does? Share with your table

30. Where do we SEE our stories?

32. TELEVISION

33. On TV…Social Studies can even make you rich!

34. MOVIES

37. VIDEO GAMES

38. EVERYWHERE, EVERYDAY

40. What history will you leave behind? what's your story?