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Social studies
is the name of a course or set of courses taught in primary and secondary schools or elementary, middle, and high schools, but is also sometimes the study of parts of human
society
at
tertiary
schools around the world.
At primary school, social studies is usually about the local community and family. By middle and high school, social studies includes many subjects about past and current human
behavior
and
interactions
. Usually, social studies taught in middle and high school is in the form of
history
,
civics
,
economics
and
geography
.
Social studies is a little different than
social science
, though many of the social sciences are covered in social studies.
The meaning of social studies is taken by understanding and the observing of the Great thinkers and scholars therefore teachers who teach social studies provide and understanding and acquisition of knowledge to learn as by giving them the full knowledge of the world they live in and in this provide an understanding of social and cultural Dynamics that shape and the influence human behaviour institution and norms