Social Studies

As we examine innovations, we will use the following "lenses" to consider their impact over time. Check them out below and practice using them!

A geographer looks through a geographic lens and asks questions like...

Where? Why there?

What is the impact on the land and environment?

What is the impact with the land and environment?

What geological features are important?

How do people interact with the land?

Think: Location and Environment!

An economist looks through an economic lens and asks questions like...

How does this impact the economy?

What jobs were created?

How did jobs change?

How did people use their money?

How did companies earn money?

Think: Money and Jobs!

A historian looks through a historic lens and asks questions like...

Who was involved and when?

How has this changed over time?

What historical events stand out?

How did one event impact another?

Think: Who, what, when, and where?

A political scientist looks through a civic lens and asks questions like...

What rules or laws are in place? Are any needed?

How did these laws or rules impact society?

How did these laws or rules change life?

What is the government's responsibility?

What political systems are involved?

Think: Safety and Laws!

A cultural anthropologist looks through a social lens and asks questions like...

How might culture change positively or negatively?

How was society impacted? Entertainment, restaurants, schools, etc.?

How did this change how people interacted with one another?

How were people's lives impacted?

How did communities change?

Think: People!