Monday, August 30, 2010
4th Period: Is Social Studies Important?
Many Americans do not know basic information about their own country. On a recent episode of Jay Leno, random people on the street could not answer questions such as "Who is the Vice President of the United States?" Students often have no understanding of how the government of their own country works. If you click on the title above, you will be taken to an article written by a high school student who points out that many students "know more about who lives in a pineapple under the sea than about who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave". Do you think that Social Studies is important? Why or why not?
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I think that Social Studies is VERY important. I want to make sure that the USA is always a strong country in the world, and we can't be strong if our people aren't intelligent about the world we live in. Everyone should understand the basics about how our country works so that we can continue to be a strong, free country.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Tuck
i think s.studies is important.. without it we would not be here right now or be living the life we have. even if its good or bad. i think that we should know more about the people in and outside the white house. it doesnt matter how much you know about spongebob, he is not going to help you in school, or reach your goal when you grow up.. yes i do think s.studies is important
ReplyDeleteErykah Smith
i think that social studies is important becaus with out it we wouldn't know any thing from the past.
ReplyDeleteYes I think s.studies is important.Its sad that some people including me dont know how is the Vice President.The person who wrote about spongbo,good work and keep it up.Never for get your dreams cause sometimes it might happen.
ReplyDeletei think that social studies is important becaus with out it we wouldn't know any thing from the past.
ReplyDeletei think scoial studies is important because with out social studes, we wouldn't know about the five themes of geograpy, the history of our past, or anything like that. scioal studes is important to to the world and to the world.
ReplyDeleteI think that social studies is important. We need to know what is going on with the economy when we have hard times. i want to learn more about the government and whats going on in our system and get to learn more. we need to understand better so when people ask us questions about the world or economy we need to speak and speak correctly.
ReplyDeleteDominique Claytor
I think social studies is important because u need to know whats out there in the world.Learning about other countries can be helpful because if one day u go to another country,its going to be hard to understand there culture and language they speak.Also know there economy.
ReplyDeleteI think social studies is so important because without social studies we wouldn't know anything about the past. If one day we travel to a country it would be easier if we knew about the culture. Without social studies we wouldn't know a lot about things in the world.Social studies is just really important.
ReplyDeleteI think that social studies is realy important because without it we wouldnt know anything from the past. Learning from anorher countrys can also be helpful, because if someday well go to that country it would be alot of help. So yes i think social studies is very importan.
ReplyDeleteSocial Studies is VERY important because we learn about the whole world. We study different cultures, government, geography, and history. Social Studies is especially important to the United States of America because the people should know the basics of the government and our history.
ReplyDeleteI think social studies is important because with social studies we can learn about our past.
ReplyDeletewithout social studies we wouldn't learn about other country.And i think spongebob is not important because he wouln't help u with school.And yes i think that social studies is very very important.
Rsalia Gaspar
I think that social studies is very important because if social studies didnt excist we wouldnt know about cultures and regions. An yes social studies is very important!
ReplyDeleteI think Social Studies is important because it talks about the world and how places were discovered.
ReplyDeleteI think social studies is very important. because with no one knowing how are country works today we wouldnt be a strong country like we are today. So if someone goes up to you today randomly and asked you whos the vice president or whos our govenor you should be able to anwser it and if we know we will continew to keep being a strong nation like we are today. Thats how important social studies is an plus since last year social studies was my favorite subject. Nicole Badillo
ReplyDeleteI think Socaial Studies is impotant and not important. I mean a little of jobs you don't need to know the history of the job and sometimes the school don't teach you the history of the job.
ReplyDeleteI think poeple should know about social studies becuse its important.
ReplyDeletewith out social studies people wont know anything about whats happining around the world.