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The e-Tutor Social Studies program is an integrated study that promotes civic competence. Study of the social sciences helps develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world. The curricular area includes six subjects that include content from the humanities, mathematics and natural sciences.
Each subject that makes up the social studies curriculum is offered independently, yet all overlap into each other. e-Tutor students gain a broad understanding of political and economic systems. They will gain an understanding of events, trends, personalities and movements in local, state, national and world history. They learn about local, state, national and world geography. They will understand how the concepts in social studies can help interpret human actions and prepare them for careers and lifelong learning.
By solving problems, students learn to recognize that individual decisions and actions have consequences - these consequences affect the way people, groups and nations associate with each other. e-Tutor students are asked to analyze information from a variety of sources and to solve problems through a consistent process using goals and criteria.
e-Tutor students interpret information by gathering a range of opinions and determining the best course of action. To study and draw conclusions about issues in the social sciences, students read and interpret textual and visual information, listen carefully to others, and organize and explain their own ideas using various media.
Social Studies is highly integrated with the other curricular areas. Understanding economics requires knowing mathematics; understanding geography requires knowledge of earth science. e-Tutor students learn that the connections between the subjects in social studies and their relation to other academic areas are the key to better understanding how people interact. e-Tutor students learn data collection and analysis, online and field research, opposing views and decision making - all of which are key elements to successful futures.
Politics
Students will be able to understand and analyze comprehensive political systems.
Objectives
- Analyze the basic principles government.
- Analyze the structure and function of major political systems in the world.
- Evaluate the evolution and nature of rules and laws that govern human interaction.
- Analyze the structure and function of various political systems.
- Analyze the major political events in the contemporary world and their impact on the changing structure and function of governments.
Economics
Students will be able to understand and analyze comprehensive economic systems.
Objectives
- Analyze the factors that contribute to economic development.
- Analyze the economic interdependence among the world communities.
- Evaluate the economic impact of political decisions made by federal, state, and local governments.
- Analyze traditional, market, and command economic systems.
- Analyze the basic economic concepts that have traditionally shaped economic systems.
History
Students will be able to understand and analyze events, trends, personalities and movements shaping the history of the world.
Objectives
- Know the chronology and significance of the major events in world history.
- Understand the historical developments leading to the present similarities and differences among the world's people.
- Evaluate the contributions of significant men and women in world history.
- Know the chronology and significance of the major social, economic and political events shaping the American experience.
- Understand the impact of urbanization, industrialization and emerging technology on the world's environment as well as on its social, political and economic institutions.
Geography
Students will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of world geography.
Objectives
- Understand the cultural and physical geography of each of the world's region.
- Understand the concepts of absolute and relative location.
- Analyze various map projections.
- Understand ways in which people define, name and alter places.
- Understand how maps, models and other graphics contribute to an enriched sense of place.
Sociology
Students will be able to apply the skills and knowledge gained in the social sciences to decision making in life situations.
Objectives
- Understand how individuals and/or groups effect change.
- Evaluate sources of information in terms of selective criteria.
- Evaluate the costs and benefits of a particular course of action.
- Analyze the interdependent roles of an individual as a consumer, a producer, and a citizen.
- Understand various relationships between the individual and others in the local community, state, nation and world.
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