Hi Simone,
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The Homeschool Social Studies Program
Social studies is a classification tool used by everyone to identify the study of different societies. When students are actively studying a social studies unity, they are learning about the world around them. The unit could include a study of their homes, families, communities and the world.
In an independent study of social studies, a student will learn to empathize and understand another person's needs. Many historical biological reports and biographies are considered both historical and social studies in nature. As both are historical records of people's lives, hobbies, lifestyles and ways of life, the line between history and social studies is a very thin one. Where history discusses places and times, social studies is all about the people.
A social studies unit is intended to help children see that even though people might look different or talk different, deep down we are all the same. Some areas of social studies deal with different cultures while others deal with learning about rules, regulations and responsibilities of people to one another.
Bonus tip: Social studies is a great format in which to introduce career week. Teacher and students travel to local businesses to observe how they operate their business, see different occupational possibilities and participate in a job shadow activity."
Article taken from
Elementary Homeschool - Home School Tips
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I found some good links regarding this,maybe you would find them a bit of help in homeschooling.
Homeschool Curriculum For Gifted and Creative Children
Learning Social Studies thru Literature -- The HomeschoolDiner -- HomeschoolDiner.com
And I loved this article
The Link Homeschool News Network: What I Wish Someone Had Told Me...
When I was in the 7th grade,we used to have something called Newspaper in Education-
It was an extra class separate from the regular studies.We used to have different people come on different days and just pick an article and we used to have fun with it.
Sometimes it was Art,other times History or Science or Geography.
We would do collages/art related to the topic or talk/discuss about what each of us knew about the topic and the facilitator will add his/her views and help us understand the topic more.
Maybe you could pick an article from the newspaper or better yet,let him choose an article and explore it together.
Or maybe you could play a blindfold game, take the atlas or a wall map or a globe.
Blindfold and pin a place,that would the topic for the day,and you could combine geography,history and social studies in relation to the country chosen.
Good Luck with your homeschooling!:)