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5 Ways Edtech Enhances Social Studies Lessons

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According to Wikipedia: “In the United States education system, social studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, geography, and political science.” Another excellent Google Earth-inspired game is Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

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SpringerOpen SpringerOpen features research a wide variety of peer-reviewed research articles spanning different disciplines including social sciences, humanities, science, technology, medicine, economics, biomedicine, chemistry, computer science, psychology, and many more.

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SHAPE in Schools: Changing mindsets in support of social sciences, humanities and the arts

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SHAPE in Schools: Changing mindsets in support of social sciences, humanities and the arts Published: Social sciences, humanities and the arts are vital for addressing complex challenges, but do young people truly understand their value? What is SHAPE?

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Everyday Equitable Data Literacy is Best in Social Studies, far more than in STEM

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Most of us don’t read Science or Nature. Data visualizations that most of us see in our everyday lives are from opinion polls or about prices or taxes — they’re about social science topics (economics, government/civics, history, geography). Many students avoid STEM classes.

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Using big datasets to find out what affects children’s quality of life

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Economics — a branch of social science that studies the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services, as well as a huge variety of other complex issues of vital concern to society. PROFESSOR BIRGITTA RABE Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, UK. ABOUT ECONOMICS.

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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Social characteristics include population demographics, such as age, race, languages spoken and level of education. I went to university to study geography, then started a master’s in meteorology. I began my career in the technical side of GIS, but I have been wooed to the social sciences.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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This required data about social factors in each district, such as the population age structure, level of employment and literacy rate. This is a particular issue in the mountainous regions of Peru, where challenging geography makes it hard to build infrastructure and where policymakers have not focused much attention.