Aug 15, 2020
6 min read
Why Do You Learn Social Studies In School?
On the first day of school every year the question of “Why do we learn history and Social Studies?” always comes up. Sometimes I flip the switch and I ask them why we learn this subject. I teach 7th and 8th grade U.S. History and the comments that come up are, “Why do I care about what happened 100 years ago?” “Why do I care about old white dudes who are dead?” “How I am going to use this stuff in real life?” Well…
