I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but with the people themselves;
and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion,
the remedy is not to take power from them, but to inform their discretion through instruction.
-Thomas Jefferson (1820)
"Social studies" is the title used to describe the study of the social sciences and humanities. Within the curriculum, social studies provides coordinated, systematic study of information, skills, and concepts from the disciplines of history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, psychology, law, archaeology, and sociology with attention also given to connections among the peoples and nations of the world, the effect of science and technology on society (and vice versa), and the ways to practice good citizenship. Social studies helps young people develop the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed and reasoned decisions as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world.
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Social Studies
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Social Studies