What is Social Studies?

Which is the central idea of the passage?

• Social studies includes many areas of study about people and how they live.

• A report from 1916 set a new goal for learning social studies.

• Social Studies is an important field.

Social studies

• uses radios, TVs, and computers.

• is the study of people, groups, and societies.

• can be understood by questioning students.

• was first taught in 1916.

Which fact supports the statement that students did not know geography?

• A survey questioned 5,000 students.

• Most students did not know when the Civil War was.

• Many students did not know World War II leaders.

• Half of the students from Baltimore could not locate the United States on a map.

This passage makes it clear that

• we are not members of a world community.

• social studies helps make good world citizens.

• researchers should question more students.

• social studies is not important.

The quotation marks around the sentence "the social studies should cultivate a sense of membership in the world community" show that it

• is important.

• is the writer's opinion.

• is the exact words from the 1916 report.

• was spoken by a high school student.

The word "survey" in this passage means a

• general look

• plan showing size, shape, and boundaries

• formal study or poll

• discussion