What is Social Studies?

There are many misconceptions about what social studies really is. From reading several articles, I have come across the true meaning of what social studies is and it's main purpose. Social studies is the study of a variety of different subjects such as language arts, science, mathematics, geography, history, and sociology. The goal of all of these subjects is to create civil competence. In order to create civil competence, the educators who teach these subjects need to be able to convey to their students that they need to use their knowledge about the community and the nation to understand our democratic republic. In school systems, there are K-12 programs. In the primary levels, the units are more structured around various themes. In middle and higher levels, the curriculum is more structured.