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Article: Social studies: the timeless subject; open your mind to the past, and you'll be opening your eyes to the present and future. (What Do I Do With...?).
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- Career World, a Weekly Reader publication
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- October 1, 2002
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"Once upon a time...." Where do those words take you? In bed, snuggled under a blanket, as you listen to a bedtime story? Into the pages of your favorite childhood adventure storybook?
Look up the word "history" in a dictionary. It's no surprise that one of its meanings is "story." Stories of people, places, and events make social studies come to life. Rachel Hoerman, a junior at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, plans to earn at least a master's degree in history. "History, to me, [always] seemed like a never-ending story," she says.
Whether it's U.S. or world history, geography, civics, or another related area, social studies can help you ...