While we were in school, we had a few favourite subjects we'd loved to keep seeing each week and we never got tired of learning them because it's what we love. But for subjects we detest, no amount of inspiration would change our minds because we loathe them. Unfortunately, we would have to take them for our career choice. I had such subjects while in secondary school which were Biology, Accounting and Christian Religious Knowledge. There is more to that C.R.K than the normal "what is thanksgiving? Why do we worship God etc?"
I was a primary school teacher for over four years; adding up both public and private schools now. If you have taught in a primary school before and as a primary school class teacher, you will agree with me that there is no taking of one subject except there are external teachers who come to take one or two subjects for some time and they leave. I had one woman while teaching in a private school, she comes to teach Computer studies on Mondays and Yoruba language on Fridays for just two hours each.
While as a primary school class teacher, I took all subjects which were 13 in number; they include Mathematics, English, Social Studies, Health Education, CRK, Home Economics, Agric, Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning, Handwriting, Drawings, etc. Though it was tedious work especially when you had to prepare lesson plans for all subjects each week, I had one favourite subject I loved taking much which was Social Studies. I love this subject so much especially because it has to do with society and becoming a good person.
I find this subject interesting with sweet subtopics which of them are; Family, Marriage, Religion, Culture, Stereotypes and the like. When it comes to these topics, I give my best to explain with real-life examples as my instructional materials which would be easily understood by the pupils.
I was a teacher before and would continue in that line and I wouldn't want to ignore taking this subject because of these reasons;
Social Studies is an educational discipline that focuses on studying various human aspects. It talks about how to communicate, interact, and behave among others in society. The content in this subject allows young learners to understand what communication is, and how to relate with the immediate environment, institutions, and society to be equipped and know the past.
Social Studies teaches young children and citizens how to make reasonable and informed decisions in a democratic and culturally diverse society. Simply put this, to educate young ones in the best way to be prepared for modern society.
Teaching children about family, religion, and marriage will help them understand the need to raise a family, how to make proper plans as regards uniting with family, what marriage entails, how religion is born, the need to love irrespective of religion as discrimination would be made understandable to them etc.
Social Studies is a sweet and informative subject on its own and these children need to be trained and educated to become the best citizen in society.
In summary, being a social studies teacher would help you inspire pupils or students to critically think about the world they live in. You will have the opportunity to teach them how the government is being functioned and finally, teach them how to research the fact to support their ideas.
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