Synopsis Modern social developments have made it necessary that students are apprised of the social system in simple terms and also how to adjust in the existing social circumstances. Students in elementary and lower secondary schools can not be expected to understand the subjects of history, political science and geography separately. So a unified subject like social studies has been introduced in the curricula. The concept of social studies as a subject is an American import and has been well accepted by teachers and social scientists. The book exhaustively deals with the methods of teaching social studies.