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Social Studies

“Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.”

--Daniel Webster 

Social Studies is taught in the Christian school because of its revealing power.  History reveals two things to its reader.  First, it reveals truths about God and His plan for mankind.  Second, history reveals the complexity of the world and culture.  Together, these two revelations aid students in seeing the world as it is, and knowing their calling in being a light to that world.  

History is the account of what man has done with the world that God has created.  Through the study of history we can trace God’s plan for mankind and see examples of God rewarding man for honoring Him, as well as cursing peoples that do not seek Him.  We can see that God is sovereign in events such as the rising and falling of rulers and dynasties, the timing certain discoveries and inventions, and how those events fell into the plan of God.  We realize that man was put here for God’s glory, and that it is God, not man, that controls the events of history.  

History secondly reveals what man has done in response to God.  History shows man’s sinful nature through the study of those that have sought their own glory instead of the glory of God.  History reveals world in which we live today by showing how humanity has reached where we are today.  History helps us understand our identity as God’s children, and it is only then that we can see how we are to be working for the good of God’s plan.  God has called Christians to be a light unto the world, to be His instruments of change.  It is only after we understand God’s plan and our current identity that we can work for the change He has called us to make.