The role elementary and middle school social studies plays in our lives:
A. is one of helping youths to memorize important events in the history of our country and the world.
B. is to help students become familiar with a large set of readings that will be useful to them later in life.
C. is to help students learn to make the same sorts of judgments their family and community members made when faced with an issue.
D. is to help youths understand how and why people act as they do and whether particular behaviors are worthy of adopting.
ANSWER: D
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