Political, Social, Economic (PSE)

Overt and Subtle Influencers on Daily Life

What you think will not always align with what other people think.....even your closest friends will have different ideas than you.
In Social Studies, you will identify these influencers and categorize them...politicians, marketing agencies, pollsters, and investors do this as a regular part of their lives.

Relating to government/politics; primarily legal/political issues, people, and/or events.

Nations, War, Treaties, Political Parties and their People, Laws, Rights, Political Persecution, Revolution, etc.

"You may all go to ____ and I will go to Texas." D. Crocket

​Political

Societies and the Individuals that comprise them. Cultural events and practices including Religion, Media, Online Media, Customs, and Literacy.

"I'd heard about Texas Football and how much of a religion it is, but to go to Odessa and experience it first-hand is something different than just hearing about it." J. Hernandez

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​Social

Economy, Production, Material Wealth, Fiscal Issues, and the management of such.


"Our greatest natural resource is the people of the Lone Star State. They are the number one reason businesses grow here."

​ G. Abbott

​Economic