Mr. McIntosh's Social Sciences

Themes of the Social Sciences


Pow-er: (noun) - 1. ability to do or act, capability of doing or accomplishing something, 2. great or marked ability to do or act; strength; might; force, 3. the possession of control or command over others; authority; ascendancy.

Con-flict: (noun) - 1. a fight, battle, or struggle,  a prolonged struggle; strife, 2. controversy; quarrel, 3. discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles, disagreement;  at variance or in opposition.

Ex-plo-ra-tion: (noun) - 1. an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination, 2. investigation of unknown regions.  

Cul-ture: (noun) - 1. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, 2. development or improvement of the mind by education or training, 3. the sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one generation to another.