A Different Approach to Teaching Social Studies: Folk Songs History

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of teaching and learning the subjects of Social Studies with folk songs in secondary school students. This study is made in 2012-2013 Academic Year Spring Term with seventh grade students studying in secondary school bounded Mugla Provincial Directorate for National Education. 67 students have attended to this study. 34 of those are experimental group and 33 of those are control group. Academic achievement test which is formed of 20 questions with multiple choice of four option is used. The process of practice is limited to four weeks. At the end of this study, it is determined that there is a significant difference for the benefit of students in experimental group who are taught with folk song-based activities. That students in experimental group are more successful is deduced according to the studies.