Bringing Social Studies to Life through Role-Playing and Real-Life Experiences

Abstract

Student participation in learning activities is often considered to be lacking, particularly in social studies. This situation can certainly have an impact on their learning outcomes. Low academic achievement is often triggered by teaching methods that prioritise lectures, resulting in social studies lessons that are rich in material but lack practical application. This causes students to feel bored and tend to be passive in learning, so it is understandable that they often lose focus when the material is presented. In today's era, children find it easier to understand material when it is accompanied by practice. However, Social Studies learning still mostly uses lecture methods with a lot of information to convey, so we should consider alternative learning media, such as simulations in teaching and learning activities. By using simulation learning media, we can assess how well students receive the material being taught. In addition, this media can also increase students' interest in learning because they are required to remember various topics that have been taught. The use of simulation learning media can also encourage cooperation between students, so that communication is established not only between students and teachers, but also between students themselves, making the classroom atmosphere more active.