“…Most of the previous studies on authentic learning have focused on science, mathematics and language education (Akça & Ata, 2009;Aydın, 2019;Aynas, 2018;Bektaş & Horzum, 2014;Belaid & Murray, 2015;Belet, Boyacı, & Güner, 2017;Coşkun, Doğan, & Ulua, 2017;Cotofana & Lachman, 2020;Dadlı, 2017;Dennis & O'Hair, 2010;Dolapçıoğlu, 2015;Finch & Jefferson, 2013;Flanagan, 2014;Gençoğlan, 2017;Gregory, 2013;Gündoğan & Gültekin, 2017;Hamurcu, 2016;Herrington & Oliver, 2000;Herrington, Reeves, & Oliver, 2014;Hürsen, 2016;Karakoç, 2016;Koçyiğit & Zembat, 2013;Motlhaka, 2014;Newmann & Wehlage, 1993;Preus, 2012;Rule, 2006;Safuan & Soh, 2013;SAYE the Social Studies Inquiry Research Collaborative, 2013;Weninger, 2018;Westberg & Leppien, 2018;Yanti & Mulyono, 2020). However, in Turkey, very few studies have been conducted in the field of social studies education (Baştürk, 2019;Gürgil, 2018;İneç, 2017;İneç & Akpınar, 2017;Karakuş, 2006;Önger, 2019).…”