In this study, it is aimed to determine how social studies teacher candidates perceive the root values (justice, patience, respect and love, responsibility, friendship, honesty, self-control, helpfulness and patriotism) in the Social Studies Curriculum (2018). In accordance with this purpose; the metaphors regarding the root values developed by teacher candidates and their drawings/cartoons them regarding the root values were examined. In the research conducted with in the qualitative research

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... ethod, data collecting through metaphors for the root values and document analysis were used together. The study group of the research consists of 170 undergraduate students who are determined through purposeful sampling and who are studying social studies education at Gazi University in the spring term of 2018-2019 academic year. Content analysis were used in the analysis of the obtained data. According to the results obtained from the research; regardless of the grade, it is seen that most of the teacher candidates perceive the root values as the sine qua non elements forming the basic and that creates negativity in the absence. In addition, it was concluded that almost all of the teacher candidates perceive the root values at a positive level. It is seen that as the grade of the teacher candidates in the category of sine qua non rises, the number of the representatives decreases. Based on the results of the research, suggestions on dealing the subject of the root values in different ways were made.