The aim of this research is to clear how pre-service teachers, who have no teaching experiences such as student teaching, develop their views and lesson planning skills about social studies. For that, the qualitative research was conducted with three X national university’s undergraduate students who majors social studies education. The results indicated that the students’ view of social studies and lesson planning skills are not necessary formed integrally, and students’ “crisis” and “obstinacy” regarding their identity created the gap about them. The outcome of this research implies how teacher education curriculum before student teaching should be improved.