1. Social Studies Review TeXes Carol Klages, Ph.D.

2. Social Studies Content 36% of exam Standards IV-X Incorporates: HistoryGovernment GeographyCitizenship EconomicsCulture Science, Technology, and Society

3. Significant Historical Events Westward Movement Invasions Conquests Colonization Civil War American Revolution Texas Independence

4. Primary versus Secondary Sources PRIMARY First-hand Oral Photos Journal Letters Secondary Someone’s version of what happened Newspaper articles Textbooks

5. Geography Longitude (up/down) Latitude (around) Region (a defined part of area) Physical Environment (terrain, type of climate, etc.) Absolute location (locate any point on the earth’s surface)

6. Geography cont. Relative location (refer to the location of one place in terms of other places, e.g.; Victoria is south of Edna) Cardinal Rose (n,s,e,w) Scale (measure distance) Read maps

7. Map Skills Know Symbols Scale Direction Interpret Information

8. Government US Constitution Bill of Rights Power of Governments Political Systems Majority/Minority Rights Voters Informed Decisions

9. Government cont. Electoral Contests Executive Branch Judicial Branch Legislative Branch Marbury v. Madison Formal constitutional changes Federalism

10. Economics Command Economy Market Economy Opportunity Cost Consumers Division of Labor Production Process Resources

11. Texas Economy Oil Cattle Tourism

12. Citizenship Rights (vote, participate) Responsibilities (vote, participate, taxes) Customs Symbols Bill of Rights Different points of view

13. Citizenship cont. Democracy Voluntary participation Effective leadership Persuasion Debate

14. Culture Traditions Beliefs Role of family Oral tradition, music, art, etc Mythical heroes Acceptance of culture Roles of men, women in past

15. Culture cont. 4-8 only Diversity but unity 19 th century reforms Impact of religion

16. Science, Technology, and Society How technology is used at home, school, businesses How scientific discoveries affected life