1. Social Studies Key terms and skills
Mrs. Miller

2. Textbook scavenger hunt
Please turn in your book to pg. xxxii
Complete the scavenger hunt on how to use your textbook…this will be useful as the year progresses

3. Identifying main idea and details
The main idea is the central thought
It is general and conveys the key concept
The details are facts that support the main idea
Details include the who, what, when, where, why, and how
Details also include facts, statistics, examples, explanations, and descriptions

4. Main idea and details example
Pg. H5 in your text
Read the 3 paragraphs in the middle entitled Life in Colonial America
Answer the three questions at the bottom of the page

5. Summarizing
Is the process of condensing what you read into a briefer, easier to understand format.
A good summary includes the main idea and the most important supporting details retold in your own words

6. Summarizing
Read the summary on pg. H6 and answer the three questions at the bottom of the page

7. Making inferences
Inferences are implied ideas drawn from the details in the reading
Inferring requires using clues in the text to connect implied ideas with stated facts and your own common sense.

8. Making inferences Read the paragraphs in the middle of pg. H7
Then answer the following questions-
From a national perspective, what was troubling about Lincoln’s election in 1860?
What can you infer about the effect of Lincoln’s election on the future of the South?
Using the reading and your prior knowledge, explain the effect that multiple candidates can have on a general election?

9. Identifying cause and effect
By using cause and effect, you can determine why certain events occurred and if events are related
A cause is an action that makes another event happen
An effect is something that happens as a result of a cause

10. Cause and Effect Read the two paragraphs on pg. H9
Then answer the 3 questions:
Why did the Russian army begin to mobilize for war?
What was the effect of Russia’s mobilization?
List an effect of Germany’s decision to invade the neutral country of Belgium.

11. Compare and Contrast
Comparing involves looking at both the similarities and differences between two or more people, places, or events
Contrasting means examining only the differences

12. Compare and Contrast
We are going to read the three paragraphs on pg. H10
Then we will answer the three questions on the bottom of the page

13. Interpreting Time Lines
Chronologically organizes events
There is a beginning and ending date
There is a time span
Time intervals make shorter increments of time
Parallel time lines are information happening at the same time but at different locations

14. Time lines
Look at the time line on pg. H14 titled The English in North America
Answer the three questions at the bottom of the page

15. Interpreting Historical Maps
Provides information about a place at a certain time in history.
Look at pg. H20 and answer the 2 questions at the bottom.

16. Analyzing primary sources
Primary sources are documents or other artifacts created by people present at the time of the historical event
They can be a witness or a participant
You can identify a ‘first person’ clue by first person clues like I, we, and our.

17. Primary Sources
Look at pg. H28-write down all the types of primary sources listed in the purple box
Look at pg. H29 -answer the three questions about this source