Determine whether a source is primary or secondary
: Determine whether a source is primary or secondary
Determine whether a source is primary or secondary
Determine whether a source is primary or secondary
Determine whether a source is primary or secondary
Determine whether a source is primary or secondary
Use latitude and longitude to find absolute location
Use latitude and longitude to find absolute location Earth is divided by imaginary lines called latitude and longitude which measure distance in degrees Latitude (parallels) run east-west Longitude (meridians) run north-south
Use latitude and longitude to find absolute location
Use latitude and longitude to find absolute location In which CONTINENTS are these locations? (20°S, 140°E) (40°N, 120°W) (80°S, 80°E) Oceania (Australia) North America Antarctica Now find coordinates for the following: -Asia -Africa -Pacific Ocean
Use latitude and longitude to find absolute location Greenwich is Located near (50°N, 0°E) because it is North of the Equator and ON the Prime Meridian What are the coordinates of Peoria? Peoria is located at (40°N, 90°W). It is not as far North of the Equator as Greenwich is, and it is 90° West of the Prime Meridian
Measure distances on a map using the map scale Write coordinates for 3 different places in DN section Switch with a teammate: they answer yours, you answer theirs
Measure distances on a map using the map scale Do Now: Write coordinates for 3 different places in DN section Switch with a teammate: they answer yours, you answer theirs
Measure distances on a map using the map scale Do Now: Locate the scale on this map What units of distance does it show? How many miles from Aswan to Luxor? How many from Aswan to Al Kharijah?
Measure distances on a map using the map scale This is the map SCALE: Be creative when using it to measure!
Scale
Measure distances on a map using the map scale
Measure distances on a map using the map scale
Which is bigger – Egypt or New Jersey?
Measure distances on a map using the map scale Directions: Follow directions on control sheet to finish map skills activities When finished, you may do extra primary source or map skills activities for extension
Record dates using BCE/CE and define the terms circa, decade, and century
BCE – Before the Common Era CE – Common Era Record dates using BCE/CE and define the terms circa, decade, and century BCE – Before the Common Era Same as “B.C. – ‘Before Christ’” CE – Common Era Same as “A.D. – ‘Anno Domini’” So this year is 2016 ____ & ____ 2017 years ago was 1 ____ & ____
_____________________|_____________________| 1 2015 Record dates using BCE/CE and define the terms circa, decade, and century BC/BCE: Before year 1; farther into past AD/CE: After year 1; more recent _____________________|_____________________| 1 2015
Where are we in the current year? Record dates using BCE/CE and define the terms circa, decade, and century Where are we in the current year? Where is the line that divides BC/AD? Extension – about what year did medieval turn into early modern?
Read “Reading Social Studies” Leveled activities Record dates using BCE/CE and define the terms circa, decade, and century Directions Read “Reading Social Studies” Leveled activities Define terms and list 3 BCE and 3 CE dates Define terms and list all dates Define terms, list all dates, do extension timeline Extension reading: Textbook pg. 5-8
9/22 – Locate continents and oceans; apply definitions of key geographical and historical terms Fossil: remains (or rock imprints) of once-living things Artifact: old, man-made object (that gives clues to the past) Delta: V-shaped mouth of a river where it empties into ocean Peninsula: land surrounded on 3 sides by water (almost island) Archaeologist: studies fossils and artifacts Anthropologist: studies human culture/physical characteristics Historian: studies written records of past human life