Getting to Know Your Textbook Class Notes
1.The American Journey 2. Appleby, Brinkley, Broussard, McPherson, Ritchie Table of Contents a.10 units. b.4 chapters. c.3 sections.
5Reference Atlas 4 &5. 6A Physical Map shows land features; mountains, hills, rivers etc., a political map shows states, nations and/or provinces. 7Geography Skills Handbook: a.5 themes. b.Movement explains how and why people and things move and are connected. c.6 essential elements. d.A globe is a round model of the earth, a map is a flat drawing. e. Absolute location is measured by using longitude and latitude. f. A key explains the symbols, colors and lines on the map. Also called a legend.
8. An appendix is the additional material included at the end of books. 9.Skills handbook, presidents of the US, Supreme Court cases, Documents of American History, English-Spanish glossary, index, acknowledgements. 10.Chapter 3: a.Page 56 b.Colonial America c. 4 sections. d. highlighted words are important vocabulary words.
11. Sections of the book: a.Index. b.Glossary c.Table of Contents. d.Atlas. e.Table of Contents.
12. Skills Builder: a.The key explains which explorers sailed for a certain European nation. b.The Mississippi River. c.Most framers were lawyers (31%). d.Imports were lowest in 1815.