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1 Unit 1 – Social Studies Skills
TKO Review Unit 1 – Social Studies Skills

2 T – Title / Source Line K- Key Words O- Other Information

3 Three World Map Projections Mercator, Peters, and Robinson
Using the Text book Review Parts of a Map Copyright © 1999 Peter H. Dana, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin, The Geographer's Craft Project, Department of Geography, The University of Colorado. . Page XXXV I

4 Map T – Title K- Key Words O- Other Information
Source Line / Geographic Locator K- Key Words Captions O- Other Information Legend – explains colors symbols lines Scale – Maps proportions

5 Political Maps Political maps show how humans have impacted the landscape. For example, city names, roads, country borders, etc. are all part of political maps. Wars and ethnic conflict are two major causes political maps change. Page S20

6 Thematic Maps Gives the reader information about certain subjects/ themes. ALWAYS have a legend that explains the information. Title of the map tells you what subject you are learning about Page S22

7 Independent Practice 1. A map that shows the population of a place is what kind of map? 2. If you looked on a map and saw state capitals, cities and state lines, what kind of map would you be looking at?

8 Charts Page S14 - S18 T – Title K- Key Words O- Other Information
Source Line / Rows / Columns / Axis K- Key Words Identify the reliability and broad subject O- Other Information Scale – graphs proportions Legends - representations

9 Primary Source Page S8 T – Title K- Key Words O- Other Information
Source Line Document and Author K- Key Words Identify the Historical Context O- Other Information Ellipses … to distinguish if pieces of the text are missing

10 Primary Source Page S8 C. O. R. N. P. E. G.

11 Secondary Source Page S10 T – Title K- Key Words O- Other Information
Source Line Document and Author K- Key Words Bold Headings Citations O- Other Information Dating terms for sequence of events

12 Political Cartoon Page S12 T – Title K- Key Words O- Other Information
Source Line Document and Author K- Key Words Bold Headings Captions O- Other Information Symbols and characters / POV

13 Time Line Page S24 T – Title K- Key Words O- Other Information
Source Line / Dates K- Key Words Bold Headings Chronological Terms O- Other Information Images / Symbols / Legends

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