1. Why study Social Studies?
Learning about the past can help us avoid making the same mistakes others before us have made.
Learning about the past can help us identify patterns of behaviors so that we might break those patterns if they will not help us.
Learning about the past can help us understand what might be the best choices to make for our own lives.
Learning about the past can help us understand the concept of cause and effect.
Understanding cause and effect can help guide our lives in a positive direction.
If we apply what we have learned from the past to our lives, it can help us contribute in beneficial ways to our world society.
Learning about people from the past can help us identify what kind of person we want to be.
Learning about leaders from the past can help us choose the leaders we want for today.

2. Primary vs. Secondary
Primary Source - a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study; these sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event

3. Examples of Primary Sources
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable): Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records 
CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art 
RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings

4. Primary vs. Secondary
Secondary Source - interprets and analyzes primary sources; these sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them

5. Examples of Secondary Sources
PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias 
A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings 
A history textbook 
A book about the effects of WWI 

6. Vocabulary
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7. Physical Characteristics
Features of a substance that are primarily sensory and measurable
EXAMPLES: area, hardness/smoothness, color, weight, shape, volume

8. Human Characteristics
The human-designed features of a place or places that are related to humans
EXAMPLES: cities, parks, roads, canals and farms; also includes the food humans eat, the religions, cultures, and transport and communication networks.

9. Region Areas that are alike in uniformity (consistency)
Regions can be categorized by climate, culture, economy, or many other things
We will see this when we talk about the regions of the United States

10. Perspective A particular attitude toward someone or something
A point of view

11. Bias
Unfairness in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

12. Validity
the quality of being logically or factually reliable

13. Activity #1
In groups of 4, you will divide up the United States in to 7 regions. (Don’t forget Alaska & Hawaii)
Look at the map on the board for help.
List the problems you encountered in coming up with your regions.
Discuss how you think that you would divide up the United States by region
Once finished, 1 group member will tell how you decided to divide them, and why.

15. Regions of the United States
Southwest
Northwest
Midwest
South
Southeast
Mid-Atlantic
Northeast

16. US Southwest

17. US Southwest
Characterized by dry, arid deserts

18. US Northwest

19. US Northwest
This area tends to have a cool, wet climate.

20. US Midwest

21. US Midwest
has a common agricultural economy emphasizing the production of corn, hogs, and soybeans

22. US South

23. US South
This region could be categorized by its hot, dry climate

24. US Southeast

25. US Southeast
The southeastern region of the US is loosely defined by its culture. In general thought of as a place that has “southern hospitality” and a laid back, slow-paced lifestyle.
The climate is warm and humid.

26. US Mid-Atlantic

27. US Mid-Atlantic
This region houses some of the most historic cities in the US: Washington, D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia.
It is generally a cooler climate than that of the southeast, but experiences all seasons.

28. US Northeast

29. US Northeast
Characterized by a colder climate and usual annual snowfall.