Fourth Quarter Study Guide: Social Studies

Fourth Quarter Study Guide for Social Studies

*Please review the textbook About My Communities unit 5 "Past and Present" and unit 6 “People at Work” (pg. 265-281.)

Be able to:

-Use a visual to predict content.

-Use words and visuals to predict the content of the unit.

-Obtain information about a topic using a variety of visual sources, such as literature.

-Describe seasonal changes and their effects.

-Compare family life today and in the past.

-Identify early uses of calendars and clocks as ways to measure time.

-Describe the order of events by using designations of time periods such as ancient times and modern times.

-Create and interpret time lines.

-Sequence and categorize information. -Name sources of information, such as people, places, and artifacts.

-Obtain information about a topic using a variety of sources.

-Compare sources of information about the past.

-Recognize the importance of knowing the past to predict the future.

-Follow steps for making a prediction.

-Trace the history of Fort Myers, Florida.

-Explain how local people and events have influenced local community history.

-Describe changes in a community over time.

-Explain how one event can cause another.

-Analyze the effects of change.

-Recognize that history is a series of causes and effects.

-Explain the significance of various national celebrations.

-Compare early Native American groups.

-Sequence early American history.

-Identify places that remind us of our history.

-Learn about the past from a history map.

-Draw maps to show places and routes.

-Identify contributions of historical figures who have influenced the community, state, and nation.

-Describe ways people honor their heroes.

-Give examples of places in the community where individuals are remembered.

-Read a grid.

-Use a map grid to locate places on the map.

-Draw a map grid of a familiar place.

-Understand that cultures and civilizations existed in ancient times.

-Identify contributions made by ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Native Americans.

-Trace the history of writing.

-Explain how diagrams are used.

-Read and cross-section diagram of a pyramid.

-Identify and explain the significance of various community, state, and national memorials such as Mount Rushmore.

-Obtain information about a topic using a variety of visual sources.

Key Vocabulary:

season

ancient

modern

time line

history

source

artifact

predict

museum

settler

cause

effect

colony

independence

freedom

landmark

history map

region

settlement

monument

memorial

hero

map grid

scribe

papyrus

maize

diagram

factory

manufacture

raw materials

consumer

producers

business

service

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