We have a social studies assessment over "Unit 1" next week. This assessment will include:
In your Lesson 1, Lesson 2, and Lesson 3 packets, you wrote down definitions for terms 1-10. Today you need to get definitions for terms 11-16 written on the front page of your Lesson 4 and 5 packet. Next week we will do term 17. :)
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Please copy the following, and let me know if you have any questions about these terms and definitions.
(11) 5 Themes of Geography:
A framework that social scientists called geographers use to organize their thinking. This includes location, place, human/environment interaction, movement, and region.
(12) Historian:
A social scientist who cares most about what happened in the past, and what we can learn from past events.
(13) Political Scientist:
A social scientist who cares most about government and citizenship, and how a government and their citizens interact.
(14) Economist:
A social scientist who cares most about economics, including the production and consumption of goods and services.
(15) Anthropologist:
A social scientist who cares most about human culture, including how cultures vary and how a culture changes over time.
(16) Sociologist:
A social scientist who cares most about how people organize themselves into groups, from really small to whole societies.
- 17 questions of matching words and definitions,
- a scenario for you to think through the 5 steps of geographic inquiry, and
- a "disaster event" for you to think like the different types of social scientists.
In your Lesson 1, Lesson 2, and Lesson 3 packets, you wrote down definitions for terms 1-10. Today you need to get definitions for terms 11-16 written on the front page of your Lesson 4 and 5 packet. Next week we will do term 17. :)
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Please copy the following, and let me know if you have any questions about these terms and definitions.
(11) 5 Themes of Geography:
A framework that social scientists called geographers use to organize their thinking. This includes location, place, human/environment interaction, movement, and region.
(12) Historian:
A social scientist who cares most about what happened in the past, and what we can learn from past events.
(13) Political Scientist:
A social scientist who cares most about government and citizenship, and how a government and their citizens interact.
(14) Economist:
A social scientist who cares most about economics, including the production and consumption of goods and services.
(15) Anthropologist:
A social scientist who cares most about human culture, including how cultures vary and how a culture changes over time.
(16) Sociologist:
A social scientist who cares most about how people organize themselves into groups, from really small to whole societies.