Intro to History/Skill Development Lessons

Companion to: Chapter 1, Lesson 1 "Let's Look at Community" and Skills Workshop: "Making Maps."
State Social Studies Outcomes: Geography
- Describe, compare and explain the locations and characteristics of places, cultures and settlements.
- (Natural) Resources, Geography, Physical Geography, Community Characteristics, Sketch Maps.
Supplement Activity (History)
- Sequence chronologically major eras of American history and key events within these eras in order to examine relationships and to explain cause and effect.
- Sequence, comparing the past

Companion to: Chapter 2, Lesson 2: "History Close-Up," and Literature: "Home Place," Chapter 3, Skill: "Understanding Timelines"
State Social Studies Outcomes: History
- Reconstruct the past by comparing interpretations written by others from a variety of perspectives and creating narratives from evidence.
- Sequence chronologically major eras of American history and key events within these eras in order to examine relationships and to explain cause and effect.
- Decades and Centuries, Primary Sources, Comparing Past and Present.