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Geography Skills
Objective 2: Students will prepare to read like a historian in order to have a better
understanding of our American past.
Objective 1: Students will review geography skills
Geography Vocabulary
• Globe• Latitude• Parallels• Equator• Degrees• Minutes• Longitude• Meridians• Prime Meridian• Hemispheres
• Continents• Islands• Map• Map Projections• Title• Compass Rose• Scale• Legend• Locator Map
Geography Vocabulary
• Globe – scale model of the
Earth.
• Grid– Lines that circle the
globe in North-South and East-West Directions
Geography Vocabulary
LATITUDE• A.K.A. Parallels
– East to West lines on the grid
• Equator (0° Longitude)– Latitude measures
distance north and south of this
Geography Vocabulary
LONGITUDE• A.K.A. Meridians
– North to South lines on the grid
• Prime Meridian (0° Longitude)– Longitude measures distance
east and west of this
• Greenwich, England
• Degrees °
• Minutes ´
Geography Vocabulary
Geography Vocabulary
• Hemispheres
Geography VocabularyContinents
Geography Vocabulary
• Islands
Geography Vocabulary• Map :
Flat diagram of all or part of the Earth’s surface.
Geography Vocabulary
• Cylindrical projections
• Conic projections
• Flat-plane projections
Geography Vocabulary
MAP ESSENTIALS
• Title
• Compass Rose
• Scale
• Legend
• Locator Map
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Fifty Nifty States
All Fifty States and Their Capitals
What is a primary source?
A document or physical object which written or created during the time under study.
Primary Sources• ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
Primary Sources• CREATIVE WORKS
Primary Sources
• ARTIFACTS
Secondary Sources• sources are one or
more steps removed from the event
HOMEWORK
• Choose a source
• Identify the source as ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’
• Explain why the source is ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’