Social Studies Review TeXes

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Social Studies ReviewTeXes

• Carol Klages, Ph.D.

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Social Studies Content

• 36 of exam
• Standards IV-X
• Incorporates
• History Government
• Geography Citizenship
• Economics Culture
• Science, Technology, and Society

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Significant Historical Events

• Westward Movement
• Invasions
• Conquests
• Colonization
• Civil War
• American Revolution
• Texas Independence

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Primary versus Secondary Sources

• PRIMARY
• First-hand
• Oral
• Photos
• Journal
• Letters

• Secondary
• Someones version of what happened
• Newspaper articles
• Textbooks

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Geography

• Longitude (up/down)
• Latitude (around)
• Region (a defined part of area)
• Physical Environment (terrain, type of climate,
  etc.)
• Absolute location (locate any point on the
  earths surface)

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Geography cont.

• Relative location (refer to the location of one
  place in terms of other places, e.g. Victoria is
  south of Edna)
• Cardinal Rose (n,s,e,w)
• Scale (measure distance)
• Read maps

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Map Skills

• Know Symbols
• Scale
• Direction
• Interpret Information

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Government

• US Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Power of Governments
• Political Systems
• Majority/Minority Rights
• Voters
• Informed Decisions

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Government cont.

• Electoral Contests
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Marbury v. Madison
• Formal constitutional changes
• Federalism

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Economics

• Command Economy
• Market Economy
• Opportunity Cost
• Consumers
• Division of Labor
• Production Process
• Resources

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Texas Economy

• Oil
• Cattle
• Tourism

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Citizenship

• Rights (vote, participate)
• Responsibilities (vote, participate, taxes)
• Customs
• Symbols
• Bill of Rights
• Different points of view

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Citizenship cont.

• Democracy
• Voluntary participation
• Effective leadership
• Persuasion
• Debate

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Culture

• Traditions
• Beliefs
• Role of family
• Oral tradition, music, art, etc
• Mythical heroes
• Acceptance of culture
• Roles of men, women in past

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Culture cont. 4-8 only

• Diversity but unity
• 19th century reforms
• Impact of religion

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Science, Technology, and Society

• How technology is used at home, school,
  businesses
• How scientific discoveries affected life

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