August 26

Warm Up

In your notebook, list 10 essential words that you have used in studying social studies.

Social Studies Vocabulary

The following vocabulary words are essential to understanding social studies. Copy the chart below and fill this in as we discuss the words. You will be quizzed on these next Thursday.

Term Definition .

CULTUREDefinition:

-a people’s way of life

including their tools, food,

language, religious beliefs and

government.

HISTORYDefinition:

a branch of knowledge that

records and explains past

events 

GOVERNMENTDefinition:

A group of people who have the

power to make and enforce laws

for a country or area

POLITICS

Definition:

The activities involved in

getting and using power in

public life, and being able to

influence decisions to affect a

country or a society

ECONOMY

Definition:

The relationship between

production, trade, and the

supply of money or wealth

SOCIETY

an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural,  scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.

GEOGRAPHYDefinition:

the study of all the physical

features of the Earth’s

surface, including climate,

plant, animal and human life.

What fits into these categories?

In your notebook create a sideways chart like the one below.

History Government

Politics Economy Society Geography

Now, using the lists of words below, put them under the correct category.

Congress Atlantic Ocean 9/11Candidate education electionsCapitalism Cape Fear River tradeWorld War II democracy Poverty

What fits into these categories?

History Government

Politics Economy Society Geography

9/11World War II

Congressdemocracy

Candidateelections

tradeCapitalism

EducationPoverty

Atlantic OceanCape Fear River

ARTIFACTS

an object that has been intentionally made or produced for a certain purpose

PRIMARY SOURCESDefinition:

Sources of information that

are created at the time of the

event (diary, journal, etc.)

are called primary sources.

SECONDARY SOURCES

• An interpretation of one or more primary sources

What kind of source is it?Create a chart in your notebook. Below each

category, decide the type of source the examples might be.

Textbook documentary movie Newspaper article Roman gold coinReceipt from Target birth certificatePictures wikipediaYoutube video Indian arrowheadGatorade bottle diarybiography

Artifact Primary Source Secondary Source

What kind of source is it?

Artifact Primary Source

Secondary Source

Receipt from TargetRoman gold coinPicturesIndian arrowheadGatorade bottle

Newspaper articleYoutube videobirth certificateReceipt from TargetDiary

Textbookdocumentary movie Wikipediabiography

MIGRATIONDefinition:

Movement from one place to

another

URBAN/RURALDefinition:

Urban- city

Rural- outside the city

INDUSTRIAL

• Pertaining to industry and manufacturing

AGRARIAN

• Pertaining to farming

HUMAN RIGHTS

Human rights are rights essential

to all human beings, whatever our

nationality, place of residence,

gender, national or ethnic

origin, color, religion,

language, or any other status.

CIVIL RIGHTSDefinition:

rights given people by law and

governments (freedom of

religion, of speech, and of

the press, etc. )

IMPACT and SIGNIFICANCE

Definition:

The effect or importance of

events or people on others is

the impact or significance.

MOTIVEDefinition:

the reason for doing

something, or behaving in a

particular way