Think Like A Historian and Social Studies Skills Review Bundle

Set the tone the first week back to school with this "Think Like A Historian" PowerPoint and resource set that can be used for any history or social studies class. Social studies skills and historical thinking skills are essential to creating an atmosphere that promotes curiosity, rigor, and a love for learning history! This isn't your traditional PowerPoint as the "lecture" is broken up with partner work, moving around the room, pop quizzes to check for understand, and discussion prompts that will lead to meaningful academic discourse in your room.

This PowerPoint (90+ slides) Covers:

• Who is a historian?
• What are the responsibilities of a historian?
• Jobs available for historians
• Primary vs. Secondary sources
• Bias
• Sourcing, corroboration, contextualization, and close reading of primary sources
• An analysis of a primary source
• Eras
• Millenniums, centuries, decades
• B.C. & A.D., B.C.E. & C.E.
• Chronological order
• Interpreting timelines
• Timeline activity
• "Pale Blue Dot" - Carl Sagan
• Map vocabulary terms (review)
• Globes vs. maps
• Types of maps
• Longitude and latitude
• Absolute location (using longitude and latitude)
• Hemispheres
• Time zones
• Physical characteristics of geography
• Human characteristics of geography

CLICK HERE FOR THE POWERPOINT & RESOURCES BUNDLE ON WHY WE STUDY HISTORY

Please See The Preview Video For Samples!

Please Note:

• PowerPoint needs to have the content enabled before presenting
• Videos are included in the PowerPoint--> LOOK FOR THE VIDEO CAMERA ICON & CLICK!
• Modern Love, and Dreaming Outloud Pro are the primary fonts used in this presentation. You may need to adjust the font/size if you do not have a version of PowerPoint that includes these fonts.

This Resource Set Covers:

• Who is a historian?
• What are the responsibilities of a historian?
• Jobs available for historians
• Primary vs. Secondary sources
• Sourcing, corroboration, contextualization, and close reading of primary sources
• An analysis of a primary source
• Eras
• Millenniums, centuries, decades
• B.C. & A.D., B.C.E. & C.E.
• Chronological order
• Interpreting timelines
• Timeline activity
• Map vocabulary terms (review)
• Globes vs. maps
• Types of maps
• Longitude and latitude
• Time zones
• Physical characteristics of geography
• Human characteristics of geography

(The PowerPoint serves as the "key" for most of these assignments as it follows the PowerPoint.)