9/17

PERIODS 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B

Complete textbook pg. 24
- Vocabulary #s 1 - 15
- Thinking About Facts #s 1, 3, 6, 7, 8

TEST FRIDAY
- Study the study guide.



PERIOD 3A

This is due Thursday. 
Complete textbook pg. 24
- Vocabulary #s 1 - 15
- Thinking About Facts #s 1, 3, 6, 7, 8

Test Tuesday (9/24)
- Study the study guide.



PERIOD 3B

We are still working on our world maps.

Name:                                                                                  Social Studies Study Guide (Life in the United States)  

Culture – entire way of life for a group of people (customs, beliefs, language)

Diversity – variety

Unity – being as one or in agreement

Values – beliefs that guide the way people live

Immigrant – person who leaves one country to go and live in another

Ancestor – relatives that lived before you

Ethnic group – people who share the same customs and language

Census – official study of the people of a country (every 10 years)

Population – number of people living in a place

Prejudice – negative opinion formed without proof

Constitution – plan of government for a country

Democracy – people make the laws and run the government

Republic – people elect representatives to run the country

Citizen – person born in a country or choose to become a member of that country by law

Civil rights – individual rights of a citizen under the law

History – study of the past

Historian – people who study the past

Primary source – information from the time being studied (eyewitness, video, photo)

Secondary source – account of the past written by someone who was not there (textbook, recent film)

Oral history – spoken records that are passed from one generation to the next

Perspective – point of view, how you see something

The US is country of much diversity because we have ancestors who were immigrants from elsewhere.

Americans share the values of family, friends, freedom, and the right to choose what we want to do.

It is important to study history so we do not repeat the mistakes from the past.

We the people of the United States are the first seven words to the Constitution. This is important because it states that “we” have a say in the government.

Population: US (329 million) ….. Word (7.5 billion)

You must be able to tell me at least 3 things from 9/11. Use your paper we did in class to study.