Chapter 1: The Tools of History
Chapter Objectives
Identify the tools and skills geographers, archaeologists, historians, and other scholars use to explore and learn about the past.
Lesson 1: The World’s Geography
- Describe the key features of Earth’s surface.
- Explain the five themes of geography.
- Summarize how humans are affected by their environment.
- Language Objective: Use personal experiences to gain a deeper understanding of the five themes of geography.
Lesson 2: How Maps Help Us Study History
- Describe the tools used by geographers to study Earth.
- Describe the different types of maps geographers use.
- Trace how maps have changed.
- Language Objective: Explore cognates to acquire information and make the text more comprehensible.
Lesson 3: How Archaeologists Study the Past
- Describe the tools used by archaeologists to study and understand human history.
- Summarize current knowledge about the history of humanlike beings.
- Summarize the current knowledge about the Stone Age.
- Language Objective: Use structural and context clues to define words to gain a deeper understanding of the information.
Lesson 4: How Historians Study the Past
- Analyze the reasons why people study history.
- Describe the tools historians use to study the past.
- Explain how our understanding of history is always subject to change.
- Language Objective: Determine whether scenarios presented constitute a primary source, secondary source, or oral history.
