Geography & the Tools of History — Chapter overview · Ancient Civilizations, Grade 6
Pick up the geographer's and historian's toolkit: the Five Themes of Geography and how to read a map, how to tell a primary source from a secondary one, how to sort events in time and untangle cause from effect, and how the land itself shapes the way people live.
Chapter question
How can evidence help us explain geography & the tools of history?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 1.1 · The Five Themes of Geography & Reading Maps
I can explain the five themes of geography & reading maps with accurate places, periods and defined terms.
- Unit 1.2 · Primary vs Secondary Sources
I can explain primary vs secondary sources with accurate places, periods and defined terms.
- Unit 1.3 · Thinking Like a Historian: Chronology & Cause and Effect
I can explain thinking like a historian: chronology & cause and effect with accurate places, periods and defined terms.
- Unit 1.4 · How Geography Shapes Human Life
I can explain how geography shapes human life with accurate places, periods and defined terms.
- Unit 1.5 · Present-Day Eastern Hemisphere: Regions, Scale & Population
I can explain present-day eastern hemisphere: regions, scale & population with accurate places, periods and defined terms.