Faculty Publications
Document Type
Guide
Keywords
Basic Skills; Check Lists; Content Area Reading; Critical Thinking
Abstract
Twenty successfully field tested learning activities are designed to help junior high school students develop skills in reading social studies materials; critical thinking; geography; and history. Each self-contained activity includes background information; examples; and student exercises. Activities for improving content readings focus on key words; sexist words; social studies terms; important facts; and who; what; where; when; how; and why questions. To develop critical thinking skills; students complete exercises using flow charts; objective questions to ask for specific information; ratings; and sources of information concerning the achievements of significant persons. Activities to develop skills in interpreting maps and globes focus on map directions and keys; places in the news; places which share physical features in common; and places where important events occurred. Students develop skill in understanding time and chronology by learning to discriminate myths from facts; to recognize the importance of dates; to distinguish primary and secondary sources; to read time lines; and to analyze current events. A checklist of social studies skills and a skills test are included. (RM)
Department
Department of Teaching
Original Publication Date
1982
Object Description
1 PDF file (74 pages)
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©1982 James Hantula
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hantula, James, "Basic Social Studies Skills" (1982). Faculty Publications. 5684.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/5684
Comments
ERIC Document - ED223518 found in the ERIC Database