Themes of Social Studies
Studies PAST events
What is AMERICAN?
Nomads come to North America from Asia
What is 20,000 BC?
The name of the land bridge used by the first Americans.
What is Beringia?
Studies the natural and man-made features of Earth
What is GEOGRAPHY?
What is IMMIGRANT?
Native Americans
What is 200 AD?
This is the type of transportation the first settlers used to move west.
What are covered wagons?
How certain groups of people act, live, eat, believe, and change
What is CULTURE?
-Prejudging others
What is PREJUDICE?
European explorers
What is 1400s?
This was a "welcome and inspiring sight" as immigrants arrived in New York Harbor.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
-Goods and services produced
-How people buy and sell things
What is ECONOMICS?
Harassment or oppression of people
What is PERSECUTION?
Ellis Island opens
What is 1892?
The United States of America used to be called a "Melting Pot." Now, it's called this...
What is Salad Bowl?
-People making decisions to run a family, city, state, nation
-Looks at how a governing body makes decisions and carries out its laws
What is CIVICS/GOVERNMENT?
-A person who leaves homeland to escape persecution
-A person who leave homeland to escape dangers of war
What is REFUGEE?
Refugees from Southeast Asia, Cuba, and Haiti
What is 1950?
The depot for immigration before Ellis Island (1855-1890)