The study of
Ideas, Stories, Etc.
We learn through..
Lifestyles
Communities
100

the tools and other inventions used to make products, save time, or in some way improve people's lives

technology

100

a traditional story about the origin and history of a people and their gods, ancestors, and heroes

myth
100

remains of a plant or animal

fossil

100

relating to the organization of society, how people interact with each other, or how people express themselves

social
100

a record of the past

history

200

the study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity

geography

200

the attitudes, beliefs, customs, traditions, art, and achievements of a society that are passed from one generation to another

culture

200

recorded AT the time of the event

Primary Source

200

relating to cities or towns;

urban
200

a group of people living together with a shared way of life

society

300

the study of the origin, history and structure of the earth, including its rocks, minerals, soils, layers, and other features

geology

300

the legends, myths, and beliefs that are passed from generation to generation by word of mouth

oral tradition

300

object made by humans

artifact
300

belonging to the countryside

rural

300

a complex society with a stable food supply, specialization of labor, system of government, social levels, and a highly developed culture

civilization

400

the systematic recovery and study of tools, graves, buildings, pottery, and other remains of past human life and culture

archaeology

400

the spread of ideas, values, and inventions from one culture to another

diffusion

400

recorded AFTER the time of the event

Secondary Source

400

relating to the methods, principles and organization of government or the ways in which people rule themselves

political

400

ideas that are accepted as true or right

beliefs

500

the study of humans, their origins, physical characteristics, institutions, religious beliefs, social relationships, etc.

anthropology

500

beliefs about what is important, good, right or desirable

Values

500

history of humans BEFORE the development of writing

prehistory

500

relating to the making, selling, and using of goods and services; relating to the ways in which people meet their material needs (food, clothing, shelter, etc.)

economic

500

all the living and non-living things that make up one's surroundings

environment