How and Why
Historians explore the past using these.
What are primary and secondary sources?
This is an easy way to learn more about your state.
What is learning about how your state became part of the United States?
Put on the hat, you coward!
I bet he's "mad."
This source is the easiest to access and lets you use things like Google to make searching easier.
What is the internet?
Step 1 of the geographic inquiry process
asking geographic questions
You can learn more about how an area was settled by learning about this.
What is a place's name?
There are three main ways states became part of the United States. List one of them.
What are:
1) being one of the 13 original colonies
2) being made from the Northwest Ordinance
3) being part of a land agreement with other countries
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Choose a team to lose points. You can pick yourself as well.
I am disappointed if you didn't pick your own team. If you did, have double points.
This source is a book filled with maps.
What is an atlas?
Step 2 of the geographic inquiry process
acquiring geographic information
Historians study the past to do this.
What is understanding better who we are?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This city in Florida has five flags at its city hall for the five countries that have had control of it.
What is Pensacola?
You can play the kalimba in exchange for 100 points every time.
This applies to every team.
Is it worth it?
This source is a book filled with all kinds of topics.
What is an encyclopedia?
Step 3 of the geographic inquiry process
organizing geographic information
This is a source created by someone who has seen or taken part in the events described.
What is a primary source?
The first European explorers to Florida came from this country.
What is Spain?
List all vocabulary words and their definitions.
primary sources
secondary sources
demographics
geographic inquiry process
and their definitions
This source contains thousands of sources of information including all the others listed and more like newspapers and magazine articles.
What is a library?
Step 4 of the geographic inquiry process
analyzing geographic information
This is a source created by someone who has not seen or taken part in the events described.
What is a secondary source?
Free points for everyone.
Yay!
Name all 50 states without looking at the map.
100 points for every 10 states.
all 50 states
This source is a government department that can tell you all about your state's geography and attractions.
What are chambers of commerce?
Step 5 of the geographic inquiry process
answering geographic questions