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Teaching Students Map Skills, Chronology, and Charts and Graphs. Presenters: Jeannette Lampron Susan Apple. Essential Skills. Timelines and Chronologies Maps Charts and Graphs. Pre-assessment. Do you evaluate your students’ skills at the beginning of the year or before a major unit?
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Teaching StudentsMap Skills, Chronology,and Charts and Graphs Presenters: Jeannette Lampron Susan Apple
Essential Skills • Timelines and Chronologies • Maps • Charts and Graphs
Pre-assessment • Do you evaluate your students’ skills at the beginning of the year or before a major unit? • If yes, then how do you evaluate your students’ skills?
Important Facts Concerning Timelines • Use equal increments of time between dates when constructing a timeline • The USA (as well as most countries in the world) use a Christian calendar (Gregorian) • BC means “Before Christ” • AD means “In the year of the Lord” • BCE (”Before Common Era”) has replaced BC • CE (“Common Era”) has replaced AD • If there are two BCs/BCEs or two ADs/CEs, minus the dates 2000 – 1945 = 55 years • If there is one BC/BCE and one AD/CE, add the dates 2000 + 221BCE = 2,221 years
8th Grade Example Why? First wave not on the timeline Second Wave Third Wave Period of low immigration Fourth Wave (continue to present)
Maps Maps
Elements of a Map NGS Date Orientation Grid Scale Title Author Index Legend Source GMS Legend Orientation Scale Title Labeling Author Date Symbols
7th Grade Example Compare maps to explain population trends
7th Grade Example Enhance lesson with visuals
7th/8th Grade Examples See the packet for additional examples.