History from the Ohio Hills 107 S07 Skills and Methods

S07. Social Studies Skills and Methods Ohio Social Studies Grade 3-5 Benchmarks

A. Obtain information from a variety of primary and secondary sources using the component parts of the source. (Obtaining Information)

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B. Use a variety of sources to organize information and draw inferences. (Thinking and Organizing) • Y2003.CSS.S07.G03-05.BB.L04.I05 • Y2003.CSS.S07.G03-05.BB.L04.I06 • Y2003.CSS.S07.G03-05.BB.L04.I07 • Y2003.CSS.S07.G03-05.BB.L04.I08

C. Communicate social studies information using graphs or tables. (Communicating Information) • Y2003.CSS.S07.G03-05.BC.L04.I09

D. Use problem-solving skills to make decisions individually and in groups. (Problem Solving) • Y2003.CSS.S07.G03-05.BD.L04.I10

Classroom Activities

Social Studies Skills and Methods is an integral part of daily Social Studies curriculum. The Ohio Department of Education Social Studies Academic Content Standards section “Social Studies Program Planning” states:

“The social studies skills and methods standard is new to social studies curriculum in Ohio. It is designed to be incorporated with the six other standards, rather than taught in isolation. For example, in grade six under the geography standard students learn about the uneven distribution of natural resources throughout world regions. The social studies skills and methods standard can be incorporated by having students read bar graphs to determine where a particular resource such as petroleum is abundant and where it is scarce. Specific instruction in skills is essential and should take place in the context of the content students are learning at each grade level.”

Word Bank

Term

Part of Speech Definition

archaeologist noun a scientist who studies the way people lived in the past, including prehistoric times

communicate verb to give (or exchange) information by writing or speaking consider verb think about carefully before making a decision criteria noun tests, rules, or standards that are used to judge decisions, options and

solutions

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Term

Part of Speech Definition

develop verb to present details in a way that reveals more about a plan, idea, or event; to add details to a basic plan or idea

distinguish verb to be able to recognize or show that two or more people or things are different from one another

historian noun a person who studies the written story of the past obtain verb to get possession or ownership of something, especially by making an effort primary source

noun information that comes from someone who watched or took part in the event he or she is describing

research noun, verb

close, careful study; to study something thoroughly in order to be able to present information about it in a detailed, accurate manner

seconday source

noun information that comes from someone who was not present at the events described

Web Links

Ohio Instructional Management System Model Lessons: o http://ims.ode.state.oh.us o Navigate to Ohio IMS. Do an IMS Quick Search for Lesson Plans. Content Area: Social Studies,

Grade Level: as desired. A list of model lessons appears. Choose a lesson and add it to your IMS Backpack account – or download it in either PDF or Microsoft Word format.

o Model Lessons with Social Studies Skills and Methods Ohio Standards connections include: Grade 3: “Changes in the Community” – History, “Discovering the Local Community” –

Geography, and “Production: Specialization and Division of Labor” – Economics Grade 4: “Ohio Inventors” – History and “Organizing Productive Resources to Make a

Profit” – Economics Grade 5: “Allocation Methods” – Economics, “American Indian Cultural Regions” –

History, “Exploring Cultural Practices and Products” – People in Societies, “First Amendment Rights” – Government, and “Welcome to North America” – History

Ohio Treasure Chest of Technology Resources

o Social Studies web site: http://www.ohiotreasurechest.org/cgi-bin/course_list.pl?content_area=CSS

o The Ohio Treasure Chest is an online collection of thousands of web sites that are high quality, teacher-reviewed, interactive, and free. The Social Studies web site is aligned directly to the Ohio Academic Content Standards and is ready for use in your classroom. The site is organized first by grade level, then by standard, and finally by indicator. Entries are divided into web resources and lesson plans. North Canton City Schools’ Technology Integration Specialist Eric Curts administers this site.

eTSEO Programs

• Club Write: “Writing a Research Paper” and “Writing Reports” • Go Figure: “Maps, Charts, and Graphs” • It Figures: “Changing Scale on a Graph” and “Using Bar Graphs”

History from the Ohio Hills 109 S07 Skills and Methods

Distance Learning Opportunities

The Ohio Distance Learning http://www.ohiodl.org web site links users to exemplary distance learning resources and provides a forum for discussing issues relating to video distance learning. Distance learning events are usually held in registered videoconferencing rooms (called Video Rooms). eTech Ohio registers the rooms. Video Rooms are located in many of Ohio’s K-12 schools, at Educational Service Centers, at State Support Team facilities, and in other locations. Each Video Room has a designated room contact and a technical contact person. Distance Learning events are scheduled through the contact people. If your school or community has distance learning equipment but no registered Video Room, the Ohio Distance Learning web site includes video tutorials on how to register a room at eTech Ohio and how to schedule events. The following list includes program titles and their content providers for the Social Studies Skills and Methods standard. Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal http://www.cincymuseum.org/educators_researchers/educators/distance_learning/dl_social_studies.asp

• Experts on Demand Library of Congress – Distance Learning for Educators http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/video/index.html

• Treasure Hunting • Analyzing Primary Sources • Make It and Take It • Gathering Community Stories • Sleuthing With Maps

Ohio Historical Society http://www.ohiohistoryteachers.org/05/index.shtml

• Ask the Expert [Ask the Ohio Historical Society] • Picture This: Interpreting the Past with Photographs • So You Know Ohio? Interactive game show category about where historical sources are found: “How to

Make History”

Trade Book Connection

Social Studies Trade Books for Grades 3-5 • The Ohio Resource Center (ORC) • http://www.ohiorc.org/adlit/ip_content.aspx?parentID=217&recID=223 • The web page is organized by Ohio Grades 3-5 benchmarks and lists each book’s author, copyright date,

title and publisher. ORC provides a bibliography of trade books compiled by Kathy Buck, Elementary Librarian, Xenia Community Schools.

History from the Ohio Hills 110 Skills and Methods Vocabulary Quiz

Social Studies Skills and Methods Vocabulary Quiz

Name:

Date: Directions: Write the letter of the definition in the box before the word it defines.

Use capital letters.

1. consider A. information that comes from someone who was not present at the

events described

2. archaeologists B. to give (or exchange) information by writing or speaking

3. criteria C. tests, rules, or standards that are used to judge decisions, options

and solutions

4. develop D. a person who studies the written story of the past

5. historian E. think about carefully before making a decision

6. secondary source F. close, careful study; to study something thoroughly in order to be

able to present information about it in a detailed, accurate manner

7. communicate G. a scientist who studies the way people lived in the past, including

prehistoric times

8. research H. to present details in a way that reveals more about a plan, idea, or

event; to add details to a basic plan or idea

9. primary source I. to be able to recognize or show that two or more people or things

are different from one another

10. distinguish J. information that comes from someone who watched or took part in

the event he or she is describing

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Vocabulary Quiz • Answer Key Directions: Write the letter of the definition in the box before the word it defines. Use capital letters.

E 1. consider A. information that comes from someone who was not present at the

events described

G 2. archaeologist B. to give (or exchange) information by writing or speaking

C 3. criteria C. tests, rules, or standards that are used to judge decisions, options

and solutions

H 4. develop D. a person who studies the written story of the past

D 5. historian E. think about carefully before making a decision

A 6. secondary source F. close, careful study; to study something thoroughly in order to be

able to present information about it in a detailed, accurate manner

B 7. communicate G. a scientist who studies the way people lived in the past, including

prehistoric times

F 8. research H. to present details in a way that reveals more about a plan, idea, or

event; to add details to a basic plan or idea

J 9. primary source I. to be able to recognize or show that two or more people or things

are different from one another

I 10. distinguish J. information that comes from someone who watched or took part in

the event he or she is describing

History from the Ohio Hills 112 Problem Solving/Decision Making

Social Studies Skills and Methods Problem Solving/Decision Making Process

Name: Date: Part A. Jackson’s list of Problem Solving/Decision Making Steps Jackson wanted to build a doghouse for his 75-pound dog, Ella Bean. He decided to use the problem solving steps he learned about in Social Studies class to choose the best doghouse. He remembered all of the steps in the process and listed them on the previous page – but he got them out or order. Cut out each sentence in Jackson’s list of the steps from the top section of the next page. Paste each step beside the correct numbers so that the list is in the order that best works to solve problems/make decisions.

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Part B. Jackson’s Ideas for choosing ways to judge the advantages and disadvantages of possible

solutions/decisions Jackson began to use the Problem Solving/Decision Making Steps to figure out the best doghouse for Ella Bean. He got to the step about judging each doghouse he is considering. He had some trouble trying to pick good ways to judge (good criteria). Study each of Jackson’s ideas for judging (criteria) in the lower section of the next page. Cut them apart. Choose five (5) criteria that will help him make the best choice of a doghouse for Ella Bean. Paste the 5 criteria (ways of judging) you think will help Jackson choose the best doghouse. Be ready to explain your choices.

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Problem Solving/Decision Making Process A. Cut out each sentence strip in this section to use in Part A on the first page of this worksheet. Complete all of

Part A before starting Part B. Each of these sentence strips will be used in Part A.

Jackson’s List of Steps:

Choose a solution/decision and use it.

Judge the advantages and the disadvantages of the possible solutions/decisions.

Judge how well solution/decision is working.

Gather information.

Identify the problem.

List different decisions that can be made or ways to solve the problem. B. Finish the top section of this page before you start cutting out the sentence strips below. They will be used in

Part B of the first page of this worksheet. Not all of these sentence strips will be used in Part B.

Jackson’s Ideas For Judging (Jackson’s Criteria):

This doghouse is cheap.

Ella Bean will fit comfortably in this doghouse.

This doghouse will keep Ella Bean cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and protect her from rain.

I have $125.00 to spend. This doghouse fits my budget.

Samantha’s dog has a doghouse from K-Mart.

This doghouse is light enough in weight to move easily.

This doghouse will be easy to keep clean.

This doghouse is good looking.

This doghouse will be sturdy enough to last a long time.

This doghouse is made of plastic.

This doghouse has a skylight to let in some sun.

Ella Bean will look good standing beside this doghouse.

History from the Ohio Hills 114 Problem Solving/Decision Making

Social Studies Skills and Methods Problem Solving/Decision Making Process • Answer Key Part A. List the Problem Solving/Decisions Making Process Steps – in the correct order.

1. Identify the problem.

2. Gather information.

3. List different decisions that can be made or ways to solve the problem.

4. Judge the advantages and the disadvantages of the possible solutions/decisions.

5. Choose a solution/decision and use it.

6. Judge how well solution/decision is working. Part B. Choosing ways to judge the advantages and disadvantages of possible solutions/decisions. Answers will vary. Accept answers that the students can defend. The following six choices could all help Jackson choose a good doghouse for his dog, Ella Bean.

• This doghouse will be easy to keep clean. • Ella Bean will fit comfortably in this doghouse. • This doghouse will keep Ella Bean cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and protect her from rain. • This doghouse will be sturdy enough to last a long time. • I have $125.00 to spend. This doghouse fits my budget. • This doghouse is light enough in weight to move easily.

History from the Ohio Hills 115 Skills & Methods Quiz

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Ohio’s Geography ............................................................6 Chapter 2: Ohio’s Natural Resources ................................................35 Chapter 3: Ohio Prehistoric Cultures .................................................56 Chapter 4: Conflict and Settlement ....................................................84 Chapter 5: Ohio Becomes a State .......................................................112 Chapter 6: Ohio in the 1800s .............................................................151 Chapter 7: Ohio in the 1900s .............................................................184 Chapter 8: Ohio Today ........................................................................212 Chapter 9: Ohio’s Government ..........................................................241

Social Studies Skills and Methods Quiz

Name: Date: Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer in the box in front of the question. Use capital letters.

1) Use this table of contents to answer the question below:

On what page would a person begin looking to find information about the Adenas and Hopewells? A. Page 6 B. Page 35 C. Page 56 D. Page 241

2) Use these entries from a glossary. Which term should replace the blank in the sentence below? consumer - (n.) the person who buys and/or uses goods and services country - (n.) a nation or state that is independent or remains separate in

some manner – Examples: the United States, France, China, South Africa

demand - (n.) the amount of wanting or needing that exists for a good or a service, the number of consumers who want and are able to buy a good or a service

depend - (v.) to be affected or decided by other things economic - (adj.) having to do with the production and consumption of goods

and services for an entire community (or area) when looked at as a whole

The _____ for new cars went down because a lot people could not afford to pay for them. A. economic B. depend C. demand D. consumer

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3) Use the table to answer the question below.

From which country did the most immigrants come in 1850? A. England B. Germany C. Scotland D. Ireland

Immigrants to Ohio

• 1850 •

Country Number of Immigrants

Canada 5,880 England 25,660 France 7,375 Germany 111,257 Ireland 51,662 Other 11,446 Scotland 5,322

4) The Shenandoah, a huge Navy airship, crashed near Cambridge, Ohio in 1925. The crash killed 14 crewmembers but 29 others lived. Which of the following is the best example of a primary resource a student could use to get information about the crash?

A. An interview with the editor of a newspaper that published a story about the crash. B. A letter from a Cambridge student asking citizens to build a memorial near the crash

site. C. A photograph of the wreckage taken on the day of the crash. D. A journal written by the grandson of the Shenandoah’s commander, Zachary

Lansdown.

5) Use the graph to answer the question below.

How much clay and shale did Ohio produce in 1922? A. 2.5 tons B. 25 tons C. 2,500 tons D. 2,500,000 tons

History from the Ohio Hills 117 Skills & Methods Quiz

6) What is the purpose of the following passage? An Ohioan finds what is left of a prehistoric town buried under 5 feet of earth. As the Ohioan carefully digs through the soil, she/he locates a black stain; some flat stones that each show burn marks on one side, and a few pieces of charcoal. Just a few feet away the Ohioan locates some pieces of burned bones with small cut marks on them. The bones, when studied at a Cleveland museum, turn out to be the bones of a deer. The Ohioan concludes that the black stain, stones and charcoal are from a fire pit and that the people who created the fire probably had a meal of cooked deer meat.

The purpose of the passage is to describe how…

A. … entrepreneurs organize productive resources. B. … archaeologists study and interpret the past. C. … Ohio progressed from territory to statehood. D. … European settlement changed the lives of American Indians in Ohio.

7) Ohio was a slave state when it joined the United States in 1803.

A. The sentence is a true statement. B. The sentence is a false statement. C. The sentence is an opinion. D. The sentence is a metaphor.

8) What is the main idea of the following passage? Ohio has hundreds of sand and gravel mining quarries. Ohioans use the sand and gravel from all those quarries in many ways. It is used mostly to make cement for buildings, building parts, sidewalks and roadways. Another use is in the filtering beds that help clean up used water in water-treatment plants. Gravel is used for non-paved roads. Sand is used to create molds for metal castings in plants that make molded machine parts. It is also used for sandblasting and to improve traction on ice-covered highways and sidewalks.

A. Ohio exports sand and gravel to many other states in the United States. B. Sand is used to make molds into which melted metal can be poured to create machine

parts. C. Ohio has hundreds of sand and gravel mining quarries. D. Ohioans used sand and gravel in many ways.

9) Which statement below is an opinion about Ohio’s economy?

A. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ohio lost about 250,00 manufacturing jobs. B. The manufacturing industry has the best jobs for Ohioans. C. Ohio’s state parks attract visitors from all over the world. D. Ohioans buy goods manufactured in many different foreign countries.

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10) Use the bar graph to answer the question below.

Which of the following statements is not backed up by the information in the chart? A. Females in these three states had a better voter turn out than the males in their states. B. Ohio had a better voter turn out in this election than Hawaii. C. Maine had a better voter turn out in this election than Ohio. D. In Ohio, 60,000 female voters turned out for this election.

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Quiz • Answer Key 1) C. Page 241

2) C. demand

3) B. Germany

4) C. A photograph of the wreckage taken on the day of the crash.

5) D. 2,500,000 tons

6) B. The passage describes how … archaeologists study and interpret the past.

7) B. The sentence is a false statement.

8) D. Ohioans used sand and gravel in many ways.

9) B. The manufacturing industry has the best jobs for Ohioans.

10) D. In Ohio, 60,000 female voters turned out for this election.