Getting to Know Your Textbook Class Notes 1

Getting to Know Your Textbook Class Notes

1. The American Journey 2. Appleby, Brinkley, Broussard, Mc. Pherson, Ritchie. 3. 2012. 4. Table of Contents a. 10 units. b. 4 chapters. c. 3 sections.

5 Reference Atlas 4 &5. 6 A Physical Map shows land features; mountains, hills, rivers etc. , a political map shows states, nations and/or provinces. 7 Geography Skills Handbook: a. 5 themes. b. Movement explains how and why people and things move and are connected. c. 6 essential elements. d. A globe is a round model of the earth, a map is a flat drawing. e. Absolute location is measured by using longitude and latitude. f. A key explains the symbols, colors and lines on the map. Also called a legend.

8. An appendix is the additional material included at the end of books. 9. Skills handbook, presidents of the US, Supreme Court cases, Documents of American History, English-Spanish glossary, index, acknowledgements. 10. Chapter 3: a. Page 56 b. Colonial America c. 4 sections. d. highlighted words are important vocabulary words.

11. Sections of the book: a. Index. b. Glossary c. Table of Contents. d. Atlas. e. Table of Contents.

Skills Builder: a. The key explains which explorers sailed for a certain European nation. b. The Mississippi River. c. Most framers were lawyers (31%). d. Imports were lowest in 1815. 12.