Process Skills In Social Studies

Question 0

Give some other things about process skills

Answer 0

1. how do we analyze primary sources

Ex. Reading diaries / interviews

2. how do utilize secondary sources

Ex. Journal articles / encyclopedia articles

3. How do we look at political cartoons
4. Almanacs
5. Maps

Ex. Latitude and longitude to locate

Question 1

What are process skills?

Answer 1

Allow us to perform research, to formulate new ideas, and to analyze and discuss existing ideas

Question 2

What is cause and effect in history?

Answer 2

How does one event in history relate to another later on

Question 3

Process skills also identify _________ ?

Answer 3

Themes

** commonalities in the way humans used to behave vs. Now

—- how will they continue to behave

Question 4

Process skills are a set of?

Answer 4

Set of skills and abilities that we need to analyze and understand social study topics

Question 5

How might I be asked to use process skills on the test?

Answer 5

1. reading maps
2. analyzing timelines

Ex. Identify themes / make interpretation based on timeline

3. identifying the key ideas
4. historical significance of written excerpts

Question 6

When you encounter process skill questions I should draw on?

Answer 6

Knowledge of specific topics

• but also consider the general theme of history / social science
• use deductive reasoning

Question 7

Explain people’s thoughts on government when people are wealthy vs. When people are poor

Answer 7

When wealthy support government

When poor and mistreated - rebel and fight against government

Question 8

When unsure about certain passages, what should you do?

Answer 8

Draw off of the knowledge you do know and compare

• Similarities occur in humans
• think about general theme in history