If You're Trying To Get Better Grades & Higher Test Scores In Social Studies You've Gotta Have This Book

by Forte, Imogene

• ISBN13: 9780865306479
• ISBN10: 0865306478
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-15
• Publisher: Incentive Pubns

Table of Contents

Get Ready . . . Get Set . . . Get Sharp	11	(2)
How to Use This Book	12	(1)
Get Ready	13	(14)
Get Motivated	14	(4)
Letter to Parents	17	(1)
Get Organized	18	(5)
Get Your Space Organized	18	(1)
Get Your Stuff Organized	19	(1)
Get Your Time Organized	20	(1)
Get Your Assignments Organized	21	(1)
Get Yourself Organized	22	(1)
Get Healthy	23	(1)
Get a Grip (on Study Habits)	24	(3)
Get Set	27	(32)
Get Familiar with Social Studies Themes	28	(2)
Get Tuned-Up on Thinking Skills	30	(6)
Get Brushed-Up on Information Skills	36	(8)
Which Reference is Which?	36	(6)
Finding Information on the Internet	42	(1)
Good Stuff on the Web	43	(1)
Get Serious About Study Skills	44	(15)
Better Listening	44	(1)
Careful Reading	45	(1)
Summarizing & Paraphrasing	46	(1)
Outlining	47	(1)
Taking Notes	48	(2)
Preparing a Report	50	(4)
How to Prepare for a Test	54	(2)
How to Take a Test	56	(3)
Get Sharp . . . on Culture & Society	59	(22)
Culture	60	(8)
Some Things to Know About Culture	60	(1)
Influences on Culture	60	(1)
More Things to Know About Culture	61	(1)
Patterns & Expressions of Culture	62	(1)
Some Cultural Patterns Defined	63	(1)
Cultural Interactions	64	(4)
Societies & Social Groups	68	(13)
Social Roles	69	(1)
Institutions	70	(1)
Laws & Rules	71	(1)
Authority & Power	72	(1)
Political Systems	73	(1)
Religions	74	(2)
Celebrations	76	(4)
Languages	80	(1)
Get Sharp . . . on Globes & Maps	81	(16)
Using Globes & Maps	82	(2)
Globes	84	(1)
Longitude & Latitude	85	(2)
Earth's Grid	87	(1)
Maps	88	(2)
Physical Maps	88	(1)
Political Maps	88	(1)
Cultural Maps	89	(1)
Parts of a Map	90	(1)
Special Purpose Maps	91	(6)
Weather or Climate Maps	91	(1)
Elevation Maps	91	(1)
Grid Maps	92	(1)
Road or Route Maps	93	(1)
Floor Maps	94	(1)
Relative Location Maps	95	(1)
Distribution Maps	96	(1)
Get Sharp . . . on World Geography	97	(36)
Five Themes of Geography	98	(2)
The World's Land & Water	100	(1)
The Physical World	101	(1)
Earth's Amazing Surface	102	(2)
World Extremes	104	(2)
World Time Zones	106	(2)
The World's Nations	108	(10)
North America -- Political Divisions	118	(1)
South America -- Political Divisions	119	(1)
Europe -- Political Divisions	120	(1)
Asia -- Political Divisions	121	(1)
Africa -- Political Divisions	122	(1)
Australia & Oceania -- Political Divisions	123	(1)
World Population	124	(2)
Remarkable Creations	126	(4)
Western Hemisphere	126	(2)
Eastern Hemisphere	128	(2)
World Connections	130	(3)
World Organizations	131	(1)
The United Nations	132	(1)
Get Sharp . . . on U.S. Geography	133	(22)
U.S. Land and Water	134	(2)
U.S.A. -- Vital Statistics	136	(2)
The 50 States	138	(2)
The States -- Vital Statistics	140	(6)
U. S. Regions	146	(4)
The New England States	146	(1)
The Mid-Atlantic States	147	(1)
The Southern States	147	(1)
The Great Lakes States	148	(1)
The Midwestern States	148	(1)
The Rocky Mountain States	148	(1)
The Southwestern States	149	(1)
The Pacific Coast States	149	(1)
See the U.S.A.	150	(2)
Record-Setting Wonders	152	(2)
U. S. Time Zones	154	(1)
Get Sharp . . . on World History	155	(30)
Prehistory	156	(1)
The Old Stone Age	156	(1)
The New Stone Age	156	(1)
Early Civilizations	157	(7)
Sumer	157	(1)
Babylonia	157	(1)
Assyria	157	(1)
Hebrews	158	(1)
Phoenicians	158	(1)
Persians	158	(1)
Minoans & Mycenaens	158	(1)
Hittites	158	(1)
Indus Valley Civilizations	159	(1)
Egypt	159	(1)
Classical Greece	160	(1)
Rome	160	(1)
China	161	(1)
Japan	161	(1)
Kush	161	(1)
Ghana	161	(1)
Adenas and Hopewells	162	(1)
Mayans	162	(1)
Chavins and Moches	162	(1)
Olmecs	162	(1)
Toltecs	163	(1)
Aztecs	163	(1)
Incas	163	(1)
Timeline of Key Events	164	(13)
World History Personalities	177	(3)
Spectacular Inventions & Discoveries	180	(2)
Major Conflicts	182	(3)
The Crusades	182	(1)
Hundred Years' War	182	(1)
The American Revolution	182	(1)
The French Revolution	182	(1)
Boer War	182	(1)
The Russian Revolution	183	(1)
World War I	183	(1)
World War II	183	(1)
The Arab-Israeli Wars	183	(1)
Korean War	184	(1)
Vietnam War	184	(1)
Iran-Iraq War	184	(1)
Persian Gulf War	184	(1)
Afghanistan War	184	(1)
Iraq War	184	(1)
Get Sharp . . . on U.S. History, Government, & Citizenship	185	(36)
Early Americans	186	(2)
Early Cultures	186	(1)
The Eastern Woodlands	186	(1)
The Southeast	186	(1)
The Great Plains	187	(1)
The Southwest	187	(1)
The Plateau	187	(1)
The Great Basin	187	(1)
The Northwest	187	(1)
Timeline of Key Events	188	(13)
United States Presidents	201	(1)
Important Places & Spaces	202	(2)
Important Documents	204	(4)
The Declaration of Independence	204	(1)
The Articles of Confederation	204	(1)
The Constitution	205	(1)
The Bill of Rights	206	(1)
Some Other Amendments	207	(1)
The Legislative Branch	208	(4)
The House of Representatives	209	(1)
The Senate	209	(1)
How a Bill Becomes a Law	210	(1)
Powers & Limits on Power	211	(1)
The Executive Branch	212	(2)
The Cabinet	213	(1)
Agencies & Organizations	213	(1)
The Judicial Branch	214	(7)
Historic Supreme Court Decisions	215	(1)
Citizenship & Voting	216	(2)
Symbols & Traditions	218	(2)
Holidays	220	(1)
Get Sharp . . . on Economics	221	(13)
Money	222	(2)
Coins	222	(1)
Paper Money	223	(1)
Getting Money	224	(1)
Using Money	225	(1)
Banking	226	(2)
Credit	228	(2)
Money & the Government	230	(1)
Making Choices	231	(1)
Economically Speaking	232	(2)
Index	234