VUS Skills

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Synthesis

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Combining processed information with other knowledge to logically reach a new interpretation and understanding of content.

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Primary source

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An artifact, document, image, or other source of information created during the time under study.

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Secondary source

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A document, image, or other source of information that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere.

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Artifact

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An object or tool that provides information about people from the past.

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Geographic analysis/skills

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Identifying important elements of geographic sources to make inferences and generalizations, and draw conclusions. This includes understanding relationships between people, behavior, places, and environment for problem-solving and historical understanding.

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Five Themes of Geography

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Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human-Environment Interaction.

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Interpreting

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The process of explaining or translating information, extracting significant information from data to draw conclusions.

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Characteristic

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A distinguishing quality.

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Constructing arguments

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Breaking apart information to build understanding, adopting and crafting reasoning from a specific point of view, using evidence from multiple sources, and addressing counterclaims.

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Comparing and contrasting

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Breaking down information and categorizing it into similar and dissimilar pieces.