Name:_______________________________________Period:_________Date:________________________
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Ch
art
An
aly
sis
I
DO
A) Meet the Chart
1. What is the Title? _____________________________________________________________
2. What is the legend? (Type or circle all that apply)
-
Political
- Exploration - Land Use
- Transportation
-
- Census
- Topographic/Physical - Survey
- Aerial/Satellite - Natural Resource - Military - Planning - Population
Other__________________ -
None of the above
B) Observe it’s Parts
1. What place or places are shown?________________________________________________
2. What is labeled?_____________________________________________________________
3. If there are symbols or colors, what do they stand for?
________________________________________________________________________________
4. Who made it?________________________________________________________________
5. When is it from?______________________________________________________________
C) Try to Make Sense of it
1. What was happening during the time period this chart represents?
________________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. Why was it created? List evidence from the map/chart or your knowledge about the mapmaker
or chartmaker that
led you to your conclusion.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. Write one sentence summarizing this map/chart.
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________________________________________________________________________________
D) Use it as Historical Evidence
1. What did you find out from this map/chart that you might not learn anywhere else?
________________________________________________________________________________
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2. What other documents or historical evidence are you going to use to help you understand this
event or topic?
________________________________________________________________________________
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Chart Analysis WE DO
The
unemployment
rate in the US
during 1910–60,
with the years of
the Great
Depression (1929–
39) highlighted
A) Meet the
Chart
1. What is the Title? ____________________________________________
2. What is the legend? (Type, circle, or highlight all that apply)
-
Political
- Exploration - Land Use
- Transportation
-
- Census
- Topographic/Physical - Survey
- Aerial/Satellite - Natural Resource - Military - Planning - Population
Other__________________ -
None of the above
B) Observe it’s Parts
1. What place or places are shown?________________________________________________
2. What is labeled?_____________________________________________________________
3. If there are symbols or colors, what do they stand for?
________________________________________________________________________________
4. Who made it?________________________________________________________________
5. When is it from?______________________________________________________________
C) Try to Make Sense of it
1. What was happening during the time period this chart represents?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. Why was it created? List evidence from the map or your knowledge about the mapmaker that
led you to your conclusion.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. Write one sentence summarizing this map/chart.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
D) Use it as Historical Evidence
1. What did you find out from this map/chart that you might not learn anywhere else?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. What other documents or historical evidence are you going to use to help you understand this
event or topic?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Chart Analysis Partners
A) Meet the Chart
1. What is the Title? ____________________________________________
2. What is the legend? (Type, circle, or highlight all that apply)
-
Political
- Exploration - Land Use
- Transportation
-
- Census
- Topographic/Physical - Survey
- Aerial/Satellite - Natural Resource - Military - Planning - Population
Other__________________ -
None of the above
B) Observe it’s Parts
1. What place or places are shown?________________________________________________
2. What is labeled?_____________________________________________________________
3. If there are symbols or colors, what do they stand for?
________________________________________________________________________________
4. Who made it?________________________________________________________________
5. When is it from?______________________________________________________________
C) Try to Make Sense of it
1. What was happening during the time period this chart represents?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. Why was it created? List evidence from the map or your knowledge about the mapmaker that
led you to your conclusion.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. Write one sentence summarizing this map/chart.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
D) Use it as Historical Evidence
1. What did you find out from this map/chart that you might not learn anywhere else?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. What other documents or historical evidence are you going to use to help you understand this
event or topic?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Chart Analysis Individual
A) Meet the Chart
1. What is the Title? ____________________________________________
2. What is the legend? (Type, circle, or highlight all that apply)
-
Political
- Exploration - Land Use
- Transportation
-
- Census
- Topographic/Physical - Survey
- Aerial/Satellite - Natural Resource - Military - Planning - Population
Other__________________ -
None of the above
B) Observe it’s Parts
1. What place or places are shown?________________________________________________
2. What is labeled?_____________________________________________________________
3. If there are symbols or colors, what do they stand for?
________________________________________________________________________________
4. Who made it?________________________________________________________________
5. When is it from?______________________________________________________________
C) Try to Make Sense of it
1. What was happening during the time period this chart represents?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. Why was it created? List evidence from the map or your knowledge about the mapmaker that
led you to your conclusion.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. Write one sentence summarizing this map/chart.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
D) Use it as Historical Evidence
1. What did you find out from this map/chart that you might not learn anywhere else?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. What other documents or historical evidence are you going to use to help you understand this
event or topic?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________