Name ________________________ Date ______________
Social Studies Textbook Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Using your social studies textbook, answer each question.
1. Tell the page number on which each of the following begins:
a. Table of Contents ________________
i. What kind of information can you find by looking at the Table of
Contents? _____________________________________________
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b. Glossary ______________
i. Write down 2 words from the glossary that you have never heard
of: ___________________________ & _______________________
2. How many chapters are in this textbook? ________________________________
3. How many units are in this textbook? ___________________________________
a. What is the name of Unit 8? _____________________________________
4. How many sections are in Chapter 22? ___________________________________
5. What is the title of Chapter 17? _________________________________________
6. What kind of information can be found at the end of each chapter?
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7. What is the name of the History Video on page 494?
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Text features help you understand what you are reading. #6-12 are examples of text
features. Find each, write the page number on which you found it, and explain how
that helps you understand what you’re reading (specifically or hypothetically)
8. Caption _________, _________________________________________________
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9. Heading _________, __________________________________________________
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10. Sub-heading _________, _____________________________________________
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11. Map _________, _____________________________________________________
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12. Chart _________, ____________________________________________________
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13. Bold word _________, ________________________________________________
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14. Highlighted word _________, __________________________________________
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15. Find where the First Amendment is discussed. Write down the page on which
you find it and what the First Amendment covers. ________________________
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16. Find a picture of Robert E. Lee. Page # ____________
17. Find a timeline. On which page did you find it? Page #___________ Draw it:
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18. Find a map of the entire world. Page # _____________
19. Find a bar graph. Page # _____________
20. After looking through your textbook, pick two topics you’d like to learn more
about and why: ______________________________________________________
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