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small medium large Friday 10/10 Meet in computer lab for Holocaust research - see handouts page for Holocaust webquest Students will be placed in groups to research a specific topic on the Holocaust Students will also print pictures that represent their topic HW - NONE Monday 10/13 Students will work with their groups to chose the five most significant events of their topic and create timeline cards Students will work on their presentations - due Tuesday HW - NONE Tuesday 10/14 Student groups will present their Holocaust findings The class will create a Holocaust timeline on the wall HW - NONE Wednesday 10/15 We will clean out notebooks from the first nine weeks and reorganize Thursday 10/16 Student Fall Break/Teacher Professional Development Day Friday 10/17 Fall Break ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday - Wednesday 10/6-8 Give out study guide for exam Review for 9 weeks exam HW - STUDY FOR THURSDAY'S EXAM Thursday 10/9 Social Studies 9 weeks exam Friday 10/10 Begin Unit 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE UNIT 2 TEST HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FRIDAY Monday 9/29 Wrap up Unit 2 Unit 2 study guide - see handouts page Review for Unit 2 test - Friday HW - STUDY UNIT 2 Tuesday 9/30 Review for Unit 2 test Mrs. Black will be at a Social Studies Conference today HW - STUDY FOR UNIT 2 TEST - Friday Wednesday 10/1 Review for Unit 2 test HW - STUDY FOR UNIT 2 TEST - Friday Thursday 10/2 REview for Unit 2 test HW - STUDY FOR UNIT 2 TEST - tomorrow Friday 10/3 Unit 2 test HW - NONE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday 9/22 Averages will be placed in students' planners Review the Age of Exploration HW - GET AVERAGE SIGNED IN PLANNER Tuesday 9/23 Check for signed averages Discuss the exploration and colonization of Australia by Britian - notes via 4.5 min. video Discuss the impact European empire building had on the outbreak of WWI Define chapter 15 sec 1 and 2 vocabulary and people - WWI HW - NONE Wednesday 9/24 Complete chapter 15 sec 1 and 2 vocabulary and people definitions - WWI Read chapter 15.1 Answer reading check questions for 15.1 HW - FINISH ANSWERING READING CHECK QUESTIONS FOR 15.1 - WILL BE CHECKED THURSDAY FOR A HW GRADE Thursday 9/25 WWI video on United Streaming - T/F questions will be answered during the video Students will take notes on the causes of WWI via a PowerPoint Discuss troop strength and fill out map and answer questions on the topic HW - STUDY FOR UNIT 2 TEST ON THURSDAY OCT. 2ND Friday 9/26 Discuss the Russian Revolution of 1917 via PowerPoint and take notes Read chapter 15.2 and 15.3 and answer reading check questions Take notes on 15.1 and 15.2 via handout HW - STUDY FOR UNIT 2 TEST ON THURSDAY OCT. 2ND ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have made a decision to no longer have the students do current events for Social Studies. Students DO NOT have a current event due Friday, September 19th! However, I would love for students to bring in articles they find relative to our current study - Europe. Thank you, Amy Black Monday 9/15 6th period only - finish going over the Europe map Read pp 323-329 on the European exploration and Scientific Revolution and complete notes page notes page is on my "handouts page" HW - STUDY AGE OF EXPLORATION VOCABULARY QUIZ WED. 9/17 EUROPE MAP QUIZ FRI. 9/19 Tuesday 9/16 Complete "tree map" on the Factors that Led to the Age of Exploration - see "handouts page" Go over the answers to the European exploration and Scientific Revolution notes page- see "handouts page" Trace the exploration routes of Columbus, Henry Hudson, and Prince Henry- see "handouts page" HW - STUDY AGE OF EXPLORATION VOCABULARY QUIZ WED. 9/17 EUROPE MAP QUIZ FRI. 9/19 Wednesday 9/17 Age of Exploration vocabulary quiz Discuss European colonization in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia HW - STUDY EUROPE MAP QUIZ FRI. 9/19 Thursday 9/18 Continue discussing European colonization in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia HW - STUDY EUROPE MAP QUIZ FRI. 9/19 Friday 9/19 EUROPE MAP QUIZ HW - NONE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Monday 9/8 Review for chapter 3 test Culture BINGO Culture vocabulary puzzle Question and answer time HW - STUDY FOR TOMORROW'S TEST - see What do I study? on my handouts page Tuesday 9/9 Chapter 3 Culture test Define vocabulary for Unit 2 European exploration HW - FINISH DEFINING EXPLORATION VOCABULARY (17 words) Wednesday 9/10 Discuss/go over culture test Check Tuesday's homework for a HW grade Discuss relative and absolute location of Europe HW - NONE Thursday 9/11 Complete relative and absolute location of Europe Label countries on map of Europe HW - NONE Friday 9/12 Go over Europe map Europe video and notes HW - NONE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` MONDAY 9/1 - SCHOOL HOLIDAY - LABOR DAY TUESDAY 9/2 work on vocabulary and reading check questions for 3-2, 3-3 (work in pairs) HW - study - chapter 3 test Tuesday, Sept. 9th WHAT DO I STUDY? (SEE HANDOUTS PAGE) Wednesday 9/3 Mrs. Black will be at a county-wide social studies meeting today finish vocabulary and reading checks discuss economics, population and global connections HW - study - chapter 3 test Tuesday, Sept. 9th THURSDAY 9/4 Review for chapter 3 test HW - study - chapter 3 test Tuesday, Sept. 9th FRIDAY 9/5 NO CURRENT EVENT DUE TODAY Review for chapter 3 test WHAT DO I STUDY? (SEE HANDOUTS PAGE) - REVISED 9/5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MONDAY 8/25 Discuss the 5 themes of geography -Watch Brainpop video (twice) -take quiz over video - take up as a classwork grade -students read pp 6-10 in the social studies textbook and take notes on the 5 themes of geography by using a "tree map" (see handouts page Monday afternoon) -students answer the 7 "reading check" questions - write the questions HW - NONE TUESDAY 8/26 5 themes of geography graphic organizer -Mrs. B will model one for the kids (see my handouts page Monday afternoon) -Students will choose a place in the world to construct their own graphic organizer (books will be available in the classroom for research) -work on graphic organizers - DUE THURSDAY HW - WORK ON 5 THEMES GRAPHIC ORGANIZER WEDNESDAY 8/27 Chapter 3 Pre-test Read "People" by Peter Spier and discuss what makes people different Student will define the vocabulary for Chapter 3 section 1 using a "foldable" (a little booklet that we will create in class) Students will read chapter 3 section 1 and answer the "reading checks" questions - please write the question and the answer HW - finish reading check questions THURSDAY 8/28 5 Themes of Geography graphic organizers will be taken up for a grade Discuss chapter 3 section 1 via PPT - see handouts page by Thursday afternoon Students will create flashcards for chapter 3 section 2 vocabulary HW - FINISH FLASHCARDS IF YOU DON'T FINISH IN CLASS FRIDAY 8/29 Chapter 3 section 3 notes - use 4 cornerfold method...page 53 in book - see a sample on my handouts page by Friday afternoon Watch "what is culture" video on United Streaming and answer listening notes HW - NONE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Monday 8/18 Developing a Geographic Eye PPT and notes - SEE CLASS HANDOUTS LINK Create flashcards for geography vocabulary QUIZ THURSDAY OVER GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY HW - FINISH AND STUDY FLASHCARDS Tuesday 8/10 Discuss longitude and latitude QUIZ THURSDAY OVER GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY HW - STUDY FLASHCARDS Wednesday 8/20 Continue to practice locating places by using longitude and latitude coordinates QUIZ TOMORROW OVER GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY HW - STUDY FLASHCARDS Thursday 8/21 Quiz over geographic features Finish longitude and latitude practice HW - NONE Friday 8/22 Return graded quizzes to students Discuss current events and do the 8/22 current event together We began this in class. If students completed the current event, they were allowed to turn it in...otherwise, they were instructed to take it home and turn it in by Tuesday 8/26. HW - WORK ON CURRENT EVENT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday 8/11 1st Day of School!!! Students turn in required signed forms Name game Where in the World geography activity Learning styles activity HW - GET REQUIRED HR FORMS SIGNED AND RETURN ASAP Tuesday 8/12 Continue Learning styles activity HW - COMPLETE ACADEMIC PLAN - DUE TOMORROW Wednesday 8/13 Check homework for a grade Begin Study Skills Unit HW - NONE Thursday 8/14 Complete study skills unit HW - NONE Friday 8/15 1ST and 2nd period - go over Code of Conduct as a team in the commons area 5th and 6th period - TBA HW - NONE
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