Week of September 29

The week of Sept. 29:

Monday- CNN Student News, new vocabulary 45- 54, eras- go over and do activity

Tuesday- Share good news, quiz each other on vocab., Lesson 9- Maps, challenges with using new and old maps, Earth’s Geography handout, Is Europe a continent?, topography of the earth map- shows elevations, circle continents groups of three and with map scales handout/activity, discuss, new groups Analyzing Historical Maps handout / activity. Exit note: What challenges do historians face in using maps created in the past?

Wednesday- Geoguesser, quiz each other on vocab.,Finish work from yesterday, begin Previewing your textbook, textbook scavenger hunt- share out and discuss

Thursday- Share good news, article of the week, quiz each other on vocab., small groups from previewing textbooks and handout Comparing history and science venn diagram, have students compare Venn Diagram with another student not in their group- discuss. What are problems with textbooks and sources?

Friday- CNN Student News, vocab. quiz over 45-54

Standards:

7 H 1:4: Use Historical concepts, patterns, and themes to study the past

7 G1,2: Use spatial thinking to study the past

7 H1: Use historical conceptual devices to organize and study history.

7 H1.2.1: Explain why historians use a variety of sources to understand the past.

7 H1.2.4, 7 H1.4.3: Compare, evaluate, and analyze competing historical perspectives.

Skill:

Use historical processes to analyze events/accounts in History.

Use historical processes to analyze events/accounts in History.

The week of Sept. 22:

Monday- CNN Student News, ask questions about social institutions (Pg. 3 of Lesson 7), use brainstorm sheet for Needs of Societies (give different dates or places)

Tuesday- Share good news, Lesson 8- new vocabulary, calendar systems and concept of era, do introduction activity- history of their family, history of the US, begin calendar activity

Wednesday- Geoguesser, quiz each other on vocab., calendar activity (finish), jigsaw read the different articles on calendars and share out with class

Thursday- Share good news, article of the week, quiz each other on vocab., Timeline (all day)

Friday- CNN Student News, vocab. quiz over words 1-44, eras- go over and do activity

Standards:

7 H 1:4: Use Historical concepts, patterns, and themes to study the past

7 G1,2: Use spatial thinking to study the past

7 H1: Use historical conceptual devices to organize and study history.

7 H1.2.1: Explain why historians use a variety of sources to understand the past.

7 H1.2.4, 7 H1.4.3: Compare, evaluate, and analyze competing historical perspectives.

Skill:

Use historical processes to analyze events/accounts in History.

Week of September 15, 2014

Monday- CNN Student News, new vocabulary (16-30) , Lesson 5 - What process do Historians use to investigate the past?

Tuesday- Share good news, quiz each other on vocab., Lesson 6- review problems with the First Day of School article- rank events 1-10, What makes something significant or important, learn historians 4 tools (graphic organizer of significance, time, space,social institutions),

Wednesday- Constitution Day, Geoguesser, quiz each other on vocab.,

Thursday- Share good news, article of the week (Life among the Iroquois- Lesson 7) , quiz each other on vocab., share out 5 importants events from their interview, write a reflection on the event you learned about that you feel is most important and why- why is it significant?? review 4 tools, make poster with a group, interview with an adult- HW

Friday- CNN Student News, vocab. quiz, review 4 tools and move into social institutions and needs of society, journal or discuss what a group of people would need to survive as a group, go back to Life among the Iroquois and text mark the social institutions

Standards:

7 H1.2.1: Explain why historians use a variety of sources to understand the past.

7 H1.2.4, 7 H1.4.3: Compare, evaluate, and analyze competing historical perspectives.

Skill:

Use historical processes to analyze events/accounts in History.

Week of September 8, 2014

The week of Sept. 8:

Monday- CNN Student News, new vocabulary, Lesson 3- What does History Mean?- personal accounts- handout

Tuesday- Share good news, quiz each other on vocab., Investigating an Event

Wednesday- Geoguesser, quiz each other on vocab., go over Primary and Secondary Sources- PowerPoint, go back to the sources you used Tuesday and determine if they’re primary and secondary

Thursday- Share good news, article of the week- from 9/11, quiz each other on vocab., A Letter from Paris- partners- fact vs. opinion

Friday- CNN Student News, vocab. quiz, 9/11 Book in a day

Standards:
H1.2.3 Identify Point of View of Author using primary and secondary sources
G1.1.1 How do geographers use mapping to describe the world
G1.2.2 Explain why maps may vary due to cultural backgrounds

Skill:
Critical reading skills