Hms7Social Studies 2016-2017: 2016

This week and next students will be taking the information they learned from Chapter 2 (see the previous post), and will be creating a mini lesson to teach their fellow classmates, students will be presenting on Wednesday and Thursday, Friday and possibly Monday.

Monday- Tuesday (21-22) students will be finishing up projects, reviewing paleolithic, Neolithic with ppt, and watching a video over the first peoples rise to civilization.

PPT

Power Point chart

Review

Wednesday 23rd- Be The Good Day and Turkey Trot

No homework

Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday, November 7, 2016

Week of November 7, 2016

Monday, November 7, 2016

CNN

Lesson Plans (Reading guide/ Migration Map)

Link to clickable maps and migrations answer key

Migration Map:

Countdown Activity

Exit Note Questions:

What geographical features affected the migration patterns?
List the continents in the order they were settled.
According to the migration map did geography determine the destiny of early peoples?

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

CNN

Review Vocab

Reading guide chapter 2, section 1

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

CNN

Reading Guide chapter 2, section 2 and 3

Thursday, November 10, 2016

CNN

Finding a home base

Reading Guide for Section

Reading guide for Unit 2, section 4-5

Friday, November 11, 2016

Reading Guide Unit 2, Section 6-7

PPT

Power Point chart

Pastoralism Chart

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

October 31- November 5, 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

PD Day

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

CNN

Finish Hammurabi

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

CNN

Finish Hammurabi- Due Friday/ No more Class Time

Begin Unit 2

Thursday/Friday November 3/4, 2016

CNN

KWL/Pretest?

Unit 2- Vocab (slide show)

Links

Slideshow

Lessons

Monday, October 24, 2016

Week of October 24, 2016

Monday, October 24, 2016

Hand Back Tests and Reflect PTC REFLECTION

Work on Hammurabi

Documents, Debate (spider-web), outline, write

Tuesday-Thursday October 25-27

Work on Hammurabi

Documents, Debate (spider-web), outline, write

Friday, October 28, 2016

½ Day, Career Day and Be The Good Day

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Week of October 17, 2016

Monday, October 17

Test

Tuesday, October 18-
CNN, Finish Tests, Finish Presenting Documentaries

Wednesday, October 19

Analyze Hammurabi Documents

DBQ packet

Thursday, October 20-

Analyze Hammurabi Documents

DBQ packet

Friday, October 21

Write Arguments in class

New Targets:

I can collect, evaluate and analyze evidence like an historian?

I can generate arguments from evidence to construct theories, perspectives and hypotheses (claims), and accounts about the past?

Monday, October 10, 2016

October 10-14, 2016

Monday, October 3- Monday, October 10 Documentary Directions,

Documentary slideshow Template, Example, Topics

Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, Friday October 11- 12 - 13-14

Present documentaries

Rubric

Review Sheet for test

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Test being moved to Monday!!!

Test

Monday, October 3, 2016

October 3, 2016

Monday, October 3- Thursday, October 6

Students will be creating a slideshow about one of the topics we will be studying this year. They will also be presenting them on Friday.

Documentary Directions,

Documentary slideshow Template,

Example,

Friday, October 5- Present documentaries

Targets for this week:

I can use the Temporal Device called a GeoHistogram

I can read and comprehend a historical passage to identify basic factual knowledge and the literal meaning by indicating who was involved, what happened, where it happened, what events led to the development, and what consequences or outcomes followed.

I can use steps and tools to research an historical topic?

I can collect, evaluate and analyze evidence like an historian?

I can generate arguments from evidence to construct theories, perspectives and hypotheses (claims), and accounts about the past?

I can evaluate why historical claims are controversial?

I can create a historical documentary.

Monday, September 26, 2016

September 26-30, 2016

Targets:

I can use the Temporal Device called a GeoHistogram

I can use steps and tools to research an historical topic?

I can collect, evaluate and analyze evidence like an historian?

I can generate arguments from evidence to construct theories, perspectives and hypotheses (claims), and accounts about the past?

I can evaluate why historical claims are controversial?

I can create a historical documentary.

Monday, September 26- CNN Student News,Continue Reading guide and work with POV and Battle of Lexington, Analyzing documents,

Tuesday, September 27- Friday, September 30: CNN, Vocab Review Game (heads together), Catch- UP day, 7 minute video (World History in 7 minutes), Data folders and self-reflection, Finish Miopenbook

Monday, September 19, 2016

September 19- 24, 2016

Welcome Mr. Kapenga to Mrs. Striegle's class! He is a student teacher from Grand Valley who will be helping out until December. Here is a letter addressed to parents:
Parent Letter

Monday, September 19- CNN Student News, Constitution Day, Video hook - Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration Parody song, Create a classroom Constitution Activity: social contract

Preamble Guide

Targets for this week and Next:

I can Describe and explain Constitution Day

I can use the Temporal Device called a GeoHistogram

I can use steps and tools to research an historical topic?

I can collect, evaluate and analyze evidence like an historian?

I can generate arguments from evidence to construct theories, perspectives and hypotheses (claims), and accounts about the past?

I can evaluate why historical claims are controversial?

I can create a historical documentary.

Tuesday, September 20- CNN Student News, GeoHistogram Activity:

Have students try to place the 6 turning points from history on to the GeoHistorgram (with Partner)
Go over the answers
Review the Eras and have them draw in the lines,

slideshow to show eras, Answer Key,

* Clickable for GeoHistorgram for more activities

Wednesday, September 21- CNN, Finish Calender Activity, Review Vocabulary

Thursday, September 22-

CNN Student News, New Vocab.

If finished create a vocabulary review game: Kahoot (Live), Quizlet Live, Socrative, or other medium with the vocab words.

Friday, September 23- CNN Student News, How do Historians explore the past reading guide to accompany Mi Open Book Chapter 1

*Graded