Social Studies Assignments

There is no homework.

There was no homework.

Today we took an open-book quiz on Ancient Rome. You can get a copy when you return and start it in study hall. If not finished then, you may take it home.

Read Chapter 15 Lesson 3, "The Byzantine Empire," and Lesson 4, "They Legacy of Rome."

Read Chapter 15, Lesson One, "An Empire In Decline," and Lesson Two, "The Fall of the Roman Empire." There are three worksheets that you will need to complete. You can get them from the absent bin when you return.

No homework today....

 

30 extra spots have become available for the Medieval Banquet! First-come, first-serve.......extra permission slips were passed out today.

 

Chaperones will not be picked until we know for certain how many students are going. We appreciate your patience.

Read Chapter 13, Lesson 3, "Rome Becomes and Empire." There is an opportunity for extra credit. Answer the following questions on loose-leaf paper and write questions and answers using complete sentences:

 

1. Who arose to power after Sulla died?

2. Who did Caesar fight?

3. What modern-day country is Gaul?

4. What year was Julius Caesar born in?

5. What was Caesar good at besides military combat?

6. What did wealthy Romans neglect?

7. What is a civil war?

8. What did Augustus do?

 

Also read Chapter 14, Lesson 3, "Rome and Christianity."

There was no homework today. We reviewed some of the material we had previously covered.

Read Chapter 14, Lessons One (The Origins of Christianity) and Two (The Early Christians). Complete double-sided worksheet.

Read Chapter 14, Lesson 4, "Daily Life of Romans," and complete attached double-sided worksheet "Roman Life."

No homework today. We PARCC tested.

Complete attached worksheets on Rome 13.2.

No homework today. We PARCC tested.

Read Chapter 13, Lessons One and Two, "The Geography of Rome," and "The Roman Republic." Please make sure that you read these because we will be spending some time on them.

Complete your map of Ancient Rome. Make sure you capitalize the first letter of each name and spell the names correctly. If you were absent, you can get the map when you return.

Greek Personal Ads activity due tomorrow. We took a test on Classical Greece today. You will have to make it up when you return.

We watched a movie on Ancient Rome today. If you were absent, you need to write a minimum of seven facts on Ancient Rome on a sheet of loose-leaf paper. You can get your facts from the textbook, the internet, or your local library. The more facts you do, the more extra credit you get.

Big test on Classical Greece Wednesday!

Make sure you are looking over your study guide and you have Greece 1,2,3,and 4 questions finished and turned in .

Big Test on Classical Greece tomorrow!

Read Chapter 12, Lesson 4, "The Legacy of Greece." Answer the following questions on loose-leaf paper using complete sentences. If you write the question before each answer you get extra credit:

 

1. What was Plato's ideal government like?

2. What was new about the way Greeks wrote history?

3. Who was Herodotus?

4. What two ideas did Greek philosophers have about the universe?

5. What important discoveries about astronomy were made by Hellenistic scholars?

6. What kinds of discoveries were developed by Hellenistic mathematicians and physicists?

7. What was Hypatia noted for?

 

There is a Chapter 12 Test on Wednesday. Make sure you look over your study guide.

 

 

Read Chapter 12, Lesson Three--Alexander the Great

 

Answer the following questions on loose-leaf paper using complete sentences. You can write out the questions before each answer if you want for extra credit:

 

1. What experiences did Philip have that would help him rule well?

2. Why were the Greek city-states fearful of rebelling against Alexander?

3. In what two places was Alexander successful before crossing Mesopotamia and attacking the Persian Empire directly?

4. Why was Alexander's Empire split after his death?

5. How was learning affected by the spreading of cultures across the empire?

6. Why was Alexandria important?

 

Using the map on page 407:

7. Near what inland sea did Alexander pass to reach the Hindu Kush?

8. How many cities shown are named Alexandria?

Read Chapter 11, Lesson 2, "Peloponnesian War." Write out these questions as well as the answer. The answer must be in a complete sentence. Use loose-leaf paper.

 

1.Why would other city-states fear Athenian settlers moving into their lands?

2. What advantages did Sparta and Athens have in the war?

3. When did Athens sign a truce to stop fighting with Sparta?

4. What did Pericles do to counteract Sparta's destruction of the countryside?

5. What two losses did the city-states suffer during the war?

6. Why did King Philip II of Macedonia think it would be easy to take over Greece?

 

Using the map on page 401:

7. How many victories are shown for Athens?

8. Which side occupied land near the Persian Empire?

9. Which side had more territory accessible by sea only?

Read Chapter 12, Lesson One--"The Golden Age of Greece." Then, write out the following questions and answer them on loose-leaf paper in complete sentences.

 

1. How did Percles' idea of "everyone is equal before the law" reduce the power of the wealthy?

2. What was the Delian League?

3. How did the league help Pericles build a navy?

4. What was the result of the Delian League's treasury begi moved to Athens from Delos?

5. What problems might have resulted from Athens' treatment of league members as conquered people?

6. Why were the other city-states angry with Pericles?

7. What did Pericles do to beautify Athens?

8. Name three things that Athenian  democracy has in common with U.S. democracy.

1. Work on journal if not finished.

2. Work on Greek trading cards if not finished.

3. Work on Persian Wars project if not finished.

4. Complete map of Ancient Greece. Use pages 350-351. If absent, you can start on this when you come back.

5. If you are finished with all of the above, study for Monday's test by looking over all of the Essential Questions in Chapter 11 and see if you can answer them in your head. Do not write them down. Just see how well you know the answers.

Big Test on Ancient Greece this Monday!! Study all of the Essential Questions in Chapter 11, as these will be the test questions.

Today we will be taking a test on Chapter 11. You will have to make this up when you return.

Today students were assigned either the Battle at Thermopylae or the Battle of Marathon. They had to put the events of their battle in order and cut them/glue them to a special poster they were given. They also had to add a picture from their battle (colored) on their poster.

 

There will be an open-book test on Monday. It involves answering all of the essential questions from Chapter 11 in complete sentences on loose-leaf paper. They will only have one class period to complete it. We will review these questions over the next three days. Students should study the textbook over the weekend.

Today and tomorrow we are working on Greek mythology trading cards. Please get assistance with this when you return.

 

Don't forget to turn in permission slips and payment for the Medieval Banquet on June 2. Chaperones are needed and will be selected by a lottery system. Everything is due May 1.

 

If your journals are not done, please finish them and turn them in on Tuesday.

 

Please bring coloring supplies and scissors on Monday and Tuesday. Please bring coloring supplies, scissors, and glue on Wednesday and Thursday.

 

Extra Credit Assignment #2--Print out an article on a Greek god, goddess, place, or creature. Write a five-sentence summary (in your own words) about this god on loose-leaf paper. Staple the article and the summary together. These are due next Wednesday.

 

 

Don't forget to turn in permission slips and payment for the Medieval Banquet on June 2. Chaperones are needed and will be selected by a lottery system.

 

If your journals are not done, please finish them and turn them in on Monday.

 

Please bring coloring supplies and scissors on Monday and Tuesday.

 

Extra Credit Assignment #2--Print out an article on a Greek god, goddess, place, or creature. Write a five-sentence summary (in your own words) about this god on loose-leaf paper. Staple the article and the summary together. These are due next Wednesday.

 

 

Read Chapter 11 Lesson 1 in your textbook. When you come back, you will have some words into another journal. Then you will have to write down what you think they mean and what they actually mean.

 

Many missing assignments in Social Studies. Many low grades. There is no opportunity for making it up--students had a week and a half to make it up. There will be extra credit opportunities. Here is the first one, which will be due Wednesday:

 

p. 311 Do #3-7 Write out question and answer on loose-leaf paper in complete sentences.

You will have to make up today's journal entries when you get back. So far, between yesterday and today, they have been:

 

Peninsula

Isthmus

Ionian and Aegean

Greeks took this idea from the Phoenicians

Greeks took this idea from the Anatolians

What is a myth?

How were the gods honored?

Types of early Olympic sports

What is a fable?

Homer

 

In addition, the extra credit assigned yesterday is due tomorrow. Please see yesterday's post for that assignment.

By this point, if you have been absent, you should have read Chapter 11, Lessons 1-3 in order to be caught up. When you return, there are journal entries that you must complete. If you have your journal with you, today's entries are:

 

Agora

Aristocracy

Oligarchy

Tyrant

Solon and Cleisthenes

 

 

Field trip slips for the Medieval Banquet on June 2 were distributed today. Students have 2 weeks to return the original (gold) permission slip with $32 in an envelope with their name on it. Some students owe less if they did fundraising; that will be indicated on their permission slip. Others may not attend the field trip if they still owe money from White Pines. This will also be indicated on applicable permission slips.

We are working in class on Character Education packets for the next three days, along with finishing PARCC testing. There will be no homework.

There will be no homework for the rest of the week in Social Studies. All work will be done in class.

Today we just watched some short movies on Ancient Greece. Your homework is to feed squirrels :)

Today we finished our Mayan Choices Project. The only students who get extra time are those who were absent two out of the three days.

 

Our assignment today was to read "The Persian Invasion" on pages 352-353. Then we did the attached half-sheet of questions. Your job is to write out all questions and answers on loose-leaf paper in complete sentences. They are due Friday since we have a field trip tomorrow.

We are taking our Field Trip to the Field Museum today! Just don't forget......"The Persian Invasion" questions and answers are due tomorrow!

Today is the second day that students will have to work on their Mayan choices project in class. It is not a take-home project. It is worth a test grade.

If you were absent, you will take the Mexico and Central America map test on Monday during Advisory time.

 

Extra Credit packet on the Ancient Maya is due Monday. The only exception is if you were absent both Thursday and Friday and did not get a chance to pick it up. Please see me if this is the case.

 

On Monday and Tuesday you will spend the period working on the Mayan project. Over the weekend, try and decide which of the three choices you would like to do. Please remember, if you are doing the picture option, you need to know what a social structure pyramid is. If you get it wrong, you will fail the entire project. SO, don't pick the picture option unless you are familiar with what it is. You cannot ask me either. A good idea would be to look in Chapter 9 Lesson 4 very closely (hint, hint). It is NOT an actual building.

We are working in class on our Mayan Choices Project. We will also be working on it tomorrow and possibly Wednesday; it depends how much time most students need.

Quiz Friday on Mexico and Central American Geography. We did maps in class today to study from.

 

Look up 7 facts about the Ancient Mayans on the internet or at your local library. Write them on loose-leaf paper. The rest of us watched a movie on Ancient Mayans and got our facts from there.

 

We also read and discussed a story, "King Pacal II and his sons," but we only discussed the answers. You don't have to do anything with this.

1. Big Quiz on Mexico and Central American countries, capitals, and bodies of water tomorrow!

2. Read Chapter 9, Lesson 4, The Mayan Civilization. You will be doing a major in-class project individually next week on this topic, so make sure that you read it thoroughly and carefully!

3. Extra credit packet on The Mayan Civilization due MONDAY. If a student wants to complete it, it is their responsibility to get one from me. It is also their responsibility to hold on to it and complete it. I will not be uploading this assignment.

Big Test on Mexico and Central America on Friday! Everyone who is present will take the test. Students have had one week to study.

 

Read Chapter 9, Lesson 3, The Olmec of Meso-America, and complete the double-sided worksheet attached. I have also added extra instructions on it, so make sure you follow those as well.

 

Read Chapter 9, Lesson 2, Ancient Andean Civilizations in your textbook. Complete the attached 2-sided worksheet. And remember....there is a test this Friday on Mexico and Central American countries, capitals, and bodies of water!

Label everything on this map that is listed on the back page. Make sure you capitalize. When you are done, take a marker and outline each country's boundary lines. Do not color, just outline. There will be a quiz on all of these in exactly one week. This means that you need to study and memorize where everything is.

If you were absent yesterday (Wednesday), and will also be absent today, there is a project which you must complete by yourself. See me upon return for exact details.

 

Read " The Emperor's Silent Army" on pages 272-275 in your textbook. Answer the questions on the attached worksheet in complete sentences.

Wednesday and Thursday we will work on an in-class project. You must be present at least one out of the two days to be able to work in a group. If you are not here both days, then you must do the project on your own. You must see me upon return to get the information and materials for this project.

Monday, March 2

 

Objectives:1. Make magnet squares based on information found in chart on World Religions handbook. 2. Identify characteristics of different world religions. 3. Compare and contrast different world religions. 4. Comprehend a broad range of reading materials.

 

Procedure: Students will look over the religions highlighted in the World Religions Handbook at the back of their textbook. They will then take loose-leaf paper and divide it into three boxes per sheet. In the middle of each box, they will write the name of a religion. In each of the four corners of each box, they must write a fact, a symbol, a holiday, key term, etc.  

 

Materials: Textbooks, pens, pencils, loose-leaf paper.

 

Read Chapter 8, Lesson 3.

Here are the questions for China 3. You must write them all out and answer them in complete sentences:

 

1. Who was the emperor of the Qin Dynasty?

2. Who did this emperor have killed?

3. What did he do to the noble families?

4. Who did he use for highway and irrigation projects?

5. When did he die?

6. Who was the leader of the Han Dynasty?

7. Who did the Han rulers pick for offices?

8. Possible candidates for office were tested on their knowledge of what?

9. Who ruled when the Han emperor died?

10. Name three places that Wudi conquered.

Read pages 259-263, "China's Ancient Philosophies." On loose-leaf paper, write each question out followed by the answer. The answers must be in complete sentences. Write "China Lesson Two" on the top of your paper.

Using the pages mentioned on the attachment, or any other map that you may have access to, complete the map of China. Use pencil and remember that the first letter of each name should be capitalized. Otherwise, points will be taken off.

Read pages 253-257 in your Ancient Civilizations book. Write out every question and put your answer in a complete sentence right under it. Use loose-leaf paper.

Write "China Lesson One" at the top of your paper.

1.     What two major rivers are in China?
2.     What three things do these rivers provide?
3.     China’s climate is like that of what country?
4.     Who ruled in the Shang families?
5.     Why did Shang kings use oracle bones?
6.     What was the dynastic cycle?
7.     Who was the leader of the Zhou Dynasty?
8.     What is the Mandate of Heaven?
9.     Who believed in it?
10.     When did the time of the warring states begin?

We watched a movie on Ancient China today. There was no homework.

Big test on Ancient India February 18!!!!!!

 

Today those of us who owed work finished it, and those of us who were caught up got to play a review game. So basically your homework is to finish all of your late work and turn it in!

 

Big test on Ancient India Wednesday! Study, study, study! The last part of the test is an essay question that asks you to explain the caste system in at least 50 words. Make sure you know who was in the Maurya Empire and in the Gupta Empire. There will be questions based on a map of when these rulers were in charge.

It's almost here! Your big test on India is tomorrow. Study, study, study!

We are taking a test on Ancient India today. If you are/were absent, then you will take the test on Friday during Advisory time.

Print out and complete the attached packet. Use your book for assistance. All of the answers are in Chapter 7, Lessons 3, 4, and 5.

 

Big test on Ancient India February 18. If you lost your study guide or didn't finish it due to being absent or any other reason, it is your responsibility to get the answers from someone else. There are fresh copies in the absent bin. I will not be putting any, complete or incomplete, on here this time.

Big test on Ancient India February 18!

 

Read Chapter 7, Lesson 4, The Legacy of India. Your final journal entries are:

1. Mohandas Gandhi

2. Who did Gandhi inspire?

3. Hindu-Arabic Numerals

 

Keep working on your study guide! Maurya and Gupta Empire Graphic Organizer was due today!

Read Chapter 7, Lesson 3.....if you already read the first part, then read it again in addition to the rest of the lesson. Complete the attached graphic organizers. There are 2. The answers are attached. I even labeled whether each answer goes in organizer 1 or organizer 2. The names of the empires and leaders have clues attached. All of your answers are in Chapter 7, Lesson 3.

 

Also, here are the journal entries from Friday and today:

Siddhartha Gautama

Nirvana

Dharma

Ahimsa

How did Chandragupta Maurya control his empire?

What improvements did Asoka make?

Chandra Gupta II's Golden Age

Indian Math Discoveries

 

Last, but not least, try to answer some more questions in your study guide. 

 

Read pages 233-236. See how many more study guide questions you can answer. Your journal words are: 1. Siddhartha Gautama 2. Nirvana 3. Dharma 4. Ahimsa.

Complete all three boxes for each term. Attached is a copy of the study guide and a copy of a journal sheet.

 

Big test on Ancient India February 18!

 

Bring a book to class tomorrow. We will be taking the Five Essentials Survey and if you aren't taking it, you will read your book. Also, some kids might finish their surveys early so they will have something to do.

 

 

Answer questions 6 and 9 in the study guide. Then complete attached worksheet. Some of the answers on the Venn Diagram have already been provided for you.

 

Big test on India on February 18.

 

On Friday, everyone must bring a book or magazine to read. We will be taking the Five Essentials Survey during Social Studies class. Students who do not have permission to take it will read while their peers take it. When the students who are taking it finish, they will read as well.

In your double-entry journal, write the following terms, as well as what you think they mean:

 

1. Aryans

2. Caste System

3. Brahmanism

4. Bhagavad Gita

5. Reincarnation

6. Karma

 

Then read pages 227-228 (Build on What You Know, Aryans Move Into India). Stop when you get to section 2 (Changes to Indian Life).

 

Terms you should have already completed in your journal are:

1. Hindu Kush and Himalayas

2. Indus and Ganges

3. Monsoons

4. Things you would find in a planned city

5. Why we don't know much about Harappans

 

In your study guide, you should already have completed #'s 1,3,5,11,15 and 16. If they were false, you needed to fix the statement to make it true.

Review Chapter 7, Lesson 1. (If you haven't read it yet, then please do!) We did some in-class activities. Please see me upon return for the handouts that you missed as well as an explanation of them. Also, please finish your map of Ancient India if you haven't already done so.

Read Chapter 7, Lesson 1: Geography and Indian Life. When you return, ask for the worksheet that you missed as well as for directions on how to do it. It is kind of hard to do on your own without my personal instructions, so that is why I am not putting a copy of it here.

We watched the rest of the movie on mummies. All students need a total of ten facts from the movie on loose-leaf paper. If you have been absent, you need to have a total of ten facts also, but you will have to do research on the internet or from books other than your textbook. Also, attached is a copy of a map of Ancient India. Please use pencil only, not pen, to complete it. Fill in at least half of the map, and use page 215 in your textbook. If you forgot your textbook, the internet has lots maps of India. For the dark bodies of water, don't write in the dark spots. Draw an arrow pointing to the general area and write the name of the place off to the side. Teacher will be checking to see if you did it tomorrow at start of class. Remember that Egyptian heads are due Friday.

Today we watched the first part of a movie on mummies from around the world. If you were absent, you need to do research and write five facts about mummies on loose-leaf paper. You can do more for extra credit. They can't be from our textbook. You can use other books or the internet.

 

Also, students with all of their assignments in were given an extra credit opportunity: Egyptian heads art project. These are due Friday, no exceptions.

Study for tomorrow's test on Ancient Egypt. Use your study guide and map. If you lost your map, use page 143 in the book to study. You don't have to know the names of any of the cities. You only have to know the names of the other places on that page.

We took a test on Ancient Egypt today. If you were absent, you need to make it up next week, possibly during Advisory time.

Read attached passages on Famous Egyptians. On loose-leaf paper, answer the five questions about each one. Use complete sentences. Also, study both the study guide as well as the map for the Egypt Test on Friday.

Make sure every answer is filled in your study guide. Make sure that you have completed the homework for each of the four lessons in this book (if you don't remember what they are, look at my past four homework posts). Begin studying map of Ancient Egypt and Study Guide for test on Friday.

Read Chapter 5, Lesson 3, "The Pyramid Builders," on pages 165-170 if you have not already done so. Complete attached assignment. Please note that on WS36 for Part B, you must rewrite the cause as well as the effect on loose-leaf paper. You must use complete sentences.

Read "The Pyramid Builders" on pages 165-170. See how many more questions you can answer in your study guide.

Read "Life In Ancient Egypt," pages 155-161. Complete attached worksheet and continue to work on study guide.

Read pages 147-151 (Gift of the Nile). Complete the attached map and vocabulary activity. On the map, the three boxes in the legend (lower left hand side) are all deserts. Ask for study guide upon return.

Read Chapter 5, Lesson 4, "The New Kingdom" on pages 173-177 and complete attached worksheet. Also finish the questions in the study guide that pertain to Lesson 4.  Last, but not least, begin studying using study guide and map of Egypt.

Emperor Booklets are due tomorrow. They must be colored. You must have your name written on them.

For extra credit, don't forget that you can complete the Cyrus the Great Cylinder worksheet, which was attached earlier this week, as well as the Holiday Dinner Plate project! Hope you stay warm and have a fantastic break with your families! If you see birds or squirrels make sure you feed them (they need to eat too!)

Please remember that extra credit assignments, The Holiday Dinner Plate and The Cyrus the Great Cylinder are due tomorrow.

 

The project we are starting today is very involved and difficult to explain unless it is done in person. Please see me upon return for instructions on how to begin this project.

Today students will be doing an assortment of assignments based on how many assignments they have done so far. Everyone must have the Babylon/Solomon worksheet before moving on to the Hammurabi Essay. These are assignments that should have been completed by today. Students who are not caught up will have to work on these. Students who are caught up will Read Chapter 4, Lesson 3, "Persia Controls Southwest Asia." Students who are done with this will complete a Venn Diagram on Cyrus and Darius, which is attached. Students who are done with the Venn Diagram then have a choice of two extra-credit assignments (they can do both if they would like). One of them is called The Cyrus the Great Cylinder article, and that is attached here as well. The other one is called the Holiday Dinner Plate. For that one, students need to draw, on a piece of white paper, what their typical holiday meal would look like. They need to include/draw the plate, drink, napkin, silverware, as well as their food/dessert. They need to label what everything is and then color their plate. They Cyrus and Darius Venn is due tomorrow. The extra credit is due by January 6.

Read Chapter 4, Lesson 1, Mesopotamian Empires

Objectives: 1.Trace the development of the first empires in Mesopotamia. 2. Describe the significance of Hammurabi’s Code of Law.

 

Procedure: Write a 100 word mini-essay on: “What would happen if Hammurabi’s Code was implemented in the U.S?” and/or: “Would Hammurabi’s Code be a good idea in our country? Why or why not?” Make sure you count your words when you are done and write the number on the top of the page. You can get extra credit if you write more words.

Please read Chapter 4, Lesson 2, "Assyria Rules the Fertile Crescent." Make sure that you don't lose the notes that were given to you yesterday. If you need the notes, you can download and print them here. You need to make sure that you always have the notes with you, as they summarize each of the Mesopotamian Emperors. That will make it easier for you to understand the main ideas of each lesson. Also, the essay on Hammurabi is due tomorrow.

 

Hint: On the Venn Diagram, Cyrus has five answers, the similarities have six answers, and Darius has six answers. Here are two free answers: For Cyrus, he cared more about uniting the people. For Darius, he cared more about the size of the empire.

Today we will be taking the test on Ancient Mesopotamia. If you are absent, you need to make up the test tomorrow during Advisory. Also, completer the Fertile Crescent story answers attached on The Tower of Babylon and The Wisdom of Solomon.

On Thursday, there will be a test on Ancient Mesopotamia. Please use attached, completed study guide to study as well as your map of Ancient Mesopotamia. Test will not be multiple-choice only, so study hard. Make sure you know the Five Traits of Civilization. These are the ones most students miss on this specific test.

Big Test on Ancient Mesopotamia tomorrow. Yesterday I attached a study guide to download in case you lost yours. Today I am attaching the map of eight places in Mesopotamia that you must know also for tomorrow's test. Remember to memorize the five traits of civilization!

Read Chapter 3, Lesson 3 in your textbook. Complete attached worksheet "Life In Sumer."  Finish the remaining problems in your study guide.

Read Chapter 3, Lesson 3 in your textbook. Complete attached worksheet "Life In Sumer."  Finish the remaining problems in your study guide.

Look over Chapter 3, Lessons One and Two again. Try the end of section review questions in your head and see if you know the answers. You do not have to write it down; I just want you to see if you honestly know the material. Then begin to complete the attached study guide. Do the circled ones only. Write T for True and F for false. If they are false, cross out the false part and write the correct answer over them or next to them. Then, begin to study those questions which you have completed, as there will be a test on Thursday, December 11. Please also study the eight places on the Mesopotamia map that you highlighted, as you will have to label these on the test as well.

Read Chapter 3, Lesson 2, "The First Civilization," and complete attached worksheet.

Read Chapter 3, Lesson 1 in your textbook, "Geography of Mesopotamia." Complete worksheet 15 based on the lesson, which is attached. Please answer the first part, "Finding Main Ideas," in complete sentences. The second part is mix-and-match reading vocabulary comprehension.

Label attached map of Ancient Mesopotamia. Don't forget to do the legend in the lower left hand corner. When you return, look at someone else's map and highlight the names of selected places. The highlighted places will be on a test for Ancient Mesopotamia. You will use this map to study for the test. The date will be announced soon.

 

Today we will be taking a test on Early Humans. If you were absent, you must see me personally to make it up.

 

Remember that tomorrow the extra credit for Minecraft is due if you wish to do it.

 

 

Make sure you look over your study guide every night, as there will be a test the day that you get back, which is Monday, December 1. All students present on that day will take the test. There are no exceptions. This test was announced well enough in advance. I even added a copy of a completed study guide as an attachment that you can copy and/or look at! BTW, on the bottom of one of the pages are the five archaeologists/anthropologists mentioned in the book. You need to know them for the test. However, the scanner cut their names off. They are Mary, Louis, and Richard Leakey, Donald Johanson, and Tim White.

 

Also, on December 2, your extra credit on Minecraft is due if you wish to do it. Just take a screenshot of a building you constructed, crops you grew, or animals you raised, just like the hunter-gatherers did. Print it out, sign your name and hand it in.

Read pages 65-69 in your textbook. We did attached worksheet 18 in class. Please print and complete if you were absent. Finish study guide questions.

 

There is a big test December 1st. All students should be taking their study guides home every night to study.

 

There is an extra credit opportunity for all students. All you have to do is, between now and December 2nd, while playing Minecraft, print out a screenshot on a regular piece of printing paper that shows you doing something that the early hunters and gatherers or villagers did. Put your name on it and turn it in. That is all you have to do!

Read the section starting on page 59. Complete Farming Worksheet 16. Make sure that each of the three boxes has three answers in it. Then see how many questions you can answer in the study guide now that you have read two extra sections over the past few days.

Objectives: 1. Analyze the reasons why people study history. 2. Describe the tools historians use to study the past. 3. Explain how our understanding of history is always subject to change. 4. Determine whether scenarios presented constitute a primary source, secondary source, or oral history.

 

Procedure: Students will look over their texts for a few minutes. Students will then individually divide a sheet of paper into three sections and write & illustrate definitions for oral history, secondary source, and primary source.

 

Materials: Pens, pencils, markers, coloring pencils, crayons, textbooks.

                                    

Illinois State Standards: 1A.Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections. 1B.Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency. 3A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization and structure. 3B.Compose well-organized and coherent writing for specific purposes and audiences. 4A. Listen effectively in formal and informal situations. 4B. Speak effectively using language appropriate to the situation and audience.10A.Organize, describe and make predictions from existing data.16A. Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

Read pages 39-41 in your textbook. Emphasis should be on understanding Primary Sources, Secondary Sources, and Oral History.

 

We also went over the study guide again and answered all questions that we have covered previously as a class.

 

Do not lose your study guide. There will be a test on December 1. So you are expected to take your study guide home over the Thanksgiving Break and study for the test.

Read pages 51-55, "Hunters and Gatherers" and then complete activity sheet 14 which is available below. FOR PART B ON THE WORKSHEET YOU NEED THREE EXAMPLES FOR EACH BOX. When you are done, use your study guide and answer any additional questions that you may now know the answers to. It is important that you DO NOT LOSE your study guide. You will need it to study over the Thanksgiving Break for the test which will be given when you come back.

Work on study guide questions #'s 6, 11, 12, 14,15,16,18,19,23,27. Please do not lose study guide. It will help you study for the test that you will have the Tuesday after you come back from Thanksgiving Break.

 

Also, some students do not have book covers. It is very important that you get one for your Ancient Civilization book.

Read pages 32-33 in your textbook and review pages 27-31. Complete worksheet 10 which is attached. Jumbo book covers and book inventories were due today, as were the questions for pages 27-31 on loose-leaf paper.

A jumbo book cover is needed for your Ancient Civilizations book by Wednesday. Today we presented our Create-A-Country projects to the class. Students also turned in their final Geography take-home quiz. If you did not finish this over the weekend, you can still turn it in by Wednesday for full credit. Students who are done with the quiz can turn in their Geography textbook and all students may receive their Ancient Civilizations book.

Please read: " How Archaeologists study the past," Sections one and two only, pages 27-31 and answer the attached questions on loose-leaf paper in complete sentences. Remember textbook inventory and jumbo book cover due by tomorrow also.

We will continue working on our Create-A-Country projects in class this week. Remember that if you are absent two or more days (these days being last Thursday, today, or any day Wednesday through Friday), you will have to complete your own project. Remember to bring to class every day your economic and political systems chart, your textbook, coloring supplies, a ruler, paper and pens/pencils.

We will continue working on our Create-A-Country projects in class through the rest of this week. Groups will be presenting their projects on Monday, November 10.

Monday is the deadline for Veterans Day poem or letter for extra credit.

 

Geography Chapters 3 and 4 quizzes (open-book) due Monday.

 

We will be returning our Geography books on Monday and getting the Ancient Civilizations books. These are large books and require a jumbo book cover that should cover all outer parts of the book. No corners should be exposed for any reason. If you do not have one, please look for one this weekend. All books must be covered by Monday, November 17.

Today we went over the political and economic systems chart and selected groups for our create-a-country project. We went over the rubric also. If absent, I will have to explain everything to you when you return. Please be advised that students who miss two or more days of school during the completion of this project will have to complete their own individual project. Today is the first day of the project, and next week (except for Tuesday) we will also be working on the project in class.

We talked about economic and political systems and filled out a chart. In order to make sure that you fill out your chart correctly, ask for a copy of a blank chart when you return, and we will review the answers in class.  As we are reviewing the answers, you can fill yours in. This way, you will have all of the correct answers on your chart, which you will have to use next week for a major project.

Last call for all missing work! It is due NO LATER than the end of the day on Wednesday, October 29.

 

If absent today, there were two groups. Students who are caught up with their work can be a part of a Halloween/Harvest Map group and work on a fun map project. This will be going on tomorrow as well. Students who owe work will be catching up at this time.

 

Please see me tomorrow if you don't celebrate Halloween for an alternative map project.

You have two new terms for your journal: Cultural Diffusion and Acculturation. Read Chapter Three, Lesson Three again and review it. Then read Chapter Three, Lesson Four, and complete the definitions of the journal words above.

Finish reading pages 88-92 and fill in the rest of the definitions for the journal words that are listed on yesterday's assignment list.

 

Objectives: 1. Identify and tell the difference between social structures of families. 2. Identify one’s own family structure.

Procedure: Students will, on a sheet of construction paper, draw a picture of their family. They must label each family member. They must also write on their paper what kind of family structure they have, based on the ones that have been presented in the book. (Blended family is not in the book, but it will be in the students' journals because I gave them the definition and we discussed it). Students must color their picture. A rubric and instruction sheet will be passed out.

Materials: Construction paper, crayons, colored pencils, markers, pens, pencils, geography books, rubric and instruction sheets.

"My Family" Picture (40 Quiz Points)

1. A full-color picture of your family, drawn and colored by you. (20 points). 2. Each family member must be labeled in regards to how they are related to you (ex. "Sister, Aunt, Dad"). Names are optional. (10 points). 3. Identification of the type of family that you have (nuclear, blended, patriarchal, matriarchal, extended). (10 points, spelled correctly). A family can fall under two or more categories.

 Also, remember that Squirrelly Words for Chapter Three Test are due tomorrow.

Family Picture Projects are due tomorrow. Also, today's journal words are:

Socialism

Communism

Direct Democracy

Monarchy

Capitalism

Constitutional Monarchy

Constitution

Representative Democracy

Dictator

 

Read pages 87-90. Stop where the section "Political Systems" begins. Write the definitions for any of the terms that you may find while you are reading.

Make sure your journal words are up-to-date. Friday's words were: culture, culture trait, technology, cultural landscape and agriculture. Today's words are social structure, nuclear family, extended family, blended family, patriarchal, matriarchal, and ethics. If absent, then read Chapter Four, Section Two, " Social Groups, Language, and Religion."

 

For extra credit from the Chapter Three test, copy each of the words on the attached sheet five times on loose-leaf paper. These are words that most of you are having a hard time with. You will get one point extra credit on your Chapter Three Test for every word spelled five times. These are due Wednesday.

Read pages 76-81, "What is Culture?" Write down the definitions for the journal words in the "after" column of the journal as you read about them.

Periods 1, 3, 4, and 6: Finish Double-Entry Journal "Before" column words.

 

Period 2: Finish Double-Entry Journal "Before" column words and complete the last two examples on the migration chart of the Chapter Three test.

Please see me when you return. We worked on the Chapter Three test together in class. You will need specific guidance on how to complete it.

Complete attached ABC Chart. Try to come up with at least one important term for each letter of the alphabet. Use any important term or definition in chapters One, Two, or Three of the Geography book only. For the letters Q, X, and Z, try to find at least one word with that letter in it; the word does not necessarily have to begin with Q, X, or Z. Try to come up with as many examples as you can.

Read Chapter 3, Lesson 3: "Why People Migrate." Complete Worksheet 41. I added a graphic organizer to the back side. Please complete that also.

1. If you were absent, you need to take the test that you missed today. It is YOUR responsibility to see me to make it up.

 

2. Extra credit on vegetation due Thursday.

 

 

Extra Credit worksheet on Vegetation due tomorrow. Read Chapter 3 Section 1 if absent, and complete worksheet 34: "Where Do People Live?"

There will be a major test covering chapters one and two in the Geography book on October 7. Please make sure that you study for it. Make sure you use your study guide which we have been filling out in class. The questions on it cover the material on that test.

MAJOR TEST TOMORROW! GEOGRAPHY TEST ON CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO! Also, extra credit sheet due Wednesday.

Worksheets on Climate and What Influences It. Remember there is a major test on October 7. Continue to study the study guide and fill out empty spaces.

This is for the past few days! I didn't post before, so assignments from Monday and Tuesday will not be counted as late if turned in before Friday. Monday's assignment was Worksheet 16, "Our Planet, the Earth." On Tuesday we did Activity Shop Lab 6 in class, but students can still complete the assignment even if they did not participate in the lab. All the answers should be in their notebooks or textbooks. For today they will have Worksheet 20, "Land, Air, and Water." They should also have the majority of questions done on their study guides, as we have already covered most of the material in previous classes. A copy of all assignments is attached. Print out what you may need. There will be a major Geography Chapters One and Two test on October 7. Completing the study guide will help them prepare for the test. Oh, and don't forget to feed your neighborhood squirrels! Have a nice day!

See Mrs. Barankiewicz upon return to make arrangements to make up today's map test. Also, the three worksheets given to you today are due Monday. You will need your book and notes from your notebook to complete them. There is a copy attached in case you lost them or forgot them at school.

Map quiz on Friday. If absent, ask for notes you missed from today.

Map quiz is TOMORROW! Bring Smartphone (Android, IPhone) to class we can play a map game using the barcode/QR Code scanning app. Start working on Study Guide. Try to finish all of the circled ones.

Finish 5 Themes Worksheet, both sides. Quiz on map of the world Friday.

Finish reading Five Themes of Geography Packet. Study for Friday's map quiz.

1. Share the attached handout  (911.pdf)(2-sided) with your parent/guardian and discuss it. Have your parent write a quick letter on loose-leaf paper in English or Spanish, saying that you both discussed not only what was on the handout, but what was discussed in class today as well. Have you parent sign the letter and turn it in either tomorrow or Monday for extra credit.

 

2. Study the continents, oceans, the location of Chicago and the intermediate compass rose for at least five minutes every night. There will be a map quiz on September 19 covering not only this, but the following as well: the four hemispheres, the Equator, and the Prime Meridian. They should still study their maps even after the quiz, because these items will be covered on a chapter test shortly thereafter as well.

Remember signed parent note that you both discussed the events of 9/11 and the handout. If you need a copy of the handout there is a pdf from yesterday's posting.

 

Remember there is a map quiz on September 19. Study every night! If you need another one, there is a pdf from a couple of postings ago.

 

Add the following to your map of the world: Equator, Prime Meridian, Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere. Study these for your quiz as well.

 

Some kids still don't have book covers for their Geography Books. Make sure you get one this weekend if you haven't done so!

Label all of the continents and oceans on this map. Please add the intermediate directions on the compass rose. The cardinal ones are already done for you. Please make sure to add the Southern Ocean. Please make sure everything is spelled correctly and capitalized.

If you were absent, do the following on loose-leaf paper: Create two Venn Diagrams. These are the two interlocking circles that compare and contrast two things. For each set of circles, compare and contrast any two people/places/things of your choosing. Then write 2 cause-and-effect sets . After each set, add an inference based on the original cause statement. If you need help with this, please see Mrs. Barankiewicz.

We practiced doing main ideas and supporting details in class, using examples both related and not related to Social Studies. Attached are the two assignments we did as a class. One sheet is two-sided. The other one is just a one-page graphic organizer. (The fourth sheet should be blank)

Book covers must be on all Social Studies books by Wednesday. If absent, you must complete the attached worksheet. You will need to borrow an Ancient History Book to complete the backside. This worksheet is what we did together in class for any parent that is interested in viewing it.

Books must be covered by Wednesday. Not all students have turned in a signed textbook inventory. Make sure you have your parent sign it. Today we worked on timelines and chronological order. We emphasized the difference between BC and AD.

Please make sure that you have your parents sign your textbook inventory sheet! Also, you need to have your book covered by next Wednesday. Attached is the assignment we did today in class so parents can see what we did today. You can also print it off and use it to do your homework if you were absent. You can do the side with the Geography book but will need to borrow an Ancient History textbook to do the other side. If you have free time, be sure to feed your neighborhood squirrels!

Get textbook inventory completed. Please sign and ask your parent/guardian to sign. Attached are the rules for my Social Studies class in case you lost them.