7th Grade Homework
Beginning of Distance Learning and 1920s Unit Modules
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As you probably already know, Governor Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Hoffman have announced that all AZ schools will be closed until the end of the year. So, I am going to use my website in a slightly different way than before. As I said in the email, the units we will be studying will be posted in Google Classroom. This website will serve as the directions about what to do for each module and assignment.
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Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​ The Text Explorations are still due May 8th by 11:59 PM. Since these were originally assigned in August, students have known about them for a considerable amount of time. They are still in Google Classroom. With the schools and public libraries closed (and Bookmans also), some students may have a challenge getting books to finish off these two assignments. If any student is having a hard time getting a book to read for either of these assignments, please email me about it. We will work something out.
Assignments in Google Classroom's "Quarter 4"​
-- The Q4 Goals assignment was already due and will be graded for this quarter in StudentVUE.
-- The Website Suggestions and Video Suggestions assignments are not graded. They are Google Forms for students to fill out if they want to suggest a website or video that they have found that might be useful to the 7th grade curriculum. As I said before, this is not required, but suggestions of a website or video will result in additional points to their Citizen badge and points for their polis in the competition.
-- The Character Sheet assignment is an assignment that would be good for the students to complete. In the Polis Competition last year, each student chose an ancient Greek name for themself. You are not doing the Greek Simulation this year, but you should create a new identity for yourself that you use during the simulation. You can be as creative, although historically accurate, as they want to be. The part that talks about a "portrait" is a picture of themself. They can use an online avatar creator to create a picture of themself, a picture of a drawing they drew of themself, or a picture they find on the internet. (Leave the section for "Reputation" blank. I'm not sure if we will be using that later.). The second page of the Character Sheet is important because that is where they keep track of what level they are for each badge and keep track of the modules as they finish. It would be good to have that Character Sheet done before they try to do any of the 1920s modules. STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO CLICK THE "TURN IN' BUTTON WHEN THEY ARE FINISHED WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT.
1920s Module 1: Basics
-- Some of this module was already done when we were physically in school. This includes the vocab sheet that was already due and the anticipatory video we watched in class.. If students did not finish their 1920s Vocab assignment on time, they can make a copy of it, fill it out, and share it with me. (This is the only time students can cut and paste images into the "Nonlinguistic" column.
-- The Conflict/Change Quick Write is a Google Form that you should open, read the prompt and respond to in writing. This is not a formal piece of writing, it is to get you to start thinking about what you will be learning in the 1920s unit. Feel free to talk to an adult before you start to write your response. (All responses should be a paragraph and although they are not graded on conventions, please spell and use correct grammar to the best of your ability.)
-- Students should set up notes like we did in the binders for each of the 1920s areas of conflict. (“Radicalism”, “Racism & Nativism”, “Prohibition”, “Women”, and “Scopes Trial”) As you research each conflict you are looking for two main ideas: 1) anything that describes what the conflict is and 2) what are the results to American society because of the conflict. You could use notebook paper to do this; one side could be the notes explaining the conflict and the backside could be for the results of that conflict. You could also use a Google Doc to type up the notes if that is easier for you.
-- You checked out a social studies textbook that you took home. (Let me know if yours is still at school.) Use the textbook to take notes on the five different conflicts in the 1920s. The chapter is, Ch 22 The Roaring Twenties (732-755).
-- The Toto Brothers silent vaudeville film is just for fun. Movies were silent during the 1920s because they hadn't figured out how to add sound to the new technology of moving films.
1920s Module 2: Radicalism
-- Modules 2 through 6 are supplementary information for each of the areas of conflict during the 1920s. Use each of the resources to add to your notes about the 5 areas of 1920s conflict. Start with the bottom resource and work your way up. (Older items are posted in Google Classroom at the bottom, newer items are posted at the top. YES, I know I can rearrange the order, but I’m going to stick with the default!)
-- The Red Scare Crackdown are three American Experience videos of 5 or less minutes each. When you click on the icon it takes you to the first one and then you can use the arrow on the video screen to get to the next two. (Or click on the icons below the video you were watching.)
-- History vs. Vladimir Lenin is a TED-Ed video that puts Lenin, one of the main founders of Communism on trial. Watch and write down anything that helps you describe the conflict.
-- Mrs. Lipsett Writes a Letter is a letter in the National Archives from the time period. Read what she has to say and use it to add more detail to your notes.
-- When you have finished all of the other parts of the module, open up the Radicalism Summary document and fill out the form. Write a paragraph explaining what you learned about 1920s radical thought. Be sure to write your full first and last name in the form.
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1920s Module 3: Racism & Nativism
-- Start with the 1920s Racism & Nativism PPT and read through it. As you read through it, see what you can add to your notes.
-- Use the 1920s Racism & Nativism documents and videos to get some more focused information about this conflict. Any new information add to your notes.
-- When you are satisfied that you have used the documents and videos well, open the 1920s Racism & Nativism Short Write and answer the prompt.
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1920s Module 4: Prohibition
-- Use the Prohibition documents and videos to get some more focused information about this conflict. Any new information add to your notes. (The Women's Temperance Movement has a bunch of documents to scroll through and analyze. The Khan Academy has a lot of articles, but you only need to read the section about Prohibition.)
-- The Prohibition and Its Consequences activity is two part. Students should look at all of the documents and then put them on the scale where they think they should be. Then, when they have placed them all, they should take a screenshot of the scale. The last part of the activity is to open up the Google Form and answer the questions there. (If you have any problems getting a screenshot, be creative and see if you can solve the problem. If not, don't sweat it. If you solve it, let me know; it could be worth a lot of points in the competition!)
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1920s Module 5: Women <Coming Later>
1920s Module 6: Scopes Trial <Coming Later>
1920s Module 7: Summary <Coming Later>
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Homework for Week of 3/16 and 3/23
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As you already know, schools were closed on 3/15 and later that was extended through 4/10. Starting the week of 3/30 teachers will be planning and implementing the district's distant learning plan. Until those plans are communicated, students do not have specific homework and assignments at home. Feel free to read and work on Text Explorations.
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Homework for Week of 3/9
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Monday, 3/9
Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​
Binder Check (This Week?)
Q4 Goals (F, 3/13)
Jazz Age Vocab, All (R, 3/12)
Jazz Age Vocab, Preview (T, 3/10
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Tuesday, 3/10
Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​
Binder Check (This Week?)
Q4 Goals (F, 3/13)
Jazz Age Vocab, All (R, 3/12)
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Wednesday, 3/11
Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​
Binder Check (F, 3/13)
Q4 Goals (F, 3/13)
Jazz Age Vocab, All (R, 3/12)
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Thursday, 3/12
Periods 1,2,3,4 for Parent/Teacher Conferences
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Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​
Binder Check (F, 3/13)
Q4 Goals (F, 3/13)
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Friday, 3/13
Periods 6,7,8 for Parent/Teacher Conferences
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Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)
Q4 Goals (F, 3/13)
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Homework for Week of 3/2
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Monday, 3/2
WW1 DCA FD (W, 3/4) The final draft of the WW1 memorial is due on paper this day.
WW1 DCA Writing (W, 3/4) For the DCA, students will take their WW1 memorial final draft and write a letter to the director of the National Park Service explaining their memorial and why it should be built.
Reading Book (W, 3/4) If students finish their letter early, they can read so they don't distract others.
WW1 DCA RD (T, 3/3) Students should work on their memorial's rough draft. Tomorrow they will have time to get feedback on the memorial and to work on the final draft.
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Tuesday, 3/3
WW1 DCA FD (W, 3/4)
WW1 DCA Writing (W, 3/4)
Reading Book (W, 3/4)
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Wednesday, 3/4
Thursday, 3/5
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Friday, 3/6
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Homework for Week of 2/24
Monday, 2/24
WW1 DCA Writing (M, 3/2) Students will do this writing in class on the computers.
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28) These two Text Explorations are due on Friday. They are on Google Classroom and students should get them done before, or on, Thursday so if there are any problems they can take care of them on Friday.
WW1 DCA Plan (F, 2/28) Students will start this early this week and continue to work on it in class. By Friday they should have a completed plan to be able to write about next week.
Ch 21-3 (W, 2/26) Students have already started reading this section and taking notes on it. We will continue on Tuesday and anything they do not finish in class will be homework.
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Tuesday, 2/25
WW1 DCA Writing (M, 3/2)
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
WW1 DCA Plan (F, 2/28)
Ch 21-3 (W, 2/26)
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Wednesday,2/26
WW1 DCA Writing (M, 3/2)
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
WW1 DCA Plan (F, 2/28)
Thursday, 2/27
WW1 DCA Writing (M, 3/2)
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
WW1 DCA Plan (F, 2/28)
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Friday, 2/28
WW1 DCA Writing (M, 3/2)
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (11:59 PM Today)
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Homework for Week of 2/17
Monday, 2/17
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Supporting the War Effort (W, 2/19) We didn't start the notes today, but tomorrow students will start reading and taking notes about the WW1 United States homefront. If students want to start today at home, they can. The section is Chapter 21, Section 2 pages 712-717.
Tuesday, 2/18
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
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Wednesday,2/19
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Thursday, 2/20
Rodeo Break, No School
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Friday, 2/21
Rodeo Break, No School
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Homework for Week of 2/10
Monday, 2/10
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Over the Top (F, 2/14) In Google Classroom there is a document that has a link to a Canadian museum's simulation of trench warfare. The document explains what to do, including taking a screenshot of the end result of the simulation and including it in the direction sheet.
WW1 Vocab, all (W, 2/12) In Grobe View is the WW1 Vocab. Students have already looked at the vocab and have been using it in class. The finished sheet needs to be done, on paper, in class, on Wednesday.
Tuesday, 2/11
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Over the Top (F, 2/14)
WW1 Vocab, all (W, 2/12)
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Wednesday,2/12
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Over the Top (F, 2/14)
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Thursday, 2/13
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Over the Top (F, 2/14)
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Friday, 2/14
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
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Homework for Week of 2/3
Monday, 2/3
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
SOTU (W, 2/5) Tomorrow is the State of the Union. I have assigned this assignment every year that I have been teaching, regardless of the political party of the president at the time. All students need to do is to watch about 15 to 20 minutes of the speech and get an idea of it. Students do NOT need to write anything down, but they need to be ready to talk about what they saw on Wednesday.
Q3 Goals (T, 2/4) Students need to review their Q3 Goals and grades tonight. They then need to reflect on how they are doing on their goals. (If you don't keep your goals fresh in your mind, you are never going to be able to achieve them.
Iowa Caucus (T, 2/4) Students should look online for information about today's Iowa Caucus. They can watch video, read reports, but they should be ready to talk about what they learned tomorrow in class.
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Tuesday, 2/4
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
SOTU (W, 2/5)
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Wednesday,2/5
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
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Thursday, 2/6
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
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Friday, 2/7
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
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Homework for Week of 1/27
Monday, 1/27
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Midwest States Test (F, 1/31)
WW1 Vocab (F, 1/31)
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Tuesday, 1/128
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Midwest States Test (F, 1/31)
WW1 Vocab (F, 1/31)
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Wednesday,1/29
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Midwest States Test (F, 1/31)
WW1 Vocab (F, 1/31)
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Thursday, 1/30
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Midwest States Test (F, 1/31)
WW1 Vocab (F, 1/31)
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Friday, 1/31
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
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Homework for Week of 1/20
Monday, 1/20
Martin Luther King, Jr Day, No School
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Tuesday, 1/21
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Trial Article (F, 1/24)
5W1H (W, 1/22)
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Wednesday,1/22
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
​Trial Article (F, 1/24)
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Thursday, 1/23
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Trial Article (F, 1/24)
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Friday, 1/24
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Trial Article (M, 1/27)
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Homework for Week of 1/13
Monday, 1/13
Trial Prep (Ongoing) Students are still in the middle of their trial about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Each night of the trial students should prepare for the next day based on what happens in the trial that day.
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Tuesday, 1/14
Trial Prep (Ongoing)
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Wednesday,1/15
Trial Prep (Ongoing)
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Thursday, 1/16
Trial Prep (Ongoing)
Trial Notes (F, 1/17) Tonight students should start writing down what the witnesses have testified about during the trial. Students should focus on the facts that they have said, and the actions that occurred while they were testifying. Next week students will write a news article about what happened during the trial. (Students may create a shared document with other students so that multiple students are working on the same set of notes about the trial.)
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Friday, 1/17
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Homework for Week of 1/6/2020
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Happy New Year and Welcome Back!!
Monday, 1/6
Trial Prep (On-going) At the end of Quarter 2 students students had started to prepare for a mock trial in class about the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire. Unfortunately, as a result of my selection for jury duty taking me out of the classroom for two days, we had to postpone the trial until this week. Students should continue to work on being prepared for the trial.
Q3 Goals (F, 1/10) In Google Classroom students need to open up the Q3 Goals assignment and fill it out. I am going to give students time in class to work on it tomorrow so they can be as successful as they choose to be and so I can also conference with students to help them get specific feedback on how to be successful in Social Studies.
S1 Vocab Test (F, 1/10) On Friday there is a vocab test over all of the vocab we have studied in Quarter 1 and Quarter 2. Students should have all of the vocab sheets in their binders, but if they are missing any, they can go to Grobe View or Google Classroom and access all of the previous sheets. Also, In Grobe View are all of the materials we used for class and all of the Powerpoints I used to instruct students.
Grade Check (T, 1/7) To get ready for the conference with me and in order to do the Q3 Goals assignment, students need to check their grades in StudentVUE. My grades are updated and are the grades that will be on the official report card on Friday. (Remember, this is a digital report card; no paper report cards are printed off and sent home to the parents.)
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Tuesday, 1/7
Q3 Goals (F, 1/10)
S1 Vocab Test (F, 1/10)
Wednesday,1/8
Q3 Goals (F, 1/10)
S1 Vocab Test (F, 1/10)
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Thursday, 1/9
Q3 Goals (F, 1/10)
S1 Vocab Test (F, 1/10)
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Friday, 1/10
Homework for Week of 12/9
Monday, 12/9
TOTC RAFT (F, 12/20) As a summative assignment for the Turn of the Century unit, students are taking on the persona of a character who lived in the 1890s and immigrated to the United States. The TOTC RAFT assignment is in Google Classroom and we will be learning background information through the end of the quarter.
Progressives Vocab (T, 12/17) This vocab sheet is in both Google Classroom and Smiley View.
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Both Text Explorations are due by 11:59 on Friday.
Missing Work (F, 12/13) All missing work must be taken care of by Friday the 13th. I don't take late work without a Late Coupon. However, if a student comes in for Wednesday Morning School or Saturday School, I will take any of the work done during that time.
Industrialization Vocab (F, 12/13) The Industrialization Vocab is in Google Classroom and Smiley View. Students should fill out all the boxes. (If they need to, they can use the PowerPoints in Smiley View to help them out with the meanings.
Immigration Vocab (W, 12/11) The Industrialization Vocab is in Google Classroom and Smiley View.
TOTC Research (T, 12/10) In Smiley View there is a host of Powerpoints and documents for the students to explore to get more information for their TOTC RAFT.
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Tuesday, 12/10
TOTC RAFT (F, 12/20)
Progressives Vocab (T, 12/17)
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
Industrialization Vocab (F, 12/13)
Immigration Vocab (W, 12/11)
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Wednesday,12/11
TOTC RAFT (F, 12/20)
Progressives Vocab (T, 12/17)
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
Industrialization Vocab (F, 12/13)
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Thursday, 12/12
TOTC RAFT (F, 12/20)
Progressives Vocab (T, 12/17)
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
Industrialization Vocab (F, 12/13)
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Friday, 12/13
TOTC RAFT (F, 12/20)
Progressives Vocab (T, 12/17)
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (11:59)
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Homework for Week of 12/2
Monday, 12/2
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA.
Missing Work (F, 12/13) All missing work must be taken care of by Friday the 13th. I don't take late work without a Late Coupon. However, if a student comes in for Wednesday Morning School or Saturday School, I will take any of the work done during that time.
Immigration Vocab (F, 12/6) The complete Immigration Vocab sheet needs to be finished on paper and ready to turn in by this Friday. (Students can find the vocab on Google Classroom.)
Missing Work Check (T, 12/3) Tonight students should get on StudentVUE and check their grades. They should also check to see if they have any missing work for Social Studies. I have graded everything that has been turned in, paper and digital, over the Thanksgiving Break so their grades are very up to date.
Nation of Immigrants (11:59 Tonight) Students will need to turn in the written portion of the Nation of Immigrants assignment by 11:59. (They already turned in their family trees and shared their artifacts in class today.)
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Tuesday, 12/3
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
Immigration Vocab (F, 12/6)
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Wednesday,12/4
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
Immigration Vocab (F, 12/6)
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Thursday, 12/5
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
Immigration Vocab (F, 12/6)
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Friday, 12/6
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
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Homework for Week of 11/25
Monday, 11/25
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA. (No The Giver or Watsons Go to Birmingham.) In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Nation of Immigrants (M, 12/2) Students will need to interview any adult over the age of 21. In Google Classroom there is an assignment for students to fill out about their interview subject. On Monday, students will need to either have their artifact, or a picture of it, which they will explain to their table group.
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Tuesday, 11/26
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Nation of Immigrants (M, 12/2)
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Wednesday,11/27
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No School, Thanksgiving Break
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Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Nation of Immigrants (M, 12/2)
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Thursday, 11/28
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No School, Thanksgiving Break
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Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Nation of Immigrants (M, 12/2)
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Friday, 11/29
No School, Thanksgiving Break
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Nation of Immigrants (M, 12/2)
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Homework for Week of 11/18
Monday, 11/18
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Government Vocab (F, 11/22) The vocab is in both Smiley View and Google Classroom. On Friday students need to turn in a paper copy of the vocab with all of the boxes filled out.
Study Government Notes (Daily) Last Friday students took a test about the United States government. It did not go all that well, so students reviewed their notes and turned in the test. Students should study a little bit each day for the rest of the week so they can take a test that is not an open-note test later on.
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Tuesday, 11/19
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Government Vocab (F, 11/22)
Study Government Notes (Daily)
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Wednesday,11/20
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Government Vocab (F, 11/22)
Study Government Notes (Daily)
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Thursday, 11/21
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Government Vocab (F, 11/22)
Study Government Notes (Daily)
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Friday, 11/22
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
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Homework for Week of 11/11
Monday, 11/11
Veteran's Day, No School
Tuesday, 11/12
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA. In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Reading Book (F, 11/15) Students need to have a reading book in class for the test. Having the book or not will be a P&SR grade in the gradebook.
Government Test (F, 11/15) On Friday there is a test over the three branches of government, the checks and balances on those branches, and the branches' powers each have.
Legislative PPT (W, 11/13) Students should look over the Powerpoint about the Legislative branch in Smiley View. Students do not need to take notes on it.
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Wednesday,11/13
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Reading Book (F, 11/15)
Government Test (F, 11/15)
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Thursday, 11/14
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Reading Book (F, 11/15)
Government Test (F, 11/15)
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Friday, 11/15
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
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Homework for Week of 11/4
Monday, 11/4
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Constitution TOC (W, 11/6) Today students started to create a Table of Contents for the United States Constitution and its Amendments. We are going to continue to work on it tomorrow, but students need a paper copy of the Table of Contents on their desk to use during class.
NE States Test (T, 11/5) Last week students started studying for this test. I gave them some time today to study for it and they will take the test first thing tomorrow.
Tuesday, 11/5
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Constitution TOC (R, 11/7) Today students didn't have much time to work on the Table of Contents so we are going to work on it tomorrow in class and they need to have it finished for Thursday.
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Wednesday,11/6
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Constitution TOC (R, 11/7)
Thursday, 11/7
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Friday, 11/8
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
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Homework for Week of 10/28
Monday, 10/28
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA. (No The Giver or Watsons Go to Birmingham.) In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
NE States Test (F, 11/1) Today students started to fill out their study guide for the 11 northeastern United States. For each of the states, students need to know where the states are, what the name of the state is, what its capital is, what its postal abbreviation is, and how to spell all of them correctly. For bellwork, the rest of the week the students will be filling out the study guide and studying for the test.
Citizens Test (T, 10/29) We will actually do this tomorrow in class, but if they want to get a head start, they can go to Google Classroom and open the document and start answering the questions. (Do NOT do any research. Only answer what you think you know and please DO take guesses.
Tuesday, 10/29
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
NE States Test (F, 11/1)
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Wednesday,10/30
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
NE States Test (F, 11/1)
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Thursday, 10/31
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
NE States Test (F, 11/1)
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Friday, 11/1
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
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Homework for Week of 10/21
Monday, 10/21
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA. (No The Giver or Watsons Go to Birmingham.) In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Quarter 2 Goals (F, 10/25) Students should go to Google Classroom and open up the assignment. They should record all of their final grades for Quarter 1 and any grades they already have for Quarter 2. Students should also look over their Quarter 1 goals. They then should create a new goal to help them be successful in Quarter 2. (REMEMBER, THE GOAL SHOULD BE SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE AND TIMELY.)
Recon Cartoon RD (W, 10/23) Students have been learning about Reconstruction. For the District Common Assessment, students will need to draw a cartoon showing the successes and failures of Reconstruction. They will then also write an explanation of the cartoon and a justification for why their cartoon should be added to a children's textbook.
Tuesday, 10/22
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Quarter 2 Goals (F, 10/25)
Recon Cartoon RD (W, 10/23)
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Wednesday,10/23
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Quarter 2 Goals (F, 10/25)
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Thursday, 10/24
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Quarter 2 Goals (F, 10/25)
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Friday, 10/25
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Quarter 2 Goals (Midnight)
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Homework for Week of 10/14
Monday, 10/14
Binder Check (W, 10/16) At the end of class on Tuesday, students need to leave their Social Studies binders. Over the break I am going to grade them on how organized they are. This is probably going to be the first grade for Quarter 2. Students should go to Smiley View and review the document "19-20 Copy of Your Binder" to see what should be in the binder. If anything from the document is missing, or if there are extra items that are not on the document, the student cannot get a "3." Students have a week and almost a half to make copies of any missing items. To find Smiley View, students should go to Google Classroom and open up the link to Smiley View or should go directly to their Google Drive, Shared With Me, and then open up the folder Smiley View there.
Grade Check (Tonight) All assignments have been graded so students should check their grades tonight. Whatever the grade is in StudentVUE tonight is going to be their final grade for Quarter 1.
Tuesday, 10/15 1/2 day for Parent/Teacher Conferences
Binder Check (W, 10/16)
Wednesday,10/16 1/2 day for Parent/Teacher Conferences
Thursday, 10/17
Fall Break
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Friday, 10/18
Fall Break
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Homework for Week of 10/7
Monday, 10/7
Binder Check (W, 10/16) At the end of class on Tuesday, students need to leave their Social Studies binders. Over the break I am going to grade them on how organized they are. This is probably going to be the first grade for Quarter 2. Students should go to Smiley View and review the document "19-20 Copy of Your Binder" to see what should be in the binder. If anything from the document is missing, or if there are extra items that are not on the document, the student cannot get a "3." Students have a week and almost a half to make copies of any missing items. To find Smiley View, students should go to Google Classroom and open up the link to Smiley View or should go directly to their Google Drive, Shared With Me, and then open up the folder Smiley View there.
Recon DCA (M, 10/14) Students have already been working on the background information for the DCA by creating the 9 stakeholders and their perceived problems and attempted solutions. This week we will be working on using editorial cartoons as primary sources and how to create them. The goal is to have a final copy ready to turn in on Monday.
Tuesday, 10/8
Binder Check (W, 10/16)
Recon DCA (M, 10/14)
Wednesday,10/9
Binder Check (W, 10/16)
Recon DCA (M, 10/14)
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Thursday, 10/10
Binder Check (W, 10/16)
Recon DCA (M, 10/14)
Cartoon Websites (F, 10/11) In Google Classroom there is a resource called Editorial Cartoon Websites. Students should open it up and explore the sites. They do not need to write anything down, but they do need to start getting ideas about how they could draw the Reconstruction DCA.
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Friday, 10/11
Binder Check (W, 10/16)​
Recon DCA (M, 10/14)
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Homework for Week of 9/30
Monday, 9/30
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
9 Stakeholders (T, 10/1) In Smiley View students need to look at the pictures of the webs that we made about the stakeholders during Reconstruction. Students need paper copies of the information that is there in their binder.
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Tuesday, 10/1
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Wednesday,10/2
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Thursday, 10/3
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
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Friday, 10/4
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (11:59 Tonight)
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Homework for Week of 9/23
Monday, 9/23
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Recon S/P/S (T, 9/24) Today was the last day in class to read the three sections of the textbook about Reconstruction and to take notes on the Stakeholders/Problems/Solutions. Anything they did not finish in class they need to finish at home tonight. These notes are the background notes they will use on the Reconstruction DCA.
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Tuesday, 9/24
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Wednesday, 9/25
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Thursday, 9/26
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
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Friday, 9/27
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
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Homework for Week of 9/16
Monday, 9/16
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Recon Vocab (F, 9/20) The Reconstruction vocab is in Smiley View. Today I showed the students where the vocab is, and we went over all the words and how to do the worksheet. Students need to go to Google Classroom and open the document. They can make a copy of it and then either type up the answers or print it out and hand write it.
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<<Late Coupon Opportunity>> Tonight students should have a parent sign their planner with the words, "Late Coupon", at the bottom of today's column. If students show me their signature, I will give them a Late Coupon tomorrow.
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Tuesday, 9/17
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Recon Vocab (F, 9/20)
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Wednesday, 9/18
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Recon Vocab (F, 9/20)
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Thursday, 9/19
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Recon Vocab (F, 9/20)
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Friday, 9/20
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
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Homework for Week of 9/9
Monday, 9/9
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13) Last week students got Scholastic book orders. STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO ORDER A BOOK IF THEY DO NOT WANT TO ORDER ONE. However, since I require the students to read for their Text Explorations, I will provide Scholastic book orders to make it easier for them to get books to read. If parents want to order and pay online with no paper involved, the URL for my classroom's orders is https://orders.scholastic.com/GV72T . Parents can order using the paper order form also. Simply fill it out the order form with the student's name and send it in to me with a check made out to Scholastic. All ordered books will be shipped to the school and I will give them to the students once they come in. The link to all of the book orders is (https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=606427).
SE States Test (F, 9/13) Today students started to fill out their study guide for the 11 southeastern United States. For each of the states, students need to know where the states are, what the name of the state is, what its capital is, what its postal abbreviation is, and how to spell all of them correctly. For bellwork, the rest of the week the students will be filling out the study guide and studying for the test.
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Tuesday, 9/10
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13)
SE States Test (F, 9/13)
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Wednesday, 9/11
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13)
SE States Test (F, 9/13)
Interview Practice (R, 9/12) Tonight students need to practice interviewing a person (a primary source). The person can be any adult who was alive when the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks happened. Students do not need to write anything down or get a signature, but they do need to be ready to talk about it tomorrow for bellwork.
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Thursday, 9/12
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13)
SE States Test (F, 9/13)
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Friday, 9/13
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
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Homework for Week of 9/2
Monday, 9/2
Labor Day, No School
Quarter 1 Goals (Midnight Tonight)
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Tuesday, 9/3
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Schema Connections Sig (W, 9/4) At home tonight, students need to have a conversation with an adult about what schema connections are and how the brain uses them to remember information. Once they have finished the conversation, students should get the adult to sign their planner. Tomorrow the bellwork will be about the conversation they have about schema connections and to show the adult's signature.
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Wednesday, 9/4
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13) Today students got a Scholastic book order and they will get another one on Thursday. STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO ORDER A BOOK IF THEY DO NOT WANT TO ORDER ONE. However, since I require the students to read for their Text Explorations, I will provide Scholastic book orders to make it easier for them to get books to read. If parents want to order and pay online with no paper involved, the URL for my classroom's orders is https://orders.scholastic.com/GV72T . Parents can order using the paper order form also. Simply fill it out the order form with the student's name and send it in to me with a check made out to Scholastic. All ordered books will be shipped to the school and I will give them to the students once they come in. The link to all of the book orders is (https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=606427).
Civil War Web (F, 9/6) Today students had a considerable amount of work time on their web. On Friday they need to be ready to use that review web for an assignment. (Students checked out textbooks so they would be able to work on homework with the textbook at home.)
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Thursday, 9/5
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13)
Civil War Web (F, 9/6)
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Friday, 9/6
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13)
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Homework for Week of 8/26
Monday, 8/26
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. Tomorrow I will explain how to do the assignment in detail. In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Quarter 1 Goals (M, 9/2) Tomorrow I will help the students in class with this assignment. It will be in Google Classroom tomorrow for them to work on.
What Happened? (W, 8/28) In Google Classroom there is an assignment where the students write about what they think about what happened to Sam Smiley. The main thing that I am grading on is whether or not they can back up their opinions with facts from the Sam Smiley case file.
Sam Smiley Organizer (W, 8/28) Last week the students were analyzing the Sam Smiley case file. While they worked in their small groups, they kept track of the evidence in a graphic organizer. On Wednesday, in class, I will collect those graphic organizers. If students need to look at the evidence again, it is in Smiley View.
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Tuesday, 8/27
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Quarter 1 Goals (M, 9/2)
What Happened? (W, 8/28)
Sam Smiley Organizer (W, 8/28)
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Wednesday, 8/28
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Quarter 1 Goals (M, 9/2)
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Thursday, 8/29
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Quarter 1 Goals (M, 9/2)
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Friday, 8/30
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Quarter 1 Goals (M, 9/2)
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Homework for Week of 8/19
Monday, 8/19
Superhero (F, 8/23)
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Tuesday, 8/20
Superhero (F, 8/23)
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Wednesday, 8/21
Superhero (F, 8/23)
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Thursday, 8/22
Superhero (F, 8/23)
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Friday, 8/23
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Homework for Week of 8/12
Monday, 8/12
Reading Book (T, 8/13) Tomorrow, students need to have the book that they are reading for Social Studies and ELA on their desk for me to check. Yes, the homework is that easy!
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16) Please refer to last Friday.
Get To Know You (F, 8/16) This is a Google Classroom assignment that I will, hopefully, be able to assign tomorrow. If not, I will push back the due date to next Monday. The Google Classroom code is 5c6p9p . Students can get started on this if they want.
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Tuesday, 8/13
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16)
Get To Know You (F, 8/16)
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Wednesday, 8/14
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16)
Get To Know You (F, 8/16)
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Thursday, 8/15
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16)
Get To Know You (M, 8/19) I changed the due date since the students had less time to work on it than anticipated.
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Friday, 8/16
Get To Know You (M, 8/19)
Superhero (F, 8/23) Students need to create a superhero who represents who they are. The 8.5 X 11 final product needs to have a visual of them as a superhero and should have 3 characteristics, 2 superpowers and a purpose. Refer to Smiley View for any questions.
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Homework for Week of 8/5
Monday, 8/5
No School
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Tuesday, 8/6
No School
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Wednesday, 8/7
No School
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Thursday, 8/8
Binder Supplies (F, 8/9) Students probably already have this finished. They need to bring a 3-ring binder with dividers and lined paper to class tomorrow. We will be organizing our binders tomorrow.
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16) I have not finished assigning this yet, so students cannot do this tonight.
Get To Know You (F, 8/16) I have not finished assigning this yet, so students cannot do this tonight.
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Friday, 8/9
Reading Book (T, 8/13) In social studies this year students will need to read two books each quarter. These are the same two books as the outside reading requirement for ELA. On Tuesday, every students needs to have the current book that they are reading on their desk, ready to show me.
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16) Although students have written this assignment down previously, it is now available for them to do. Parents, would you please use the provided URL to go to your student’s class period. Please fill out the questions there to allow me to get to know your student better, but also to allow me to set up an email list that I can use in the future to send Email Blasts to convey important information to guardians about social studies. I greatly appreciate your help in establishing this important school/home communication. Thank you in advance! (Students will thank you too since they will get a Late Coupon for having their guardian fill out the form!)
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Period 4: https://forms.gle/FeerfLpfwGJFXfKJ6
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Get To Know You (F, 8/16) Students will do this on Google Classroom next week.
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THIS IS HOMEWORK DUE ON MONDAY ONLY IF STUDENTS DID NOT HAVE THEIR BINDER SUPPLIES FOR FRIDAY. If students did not have their binder supplies for Friday, they need to organize their binder over the weekend. Students need to have a 3-ring binder, labeled with their name on the outside or the inside cover of the binder. This binder stays in the social studies' room so they have more room in their lockers. They then should have four dividers:
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Bellwork
VIP
Constitution
Vocab
Current Unit
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There should be loose-leaf lined paper after the Bellwork tab and the Current Unit tab. Spiral notebooks don't work for Social Studies unless they are VERY thin and can be used exclusively in the Current Unit section.