Mrs. Stallings
Social Studies
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MARCH
Week of 8th - 12th
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| Today we will begin our lesson by listening to a story on CD and following along in the Greek Myths Book. Students will then finish any work from Friday. We will then begin our Trojan War Unit. Students will read through and complete Part 1 in the packet provided. Homework: Finish Part 1 of the Trojan War if not done in class. Study for Chapter 11 Test, Lessons 1 & 2
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Today students will continue with The Trojan War. We will go over Part 1 to ensure that all finished. Students will then begin to read and complete Parts 2 and 3. Homework: Finish Parts 2 & 3 of the Trojan War if not done in class. Study for Chapter 11 Test, Lessons 1 & 2
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Today students will continue with The Trojan War. We will go over Parts 2 & 3 to ensure that all finished. Students will then begin to read and complete Part 4. We will go over this in class today. Homework: Study for Chapter 11 Test, Lessons 1 & 2 |
t Test on Chapter 11, Lessons 1 and 2. This is an open book test. Homework: None o take me out to They will |
End of the Quarter Bash. Fun and exciting events for those students who meet the criteria. Please look at the e-mail sent home on Monday for the list of criteria. Homework: None
HAVE A WONDERFUL SPRING BREAK! wi |
Week of 1st - 5th
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| Today students will begin Lesson 3, Chapter 11, The City-State Democracy. SQ3R worksheet Homework: None
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Today students will continue with and finish up Lesson 3, Chapter 11. They will also finish with the SQ3R worksheet. Homework: None |
Today students will have a Read-A-Thon with books about Ancient Greece. They will fill in their sheet with a minimum of 2 books using facts they read about. Homework: None |
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Today students will work on Lesson 4, Chapter 11. They will fill out their SQ3R worksheet. Homework: Using both SQ3R worksheets from Lessons 1 & 2 begin studying for open book test on Thursday, March 11. wi |
FEBRUARY
Week of 22nd - 26th
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| Today students will begin by completing a geography worksheet dealing with latitude and longitude. They will then read more on Gods and Goddesses and complete 2 pages in their Blue Greece Packet. Homework: Finish the 2 pages if not done in class.
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Today students will read 2 articles about Greek trade and fill out 2 worksheets using their own words based on the information they read about. They will also go over the 2 pages in the Blue Greece Packet from yesterday. Homework: None |
Today students will have a lesson dealing with Black History. They will view a powerpoint and do a couple of reflective activities. Homework: None |
t Today students will have a lesson on the Census. They will be given information and will use that to gain a undestanding why this is done. Homework: None o take me out to They will |
Atalanta's Last Race Students will volunteer to act out the play. They will practice and perform for the class. The students will answer questions based on the play when it is over. wi |
Week of 15th - 19th
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| No School President's Day
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Make a map of Ancient Greece. Label items from the checklist then color the land green and the water blue! Homework: None |
Continue with and finish up your mapping activity and turn it in! Remember neatness counts. Homework: Finish up mapping activity if not by the end of class. Turn it in on Thursday. |
t Who were the Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece? Students will be decorating one and writing information about their God/Goddess and creating a poster of their work. Homework: None o take me out to They will |
Continue with and finish the poster of Gods/Goddesses. Time permitting, students will view a video on Ancient Greece and write 10 complete sentences about new things they learned about from the video. Homework: Finish up with Gods/Goddesses if not done by the end of class. Turn it in on Monday. wi |
Week of 8th - 12th
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| Introduction to Ancient Greece. Read to Begin: The Persian Invasion. Chapter 11, Lesson 1. SQ3R Homework: None
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Continue with Chapter 11, Lesson 1. Discuss Questions and Answers. Finish SQ3R. Homework: None |
Ancient Greek Religion. Activities based on Chapter 11, Lesson 2 to Focus and Motivate. Homework: None |
t Chapter 11, Lesson 2. Beliefs and Customs. SQ3R Homework: None o take me out to They will |
Continue with Chapter 11, Lesson 2. Discuss Questions and Answers. Finish SQ3R. Homework: Nones wi |
Week of 1st - 5th
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| Hand out and fill in Study Guide for Friday's Exam over Ancient Inca, Aztec and Maya. Homework: Bring in 1 brown grocery bag for Codex Project on Tuesday and begin studying for Exam.ng |
Begin Codex project on Ancient Aztec Civilization.
Homework: Study for Friday's Exam |
Continue with Codex project on Ancient Aztec Civilization.
Homework: Study for Friday's Exam |
t Complete and hand in Codex project on Ancient Aztec Civilization.
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Exam over Ancient Inca, Aztec and Maya Civilizations. Homework: Nonets wi |
Week of 25th - 29th
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| Introduce Ancient Incas Listen to The Eagle on the Prickly Pear Read Chapter 12, Lesson 2 SQ3R Homework: Noneing |
Go to the Computer Lab Begin to collect information to create a travel brochure for an Ancient Mayan City. Worksheets with instructions will be given today.
Homework: None |
Go to the Computer Lab Using Microsoft Publisher complete and print out your travel brochure. Homework: Noneing informationwork |
Students who did not finish travel brochure projects will have the opportunity to finish up using laptops in class today. Homework: Finish up projects if not done at school.ing ten to take me out to They will |
Using the Ancient World Books, read the story The Hero Twins of the Mayan Sacred Ball Game. Answer the questions at then end. If time permits, using the Book Cart with different books on the Ancinet Maya, Inca and Aztec we will have a Read-A-Thon today. Homework: Nonets wi |
Week of 18th - 22nd
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| No School MLK Jr. Holiday |
Introduce Ancient Mayans Listen to Take Me Out To The Ballgame Read Chapter 11, Lesson 3 SQ3R
Homework: Finish Extra Credit due Wed. 1/20 |
Continue with Ancient Mayans Finish SQ3R Work on writing math subtration and addition problems using the Mayan numbering system Homework: Noneing informationwork |
Introduce Ancient Aztecs Listen to Turning Swamps Into Floating Gardens Read Chapter 12, Lesson 1 SQ3R Homework: Noneing ten to take me out to They will |
Continue with Ancient Aztecs Finish SQ3R Using our World Atlas complete a handout on Mesoamerica. Start with the timeline side first! Homework: Nonets wi |
Week of 11th - 15th
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| Continue Ancient China Read Lesson 3, Chapter 8 Worksheet on Lesson 3
Homework: None |
Continue with Ancient China Read Lesson 4, Chapter 8 Worksheet on Lesson 4
Homework: None
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Work with students on writing an introductory paragraph using the 3 philosophies from Ancient China. students will Homework: Use worksheets to study for Assessment on Fridaye araph using informationwork |
Read the story in the Ancient World Book pgs. 152 - 159 and answer the questions at the end of the story. Today students will be reading Homework: Use worksheets to study for Assessment on Fridaye a Clim story out of the Ancient World book. They will |
Assessment Grade on Lessons 1 and 2 Grade in class Read - A - Thon Books from Library Homework: Finish Extra Credit Assignment if you chose to do it.ts will contiwork: No |
Week of 4th - 8th
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| Introduce Ancient China Read Lesson 1, Chapter 8 Worksheet on Lesson 1
Homework: None |
Continue with Ancient China Read Lesson 2, Chapter 8 Worksheet on Lesson 2
Homework: Use worksheets to study for Assessment on Friday
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Confucius Says.....ay Read the story in the Blue Book pgs. 139 - 151 and answer the questions at the end of the story. students will Homework: Use worksheets to study for Assessment on Fridaye a Climate Graph using informationwork: S |
Video on Ancient China along with a video guide. Go over video guide when done. Study using worksheets from Lessons 1 and 2 for Assessment on Friday Today students will be reading a story out of the Ancient World book. They will view the powerpoint prior to reading |
Assessment Grade on Lessons 1 and 2 Grade in class Ancient Chinese Invention Activity Today students will continue reading out of the Ancient World book. They will continue to answer questions as well. Homework: No |
DECEMBER
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1 Today students will read Lesson 1, Chapter 7 out loud. They will fill in the answers to the questions on the SQ3R worksheet. Homework: Complete and turn in the Flipbooks. Last day accepted for any credit is Thursday 12/3.
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2 Today students will make a Climate Graph using information on pg 225. Homework: Students will need graph paper, colored pencils and a ruler for this. Reminder that the last day Flipbooks will be accepted for any credit is Thursday 12/3. |
3 Today students will be reading a story out of the Ancient World book. They will view the powerpoint prior to reading the story then read and answer the questions. Homework: Today is the last day that Flipbooks can be turned in for any credit.
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4 Today students will continue reading out of the Ancient World book. They will continue to answer questions as well. Homework: None.
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7 Today students will read Lesson 2, Chapter 7. They will fill in the SQ3R worksheet. Homework: None
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8 Today students will be have instruction on how to use Encarta to do research. Homework: None |
9 Today students will be given information for their Bulletin Board Project to be done as a group. They will have 3 days to complete this project. Homework: Bring in any materials needed for your project. |
10 Today students will continue working on their Bulletin Board Project to be done as a group. Homework: Bring in any materials needed for your project.
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11 Today students will finish their Bulletin Board projects and if time permits, present them to the class. Homework: None
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| 14 Sudents did not finish their Bulletin Board projects on Friday so they will finish them today and present them. They will then Read Lesson 3, Chapter 7 and begin to fill in the SQ3R worksheet. Homework: None
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15 Today students will finish the SQ3R worksheet and have someone answer their questions. We will then read it out loud as a class and check the questions. Homework: None
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16 Today students will read Lesson 4, Chapter 7. They will begin to fill in the SQ3R worksheet. Homework: None
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17 Today students will finish the SQ3R worksheet and have someone answer their questions. We will then read it out loud as a class and check the questions. Homework: None
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18 End of the quarter celebration day! HAVE AN AWESOME WINTER BREAK! SEE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR! Homework: None |
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NOVEMBER
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| 2 Today students will begin building their tombs. They will be working on different sections at different times.
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3 Today students will continue building their tombs. They will switch out and work on a different section.
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4 Today students will continue building their tombs. They will switch out and work on a different section.
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5 Today students will be taking the CASS assessment. They will then continue building their tombs. They will switch out and work on a different section.
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6 Today students will work on some Egyptian fill-ins. How much information have they learned? They will also complete a story by solving the hieroglyphic symbols for ALONG THE NILE. Homework:none
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9 Today students will take a quiz to see who qualifies for our school-wide geo-bee. Students will then work to try to complete their tombs.
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10 Today students will finish tombs. We will go over the Egypt packet and hand it in. We will begin studying for our Chapter 5 test.
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11 No School - Veterans Day Enjoy your day off. |
12 Today students will finish their tombs. It took a bit longer than anticipated.
Homework: Finish tomb at home if not completed at school. |
13 Today students will finish going over Chapter 5 and will be given their study guide for the Chapter 5 Test on Tuesday. Students will receive their study guides and will begin filling them in using their textbooks. Homework: Study for Chapter 5 test on Tuesday using the Study Guide.
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| 16 Today students will finish filling in the study guide and we will go over it in class. They will then work with a partner and study for the Chapter 5 Test on Tuesday. Homework: Study for Chapter 5 test on TUESDAY using the Study Guide.
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17 Chapter 5 Test. Hieroglyphics worksheet, finishing the story.
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18 Today students will correct and go over their test. They will finish the hieroglyphics worksheet and we will read through the story Along the Nile. Students will receive information about a flipbook activity. Homework: None |
19 Today students will be going to the computer lab to work on a flipbook activity. They will gather information listed on their handout and draw pictures for each item. This will be due on Monday, November 23rd. Homework: Work on pictures for your flipbook.
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20 Today students will once again be in the computer lab working on their flipbook activiy. They will be able to gather the last of the information at this time. Students will work on the pictures at home and will turn it in on Monday, November 23rd. Homework: Put all information together and finish flipbook.
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| 23 Today students will be turning in both their yellow Egypt packets as well as their flip books. They will also be doing some interactive activities on Egypt. They will be doing the Royal Jeopardy and giving a score and working on Fascinating Egyptian Mummies and try to make it to the last chamber.
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24 Today students will be finishing their interactive activities. They will be going into the Tomb of the Unknown Mummy and working with Scoop out the Brain. Students will turn in the sheet they have for all of the activities done yesterday as well as today. Homework: None |
25 Enjoy your day off!!!!!! |
26 Happy Thanksgiving! |
27 Have a terrific day off!!! |
| 30 Today students will begin the unit on India. They will listen to the story of Saraswathi and discuss it. They will begin Lesson 1 Chapter 7 and begin filling in the SQ3R worksheet. Homework: Complete and turn in the Flipbooks. Last day accepted for any credit is Thursday 12/3. |
OCTOBER
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9 Bell work - Work on passports. Today we will be having our End of the Quarter Celebraton.
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| 26 Today students will read pages 154-161 aloud and we will go over the SQ3R work that they did on Friday. We will also go over pages 4 and 30 in their Egypt packet. Students will view 1/2 of a video on Mummies and will write 10 things that they learned about mummies today. Homework - None |
27 Today students will finish watching the 2nd half of the mummy video. Once again they will write 10 things that they learned about mummies. Homework - None |
28 Today we will work on pages 7 - 12 in the Egypt packet with a partner. Homework - None |
29 Today students will have a Read-A-Thon using books dealing with Egypt that are on loan from our library. Students are required to read two different books for 20 minutes each and then fill out the sheet with information about their books. Homework - None |
30 Today students will read pages 164 - 170 silently and complete the SQ3R worksheet. They will have their partner answer the questions they write and we will go over this when they are done. Students will then begin work on pages 15 & 16 in our Egypt book. Homework - None |
SEPTEMBER
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1 Bell Work - Finish Color My World WS Students will have a Read-A-Thon with different Mysteries from the library. They will fill in specific information abut each book that they go through. Homework: Begin studying the Mind Maps completed for the Mysteries Exam on 9/10
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2 Bell Work - Read pgs 2-3 in Textbook and answer the 4 questions. Students will continue and finish reading The Bermuda Triangle and begin to fill in their Mind Maps if there is time.
Homework: Begin studying the Mind Maps completed for the Mysteries Exam on 9/10 |
3 Bell Work - World History Warm-Up. Prehistory 1 Students will finsih filling in their Mind Maps and begin plotting out the 17 disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle on their maps. Homework: Begin studying the Mind Maps completed for the Mysteries Exam on 9/10
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4 Bell Work - World History Warm-Up. Prehistory 2 Students will complete a Textbook Scavenger Hunt. Students will be write down information as a study guide to help with them study for their exam on 9/10. Homework: Begin studying the Mind Maps completed for the Mysteries Exam on 9/10 |
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11 Bell Work - World History Warm-Up Prehistory 5 Students will watch an Atlantis video clip and look at some pictures dealing with the 5 mysteries that we covered. Students will become familiar with their texbooks by working on the textbook Scavenger Hunt. Homework: None
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| 14 Bell Work - Fill in agendas Today students will begin our series of SQ3R lessons. This is a reading strategy used here at Aprende in all grade levels. We become very familiar with this strategy in 6th grade.Students will take a Pre-Test on the Western Wall. Homework: None |
15 Bell Work - Survey Questions-What are your limits? Today students will be taking the first of the SIP tests in A-Lab and we will run a shorter schedule for regular classes. Students will view a video dealing with study skills. Homework: None
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16 Bell Work - Go over Survey Question from Tuesday. Today students will begin the first 'S' of SQ3R - Survey. Students will use their SQ3R packets to fill in notes that correspond to the power point slides. Homework: None
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17 Bell Work - Survey Question-Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Today students will be doing activites based on the Constitution as it is Constitution Day.
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18 Bell Work -Go over Survey Question from Thursday. Today students will continue on with SQ3R - Question. Students will use their corresponding packet to fill in the information. Homework: Correction of Mysteries Test for students who scored below a "C".
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| 28 Bell Work - Fill in agendas. Today students will continue to study for the exam over SQ3R using the study guide, packet and flashcards. Students will take a pre-test and then self-correct it so that they know what they need to work on as they study. They will work with small groups as well as large groups to answer any questions about the strategies learned. Homework: Using the SQ3R packets,study guide and flashcards to study for the exam on Tuesday 9/29 |
29 Bell Work - Study for the SQ3R exam and ask any last minute questions. Today students will be taking the exam over SQ3R. Students will also take the Post-Test using the Western Wall. They did the Pre-Test when we began our SQ3R series. Homework: None |
30 Bell Work - Students will begin putting their Passport Applications together. Today students will read the Day of Misfortune. They will use the SQ3R model and fill in a worksheet. This is Lesson 1, Chaper 4. Homework: None |
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14 Today we will take a pre-test on Geography. We will go over this when students are done. I will then do an introduction to Mixed up Continents that we will work on next week.
Homework: none Bring colored pencils.
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| 17 Today we will go over our pre-test from Friday. Students will then take the Geography Quiz on Continents and Oceans. When students are done they will begin our project called "Mixed up Continents". Homework: None Bring colored pencils
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18 Students will continue with the project "Mixed up Continents".
Homework: None Bring colored pencils |
19 Students will complete the project "Mixed up Continents". Time permitting, students will be able to work on the in class packet on geography.
Homework: None Bring colored pencils |
20 Students will begin the "Mystery Series Unit". The first mystery they will be studying is Stonehenge. Students will do read alouds and will be learning some note taking strategies. These will help to complete our mind map. Homework: None Bring colored pencils |
21 Students will continue and complete the Stonehenge reading and note taking activity. We will then watch a video clip and work out of our Social Studies books pages 2 and 3.
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| 31 Bell Work - Write down agenda on new Green Agenda Sheet and place in Purple A-Lab Folder Students will begin reading about The Bermuda Triangle. We will have a discussion session as we go through the reading Homework: Begin studying the Mind Maps completed for the Mysteries Exam on 9/10 |
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REMINDER: Sometimes things have a tendency to change and I will try to update it on the WebSite as time permits. Thanks. :-)
***Students may ask from time to time if they can print off an assignment for Social Studies from home. I do have class sets of assignments for the students but if you would like them to have a copy that they can write on, please feel free to print it out. I will have the assignments available as we are working on them. Thank You!!!