Mrs. Clarke, 7th Grade

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Make  sure to give your parents the course 
expectations and have signed before Tuesday, Sept. 8.  Read Chapter 1, 
Section 1 pps. 6-9.

9/3  Fill in Vocabulary sheet.  Use the term and not the number for the 
matching, it will be easier to study.

9/4  Make sure you have your course expectations for social studies form 
signed and returned by Tuesday, September 8.  If you have lost it, you can 
find the form under Study Guide.

9/8  Quiz Wednesday on Lesson 1, Chapter l.  Review sheet given in class to 
be completed for homework.  This is a preview of your quiz. Project paper 
given for Interview with the Iceman.  We will work on this in class Thursday 
and begin interviews on Friday.

9/9 With your parent's permission, do some research on Otzi the Iceman and 
bring it in tomorrow to share with your partner so that you can write 
questions for your interview.

9/10  Project due.  Make sure to have your questions and answers, props and 
costumes.  I can't wait to see your interviews!

9/11 For those who did not present their interviews today, be prepared for 
Monday.  The ones we saw today were great!  You guys are awesome!

9/14  Do not forget your rubric papers ( you can find it under project 
page).  Read Section 2, Chapter 1, pps. 12-17 on the Stone Age. Again an 
awesome job on your interviews!

9/15  Answer questions 1 and 2, p. 17 in your notebook,not on looseleaf.  Due 
tomorrow.

9/16  Fill in Guided Reading for Section 2, Chapter 1, due tomorrow.  
Parents, please read message under News Flash.

9/17  Study your notes.  Quiz on Section 2 next Wednesday, Sept. 23. Ms. 
Sink's class, enter your new code to access the correct text.  Sorry for the 
mistake. Code B4D3B15C195B14E85565

9/21  Artifact Project paper given, due on October 5. Quiz on Wednesday, 
September 23, on Section 2.  Study your Guided Reading page and book.

9/22  Study for your quiz.

9/23  Quiz today.  Work on your Project.

9/22 Study for your quiz. Discuss Current Events.  Start working on your 
artifact project.

9/23  Quiz today.  Work on Artifact Project.

9/24  Read Section and answer question 1 and 2 page 24. Answer in notebook.

9/25  Work on your Artifact Project.  I will bring in leather on Monday.

9/28  Discuss the Supreme Court with your parents.

9/29  Continue with project, remember you are making a tool and a craft.  
Finish Guided Reading for Section 3, Chapter 1 that we started in class.  
Make sure to put vocabulary in your own words.  Quiz on Section 3 on 
Thursday, Oct.1 and Test on Chapter 1 on Tuesday, Oct., 6.  Review your 
quizzes and Guided Reading papers as well as p. 25.

9/29  Study for your quiz.  Test on Chapter 1 on Tuesday.  Continue to work 
on your project.  Do not forget your index cards attached to your projects.

9/30  Make sure that the questions 7-10 on page 26 are completed by Monday.  
Work on a few at the time.  Finish your project and study for your test on 
Tuesday.

10/1  Continue with your questions.  Finish your projects and study.

10/5  Study for your test, all vocabulary, Guided Reading Sheets and quizzes 
and the chapter assessment and the objectives at the beginning of all 
sections.

10/6  Test today, no homework

10/7  Presented projects.

10/8 Began Chapter 3.

10/9  Finish Guided reading for Tuesday.

10/13 Read Section 1 pp. 31-35.  Go over Guided Reading page checked in 
class. Show your test to your parents.

10/14 Read pages 36-37 and be ready to discuss in class.

10/15 Discuss the story of Gilgamesh.

10/19 Quiz on Wednesday, October 21 on Section 2, the Babylonians and the 
Assyrians.  Study your notes and page 42, questions 1 and 2 all parts.

10/20  Open note quiz on Sections 1 and 2.  We reviewed in class today and 
make sure that your guided reading page for Section 1 is complete.  If you 
wish to add to your notes, please do so, but do not copy everything from the 
book into your notes. Pay attention to p. 61.  Thank you for being receptive 
to taking both quizzes.

10/21  Read Section 3, pps. 43-47.

10/22  Discuss Current Events, sports injuries and coaches and the anglo-
Saxon treasure.

10/28  Make your own code and write a message.  Refer to page 47 and look at 
the chart on cuniform.  First, make a list of nouns of things that were 
important to the people at this time ( sun, water, fire, animals) just like 
we did in class.  Next, make a list of verbs that you might use and create a 
symbol that looks like the triangle shaped examples in the book.  You will 
also need a list of adjectives and prepositions ( over, under, above, in).  
Once your have made your lists of words and pictures and symbols, write a 
sentence or two using your own form of cuneiform writing. Do this on plain 
paper or loose leaf paper.  In class on Friday, you will give your code list 
and your sentenced to a classmate, and he/she should be able to decipher your 
code.  Write your code list on one paper and your sentences on another.  
Remember the Sumerians and Babylonians had 700 symbols. We only have to 
remember 26 letters. Hooray for the Phoenicians who gave us consonants and 
the Greeks who gave us vowels!  This assignment is due on Friday, October 31.

10/29  Code and message due tomorrow.  Make sure that another person can read 
your message.  Read Section 4 on the Phoenicians and Israelites.

11/2  Do worksheet on Phoenecia and Israel.

11/3  Read Section 5 on Judaism.

11/4  Study for your quiz on Section 4, tomorrow.
11/5  Quiz today.  Review all your Guided Reading and quizzes to prepare for 
your test on Tuesday.

11/6  Study for your test on Tuesday.  Review your quizzes, notes and guided 
readings.  Check your on-line text to take a practice quiz or test.

11/9  Test on Chapter 2.

11/10  Test today.  Read Section 1 on Chapter 3 on Egypt.

11/12  Discuss mummifiction and pyramid building and life in 
Egypt with your parents.

11/16  Read Section 1 on Egypt.  Show your tests to your parents.

11/17 Finish the Guided Reading page we started in class.  Discuss the film 
with your parents.

11/18  Study your Guided Reading notes on Section 1.  We have a quiz on 
Section 1 on Monday.

11/19  Discuss the Taliban and Pakistan from CE today.  Also discuss what's 
wrong with sugared drinks.

11/20  No homework.

11/23 Quiz today.  Discuss movie popcorn and candy.

11/30  Read Section 2 on Egypt and be ready to answer questions in Assessment 
at the end of the section.

12/1  Finish the vocabulary at the end of the Guided Reading for Egypt, 
Section 2.  Quizzes on Section 1, returned today.

12/2 Quiz on Section 2 on Monday, Dec. 7.Study your notes.  Talk about the 
Egyptian Cinderella.

12/3  Discuss the film with parents.  Study for quiz on Monday, Section 2.

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Mrs. Clarke, 7th Grade

Social Studies 6