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7th Social Studies

Overview of the 7th grade year of Social Studies: We will study the origins of the peoples that inhabited the North American continent to lay our foundation for American history study. We will study the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and Citizenship for several class periods.Hopefully we can travel through time all the way through the Civil War by the end of this year.

This schedule is APPROXIMATE and will change as unexpected events require, student understanding changes, or weather permits.

CH 7 A More Perfect Union

http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html Constitution for KIDS!

7-1 Articles of Confederation

GR 7-1, CH7 vocab, Enrchmt 7-1 - due

Gr 7-2, RT 7-2, Gr 7-3, Enrchmt 7-3, Constitution crossword - due

Gr 7-4, Wkbk 7 due

Other 4 crosswords due

Review CH 7

TEST CH 7

Citizenship Handbook &Constitution

 the Constitution :

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html

Read Citizenship Handbook Section 1 Due

Read Citizenship Handbook Section 2 & 3 Due

Constitution Packets

Lesson 1 Due Thur

Lesson 2 Due Fri

Lesson 3 Due Mon

Lesson 4 Due , will correct

TEST Constitution on

(decided not to give this test because the class did such an awesome job on their Constitution review work!)

Since Mrs. S opted to place GREAT emphasis on the terrific work 7th grade did on their Constitution work and NOT administer a test..... test yourself by taking this "Independence Day Quiz"

http://games.toast.net/independence/page1.asp Independence Day Quiz

CH 8 The New Republic - packet will be passed out to class on

GR 8-1 Due

GR 8-2 Due

GR 8-3 Due

GR 8-4 Due

RT 8-1 Due

RT 8-2 Due

RT 8-3 Due

RT 8-4 Due

Workbook 8 Due

Mapping History 8 Due

vocab & timeline due

Chapter Skills - Reading a Flowchart - Due In class

Expect Quizzes for each section

Review

TEST date: (Crossword due for bonus points)

Who's who of the American Revolution -

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople.asp

Chapter 9 Jefferson Era 1800-1816

GR 9-1, RT 9-1 Republicans Take Power in class

GR & RT 9-2 Louisiana Purchase Due

GR & RT 9-3 & Enrchmt 9-3 A Time fo Conflict Due

GR & RT 9-4 War of 1812 Due

CH 9 Map, Crossword, Workbook, Vocab Due

CH 9 REVIEW

CH 9 TEST

CH10 Growth and Expansion 1790 - 1825

10-1 Economic Growth Due

10-2 Westward Bound Due

10-3 Unity & Sectionalism Due

REVIEW CH 10

TEST CH10

CH11 The Jackson Era

Read each section in Class - Quiz immediately following

CH 11Workbook & Vocab Due Mon

CH12 Manifest Destiny

12-1 Oregon Country Due

12-2 Independence for Texas Due

12-3 War with Mexico Due

12-4 New Settlers in California & Utah Due

CH12 Workbook & Vocab due

Test CH 11 & 12 -

CH13 North & South 1820 -1860

13-1 North's Economy due

13-2 North's People Due

13-3 Southern Cotton Kingdom Due

13-4 South's People Due

CH 13 Workbook & Vocab due

CH 13 TEST Wed 5/31

REVIEW for Social Studies EXAM in computer class and

Social Studies EXAM

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Check web sites below for more information. Websites listed are only suggestions. I cannot possibly examine every page regularly to avoid inappropriate contact. PROCEED WITH CAUTION whenever exploring the Internet!

review game go to http://www.quia.com/jg/805822.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/dec_indep/quiz/

 
Frontier exploration - an excellent web site to puruse!

http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/forts/index.htm

To see or read the Declaration of Independence copy the following web address 
into your internet browser address bar.
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/declaration.html
American Revolution Resources
History Channel  http://www.historychannel.com/perl/print_book.pl?ID=200893
Netherlands College Project Resources
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch9_p8.htm
Economic Depression After the American Revolutionary War
http://www.answers.com/topic/shays-rebellion
and more on the economic depression after the war:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/midwife/sfeature/sf_after.html
Site dedicated to the American Revolution
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/index.htm
 
Interesting World Events connections! TIME for kids:
http://www.timeforkids.com 
Columbian Exchange  http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/nattrans/ntecoindian/essays/columbian.htm
and http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/reggeog/midamer/mmh/mmhenc/encount.htm

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