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August 10th - 14th
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- 1/2 day
Tue- Admin Day
Wed- Hand out Course descriptions and cover classroom expectations.
Thur- Assign textbooks and cover classroom expectations.
Fri- Quiz over Course Descriptions. Cover School Board Policies such as dress
codes, detentions, attendance, field trips, and Codes 300 and 500.
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- 1/2 day
Tue- Admin Day
Wed- Hand out Course descriptions and cover classroom expectations.
Thur- Assign textbooks and cover classroom expectations.
Fri- Quiz over Course Descriptions. Cover School Board Policies such as dress
codes, detentions, attendance, field trips, and Codes 300 and 500.
August 17th - 21st
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- Map Skills assignment. Locate various countries, determine directions,
figure latitudes and longitudes, and use scales to find distances between two
points.
Tues- Map Skills assignment. Locate various countries, determine
directions, figure latitudes and longitudes, and use scales to find distances
between two points. Focus on Latitude and Longitude.
Wed- Map Skills assignment. Locate various countries, determine
directions, figure latitudes and longitudes, and use scales to find distances
between two points. Focus on Scale to figure distances on maps.
Thur- Grade Map skills from Wednesday after allowing time in calss to
complete.
Fri- Quiz over Latitude and longitude. Grade in Class. Introduce a World
leader. Give the profile; students find the answer. Clues include
landformations, type of govt., dominant religion, mam-made landmarks,
imports/exports, language, national history, etc.
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- Pages 6-10 in textbook. Look at how early peoples used Beringia, a land
bridge, to cross from Siberia over into North America. Cover artifacts that
document this migration. Illustrate weapons and technologies they used along
the way. Describe 3 ways farming may have been discovered. What changes did
farming bring? SS # 8.3.spi.1, 8.3.spi.2, 8.3.spi.3, and 8.1.spi.6.
Tues- Pages 6-10 in textbook. Look at how early peoples used Beringia, a
land bridge, to cross from Siberia over into North America. Cover artifacts
that document this migration. Illustrate weapons and technologies they used
along the way. Describe 3 ways farming may have been discovered. What
changes did farming bring? SS # 8.3.spi.1, 8.3.spi.2, 8.3.spi.3, and
8.1.spi.6. Assign Reteaching Assignment 1-1- matching.
Wed- Page 10-14 in textbook. Summarize each section on Native American
culture groups using a graphic organizer, both on the board and the student's
paper. Reading strategy-divide the class into six groups with each group
summarizing only one section. Look specifically at each group's adaptations
to their environment. SS# 8.3.spi.3.
Thur- Page 10-14 in textbook. Summarize each section on Native American
culture groups using a graphic organizer, both on the board and the student's
paper. Reading strategy-divide the class into six groups with each group
summarizing only one section. Look specifically at each group's adaptations
to their environment. SS# 8.3.spi.3.
Fri- Quiz. Grade in Class.
August 24th - 28th
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- 12 "powerful Words" - definitions, word search and crosswrod puzzle.
World Leader profile/clues: Baja and Yucatan Peninsula, Sierra Madre Mts.,
Federal Republic, Spanish, Cinco de Mayo, Catholic, Chichen Itza, coffee,
oil, silver, bananas. Answers Vincente Fox and Felipe Calderon. "Four"
Geography Sheet. Groups of "four" within U.S. Geography.
Tues- Grade World leader profile. "Four" Geography Sheet. Groups of "four"
within U.S. Geography. Time
zones, major rivers, major mt. ranges,
Wed- Complete "Four" Geography Sheet. Groups of "four" within U.S.
Geography. Time zones, major rivers, major mt. ranges, etc.
Thur- Grade "Four" Geography paper. Introduce map projections, and types of
maps and their uses. Pages H2-H9 in front of textbook
Fri- Create a special purpose map over data about the number of tornadoes per
state. Create a title, key, and label accordingly. View info over Tropical
Storm "Danny".
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- Finish Native American graphic organizer with adaptations to the
environment. Higher order question: Which group appears to be the last to
cross Bering ice Bridge, and how can you tell? Powerpoint over Native
american cultures and adaptations. 12 "powerful Words" - definitions, word
search and crosswrod puzzle.
Tues- Introduce Aztec, Maya, Olmec, and Inca. Collect Native American g/o.
Wed- Finish reading articles over Maya, Olmec, Aztec, and Inca. Allow time
to Work on Reteaching Activity 1-2.
Thur- View a Powerpoint presentation over Early American Civilizations.
Introduce Marco Polo and his impact on "Age of Exploration". Primary Sources
versus Secondary Sources.
Fri- Flow chart. Summarize a reading over Marco Polo using a reading
strategy. All of the main ideas contributed to the "Age of Exploration".
Ideas are categorized into 1 of 4 groups: Inspiration, Education, Innovation,
and motivation. They occur in the reading in this order.
August 31st - September 4th
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- Allow time in class to finish a special purpose map over average yearly
tornadoes per state. Give a quiz with higher order qiestions over the map.
Tues- Rewnewable and Non-renewable resources. Discuss definitions and list
resources in both groups. Look at what make each fit into a particular
group. From this activity, list the various types of electrical production
and discuss the pros and cons of each.
Wed- Continue to list the various types of electrical production
and discuss the pros and cons of each.
Thur- Compare electrical consumption and production rates, while also looking
at population rates. Many trends point to electrical shortages in the
future. Compare the number of electrical appliances today and 20-30 years
ago. Out of two classes with approximately 44 students there are 146
television sets. List on the board all aplliances in homes today. Pretend
either rationing or higher rates pass a specific point would occur. Using
higher order thinking eliminate all but five appliances to conserve
elecetricity.
Fri- Compare electrical consumption and production rates, while also looking
at population rates. Many trends point to electrical shortages in the
future. Compare the number of electrical appliances today and 20-30 years
ago. Out of two classes with approximately 44 students there are 146
television sets. List on the board all aplliances in homes today. Pretend
either rationing or higher rates pass a specific point would occur. Using
higher order thinking eliminate all but five appliances to conserve
elecetricity. Quiz.
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- Finish a flow chart reading strategy over Marco Polo looking at how his
book "Travels", the Renaissance, new inventions, and valuable trade items
lead to the "Age of Exploration". Explain with examples the definition for
mercantilism. Illustrate how a new banking system led to new world powers.
Tues- "Age of Exploration". Read various passages beginning on page 38.
Complete Early Explorers worksheet as we discuss each one.
Wed- "Age of Exploration". Read various passages beginning on page 38.
Complete Early Explorers worksheet as we discuss each one. Primary Sources
versus Secondary Sources: definitions, examples, how to determine which is
which, determining the viewpoint of the author, and strengths and weaknesses
of both.
Thur- Conclude Columbus and Magellan. Columbus Exchange- the impact, the
goods exchanged. Horses, Chickens, potaotes, tomatoes, disesase, grains,
squash, corn, beans, and tobacco, etc.
Fri- Quiz. Cortes and the Aztec, page 46. Look at his advantages in
technologies, and his strategies for conquering the Aztec.
September 7th - 11th
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- Labor Day Holiday
Tues- Look at the top 5 items from Friday. How would life change with
electrical rationing? This would lead to deforestation, climate change,
desertification, etc. Powerpoint presentation if time allows showing actual
pictures of glaciers melting, both from Earth and photos from Space.
Wed- Powerpoint presentation if time allows showing actual
pictures of glaciers melting, both from Earth and photos from Space. Cover
terms: Urbanization, weather, climate, weathering, deforestation, green house
gases, desertification, ozone, famine, urban, suburban, and rural. Discuss
all their inter-raletionships. Show some news footage over polar-ice caps
melting.
Thur- Graphic Organizer over the 8 traits of culture. Explain how each
culture has these 8 traits, and that there are 8 major culture groups around
the world. Use the gangster culture as our example, without glorifying any
of their actions.
Fri- Presentation over the events surrounding 9-11. Graphic organizer with
facts of the event.
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- Labor Day Holiday.
Tues- Grade Early Explorers worksheet. Look at his advantages in
technologies, and his strategies for conquering the Aztec. Pizarro versus
the Inca.
Wed- Discuss De Soto, Ponce de Leon, and Coronado, the "Atocha" shipwreck,
types of Spanish settlements, and class systems in the New World. Complete a
timeline over the "Age of Exploration".
Thur- Compare/contrast Martin Luther and the Catholic Church using a Ven
diagram on a hand-out and on the board. Explain reasons for corruption in
the Catholic church- no system of checks and balances. Explain the term
altruism and give examples including Martin Luther.
Fri- Presentation over the events surrounding 9-11. Graphic organizer with
facts of the event.
September 14th - 18th
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- Finish discussing culture and the eight traits of culture using a
graphic organizer on the board.
Tues- Pages 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 in workbook. Use as a review for approaching
test. Topics include the water cycle, ocean currents, culture regions of the
world, renewable and non-renewable resources, and landformations of the
United States.
Wed- Allow time to complete workbook pages 3,4,6,7, and 8.
Thur- Grade workbook pages. Intoduce Developed, developing, and third world
countries.
Fri- Hand-out over developed, developing and third world countries. Pages 91-
94. Define each term, give examples of each type of country. Discuss how
life expectancies can show the quality of life and how clean a country's
water system is can show their placement in one of the three diifferent
groups. List the percentage of resources used by the group compared to
percentage of world population each group contains. This comparison shows a
lop-sided relationship. Developed nations use 85% of resources while only
making up 5% of the world's population. Draw student's names to determine
who is the developed, developing, and third world countries. 1 "developed'
student gets $1.70, 2 "developing"students get $.10, and the rest of
the "third world" students get a penny.
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- Compare/contrast Martin Luther and the Catholic Church using a Ven
diagram on a hand-out and on the board. Explain reasons for corruption in
the Catholic church- no system of checks and balances. Explain the term
altruism and give examples including Martin Luther.
Tues- Use a reading strategy to compare/contrast Spain and England in the
battle of the Spanish Armada. Look at strategies used in the naval battle,
and how inter-marriages of royal families were used to gain control of
foreign countries and to influence decisions of froreign countries. Spain's
loss paved the way for England's colonization of the New World.
Wed- Use a reading strategy to compare/contrast Spain and England in the
battle of the Spanish Armada. Look at strategies used in the naval battle,
and how inter-marriages of royal families were used to gain control of
foreign countries and to influence decisions of froreign countries. Spain's
loss paved the way for England's colonization of the New World. Grade Venn
diagram from Mon, and vocabulary activity on the other side.
Thur-
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September 21st - 25th
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- Profile of a world leader. Students use the clues to find the leader.
Clues: Rocky Mts., Great Lakes, Great Plains, Baffin Island, Hudson
Bay,Parliamentary democracy, mixture of Christian/Catholic, Bilingual, #1
trading partner with the U.S., lumber, iron ore, autos, grain, Niagara
Falls. Assign a worksheet with all the various landformations. Students
draw a small illustration of the first five (5), give five (5) specific
examples of each one.
Tues- Grade profile of a world leader- Stephen Harper. Assign 5 more
landforms to illustrate and give examples.
Wed- Work on Landformation sheet. Discuss the differences between various
landformations that are similiar.
Thur- Matching worksheet over landformations, and complete all landformations
on worksheet
Fri- Jeopardy over landformations of the world.
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- "Pocahontas"- Disney version with guided viewing-41 questions. 16 State
Standards are covered.
Tues- "Pocahontas"- Disney version with guided viewing-41 questions. 16
State Standards are covered.
Wed- "Pocahontas"- Disney version with guided viewing-41 questions. 16
State Standards are covered.
Thur- Finish "Pocahontas"- Disney version with guided viewing-41 questions.
16 State Standards are covered. Cover the questions from the movie. Work
book pages.
Fri-
September 28th - October 2nd
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- Pass out a study guide for upcoming test. Review items on the study
guide using a card game.
Tues- Review for test with two different card games and/or Jeopardy on
powerpoint.
Wed- Review for test with two different card games and/or Jeopardy on
powerpoint.
Thur- Review for test with two different card games and/or Jeopardy on
powerpoint.
Fri- Test
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- Pass out a study guide for upcoming test. Finish section in textbook
over Jamestown; tobacco's role in Jamestown, settlers' involvement in the
House of Burgesses,and the role of women and slaves in the New World.
Tues- Review for test with two different card games and/or Jeopardy on
powerpoint.
Wed- Review for test with two different card games and/or Jeopardy on
powerpoint.
Thur-Introduce the 13 Original colonies with a graphic organizer on the
board. The colonies are divided by geography.
Fri- Test
October 5th - 9th
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- Profile of a world leader- Orinoco River, Amazon River basin watershed,
Angel Falls, Roman Catholics, etc.. Hugo Chavez
Tues- Population Pyramids
Wed- Population Pyramids
Thur- Look at the various problems with trash-too much trash! What causes
it? Who has it? Solutions for it?
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8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- Cover the 13 Original colonies with a graphic organizer on the board.
The colonies are divided by geography. New England, Middle, and Southern.
New England. Terms/people/ideas covered: Shipping, lumber, fishing, rum, and
whaling. William Bradford, Thomas Hooker, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchison,
Squanto, Samoset, pilgrims, puritans, and separatists. Great
Migration, "Mayflower Compact", "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut", and
Salem witch hunts
Tues- Middle Colonies. Terms/people/ideas covered: lumber, fishing, grain,
cattle, and rum. William Penn, Peter Stuyvesant, John Berkely, George
Carteret, Quakers, patroons, pacifists, and a diversity of population.
Wed- Southern Colonies. Terms/people/ideas covered: rice, tobacco, lumber,
and cattle. James Olgethorpe, Nathaniel Bacon, Lord Baltimore. Indentured
servants, slavery, catholics, debtors, and South Carolina's constitution.
Thur- Worksheets over the three groups of colonies. Illustrate three pics of
ideas that describe life in each of the three groups of colonies.
Fri- Allow time in class to work on three worksheets over New England, Middle
and Southern Colonies and to complete illustrations over the colonies
October 12th - 16th
7th Grade World Geography
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Wed- Create a pictogram of cars from various places from around the world.
Create a title, scale, and key.
Thur- Create a pictogram of cars from various places from around the world.
Create a title, scale, and key.
Fri- Map Skills
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- Venn diagram compare/contrast political structure of the three types of
colonies in the new world : Charter, Proprietary, and Royal colonies.
Citizen control, powers of governors, elected officials versus appointed
ones. Correlate info to where the most push for Independence was located at.
Tues- Venn diagram compare/contrast political structure of the three types of
colonies in the new world : Charter, Proprietary, and Royal colonies.
Citizen control, powers of governors, elected officials versus appointed
ones. Correlate info to where the most push for Independence was located at
Wed- Worksheet over line graph of the polulation of the New World
Thur- Grade
Fri- Map Skills
October 26th -30th
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- Map Skills. Locating Countries, Determining directions, figuring
Latitude and Longitude, and figuring distances using scale.
Tues- Grade Map Skills
Wed- Work book pages 35, 36, 37, and 38 over the Middle East.
Thur- Grade workbook pages 35, 36, 37, and 38.
Fri- Terms and definitions over Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Crosswrod
puzzle over some of the same terms. Terms: Sunni, shi ite, Hajj, West Bank,
Gaza Strip, Jihad, Exile, Mosque, Allah, Ramadan, etc.
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- Map Skills. Locating Countries, Determining directions, figuring
Latitude and Longitude, and figuring distances using scale.
Tues- Grade Map Skills
Wed- Field Trip to Crossville
Thur- Begin Reading pages 117-121 over Britain and France clashes in the New
World. Profile of Daniel Boone
Fri- 2 Timeline activities over Colonial America- chapters 3-4. Reteaching
Activity 4-3 and Section Quiz 4-3 over clashes between Britain and France.
November 2nd - 6th
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- Terms and definitions over Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Terms:
Sunni, shi ite, Hajj, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jihad, Exile, Mosque, Allah,
Ramadan, etc.
Tues- Terms and definitions over Islam, Judaism, and Christianity with power
point presentation showing actual locations in and around Jerusalem and the
Middle East. Terms: Sunni, shi ite, Hajj, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jihad,
Exile, Mosque, Allah, Ramadan, etc.
Wed- Geo quizes 1-1, 1-2, 4-1, 4-2, 17-1, and 17-2. Identifying various
places both politically and physically around the U.S. and the Middle East.
Thur- Terms and definitions over Islam, Judaism, and Christianity with power
point presentation showing actual locations in and around Jerusalem and the
Middle East. Terms: Sunni, shi ite, Hajj, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jihad,
Exile, Mosque, Allah, Ramadan, etc.
Fri-
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- Grade the profile of Daniel Boone. Watch "Heartland Series" over life
of a long hunter, correlating to the accomplishments of Daniel Boone.
Continue Reading pages 117-121 over Britain and France clashes in the New
World.
Tues- Continue Reading pages 117-121 over Britain and France clashes in the
New World. View Ben Franklin's propaganda poster encouraging support for the
Albany Plan of Union. Answer questions about the structure and meaning of
the poster.
Wed- 20 Take home standard questions in front of book, covering 20 state
standards that we have previously covered in class.
Thur- Grade Timelines and Reteaching 4-3 and Section Quiz 4-3 from Friday.
Introduce the Revolutionary period using Johnny Cash's Song titled "Paul
Revere". Create a timeline using the lyrics of the song, and a map skills
activity over the locations within the song. Art assignment over an event in
the song.
Fri- Introduce the Revolutionary period using Johnny Cash's Song titled "Paul
Revere". Create a timeline using the lyrics of the song, and a map skills
activity over the locations within the song. Art assignment over an event in
the song. Read pages 148 in class from an older textbook. The article is
about the Boston Massacre and Paul Revere's use of Propaganda.
November 9th - 13th
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- Tenets of the Hindu Faith. Caste system, reincarnation, kharma,
polytheism, 330,000,000 gods, location of the religions, etc.
Tues- Tenets of the Hindu Faith. Tenets of the Buddhist Faith. Four Noble
Truths graphic organizer, Eight fold Path graphic organizer. Read the life
of Guatama(Buddha).
Wed- Tenets of the Buddhist Faith
Thur- Profile of a World leader. Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan. Khyber pass,
Hindu Kush Mt. Range, Former Islamic Govt., Drug trade, hide-out for UBL, etc
Fri- Grade Hamid Karzai. Introduce the need for government using the
question: Why do we need government? Page 7 in "Foundations of Democracy".
Compare/contrast too little govt. with too much govt.
8th Grade U.S. History
Mon- Read pages 148 in class from an older textbook. The article is about
the Boston Massacre and Paul Revere's use of Propaganda. Compare/contrast
Revere's drawings and accounts to the real story.
Tues- Propaganda posters:
Wed- Propaganda posters
Thur- Read page 98-101 over the various taxes of the British Parliament, that
were used to pay for the French and Indian War.
Fri- Graphic organizer over the Declaration of Independence. Who wrote it?
The committee? Who signed it? Know the diffence between a Patriot and a
Loyalist. etc..
7th Grade World Geography
Mon- Graphic Organizer on the board, along with a student copy, that list 7
of the most common types of govts. Descriptions of the govts are placed in
the correct category that correlate with the particular type of govt. Ex:
They hold fair elections, 1st Amendment rights, separation of church and
state, etc.
Tues- Profile of two different leaders from two different countries.
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Mon- Graphic organizer over the Declaration of Independence. Who wrote it?
The committee? Who signed it? Know the diffence between a Patriot and a
Loyalist. etc..
Tues- Profile of a famous Tennessean who contributed to U.S. History.
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