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7th grade social studies and honors social studies

Social Studies Department Chair

7th Grade social studies at Desert Shadows Middle School

DSMS Phone No. 602 449 6800

One of the most infamous battle sites of the Civil War.  Where is this located?  What battle was this area involved in?  Why is it infamous?

Links:

COMMUNITY SERVICE DOCUMENTATION FORM0.pdf

Civil War Pre/post test

Gettysburg Topics

Panther Contact Survey

Panthers team letter.pdf

Extra Credit/Enrichment Opportunities (3)

LAST UPDATED: 8/29/10

SOCIAL STUDIES - Week of 8/30/10

Day of the Week	Classwork	Homework
Monday 8/30	Agenda Finish chosen solution to Mexican Cession argument (Compromise of 1850) Geography - know your states by playing a game online!	1) Quiz on Thursday over questions on economy through Comp. of 1850 2)Tell parents about volunteer meeting on Tuesday, 9/7 right after school in the media center 3)Practice geography online (should score a 96% or better for level 5 on Oct. 25th) LINK IS BELOW!
Tuesday 8/31	Early release day - 12 noon Learn about community service requirements and receive form practice geography game	See Monday
Wednesday 9/1	Key questions:  Why did violence erupt in Kansas involving popular sovereignty? What is the significance of the Dred Scott case? practice geography game	See Monday
Thursday 9/2	Quiz today over last week's questions on economy through Compromise of 1850 practice geography game	See Monday
Friday 9/3	Key questions:  What was the book by Harriet Beecher Stowe and why did it help to cause the Civil War? (we will view this movie on the 3 days we have together next week) practice geography game	See Monday

Last Week: 8/23/10

	Classwork	Homework
Monday 8/23	Key Questions:  What is "economics"? Why did the South have slavery and most of the North did not? (outside activity)	Activity $ due Friday Read and sign pages VIII and IX in agenda by Friday
Tuesday 8/24	Key Questions:  What was slavery like? Who tried to help?  (key vocabulary) (film clips)	Please finish any notecards you did not finish in class - due next day - ALL INFORMATION FOR THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS CAN BE FOUND IN CHAP. 15
Wednesday 8/25	Key Questions:  What was the Fugitive Slave Act and what was its impact?	Please finish any notecards you did not finish in class - due next day
Thursday 8/26	Key Questions:  What was the "Mexican Cession"?  What effect did that have on the U.S. slave controversy?  What were the possible solutions?	Activity $ due Friday Read and sign pages VIII and IX in agenda by Friday Please finish any notecards you did not finish in class - due next day
Friday 8/27	Key Questions:  What is popular sovereignty and what problems did that cause in Kansas?	None

HONORS SOCIAL STUDIES - Week of 8/30/10

Day of the Week	Classwork	Homework
Monday 8/30	Agenda Finish chosen solution to Mexican Cession argument (Compromise of 1850) Geography - know your states by playing a game online! Ms. Olsen will check your research from last week*	1) Quiz on Thursday over questions on economy through Comp. of 1850 2)Tell parents about volunteer meeting on Tuesday, 9/7 right after school in the media center 3)Practice geography online (should score a 96% or better for level 5 on Oct. 25th) LINK IS BELOW!
Tuesday 8/31	Early release day - 12 noon Learn about community service requirements and receive form practice geography game	See Monday
Wednesday 9/1	Key questions:  Why did violence erupt in Kansas involving popular sovereignty? What is the significance of the Dred Scott case? practice geography game	See Monday
Thursday 9/2	Quiz today over last week's questions on economy through Compromise of 1850 practice geography game	See Monday
Friday 9/3	Key questions:  What was the book by Harriet Beecher Stowe and why did it help to cause the Civil War? (we will view this movie on the 3 days we have together next week) practice geography game	See Monday

Last week: 8/23/10

	Classwork	Homework
Monday 8/23	Key Questions:  What is "economics"? Why did the South have slavery and most of the North did not? (outside activity) *Research using different sources for all key questions. What other questions can you generate?	Activity $ due Friday Read and sign pages VIII and IX in agenda by Friday
Tuesday 8/24	Key Questions:  What was slavery like? Who tried to help?  (key vocabulary) (film clips)	Please finish any notecards you did not finish in class - due next day- ALL INFORMATION FOR THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS CAN BE FOUND IN CHAP. 15
Wednesday 8/25	Key Questions:  What was the Fugitive Slave Act and what was its impact?	Please finish any notecards you did not finish in class - due next day
Thursday 8/26	Key Questions:  What was the "Mexican Cession"?  What effect did that have on the U.S. slave controversy?  What were the possible solutions?	Activity $ due Friday Read and sign pages VIII and IX in agenda by Friday Please finish any notecards you did not finish in class - due next day
Friday 8/27	Key Questions:  What is popular sovereignty and what problems did that cause in Kansas?	None

Supplies you will need

REVISED ON 5/21/09

To donate to the class:

A ream of copy paper to donate to class (8 1/2 x 11, 20 lb, 92 brightness)

hand sanitizer

a box of tissues

For Yourself:

a good supply of 3x5 index cards, any color, with lines

notebook paper (not college ruled) do not hand in assignments on spiral paper

colored pencils (brought when requested)

pencils

scissors

ruler

red pen for editing

blue or black pens for writing--no other color accepted!

highlighters

Click here for identity link for White House Dinner!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_United_States_Congress

Links: Below are links to other sites that you may choose to access.

PVUSD website:

DSMS website:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Use this to study for USA map quiz

http://middleeastradioforum.org/

Middle East Radio Show

you can listen if you have the right software

http://www.civilwarhome.com/gettysbu.htm

Battle of Gettysburg Information

So much information, so little time...

http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/arbiter/pRedirect?project=hrwonline&siteId=842&pageId=6851

HRW Textbook Help

Check out homework practice online

http://www.cordellhullmuseum.com/history.html

Cordell Hull

http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=777

Mrs. Churchill

letters between Sir Winston and Clemmie

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

biography

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ar32.html

Eleanor Roosevelt

biography

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRchurchill.htm

Sir Winston Churchill

information and links

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=fashions+of+the+1940%27s&spell=1

Fashions of the 1940's

check it out!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_Churchill

About Clementine Churchill

encyclopedia entry on her life

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/statediningroom.html

White House dining

see a tour of the White House Dining Hall

http://handcart.byu.edu/

Pioneer information

tragic journey of the Mormon pioneers in 1856

http://members.aol.com/DanMRosen/donner/survivor.htm

The Donner Party of 1849

Tragedy in the Sierra Nevadas

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1/31/09