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Mr. Cuddy’s September 2008 Social Studies Calendar -Be prepared, for this calendar is subject to change since it is based on my best guess late in August - Heavy as it is, be sure to bring your text daily (a note book and writing utensils as well) unless told not to -Copies of these calendars are yours for the asking or can be found at the Ramsey Web site - Videos shown in class are usually just in part to illustrate the subject matter and come with questions to be considered (graded) Labor Day-No School Seating, Syllabus, Classroom Expectations and Materials textbooks and social studies inventory/survey homework-oral personal history assignment – to be presented in class today/tomorrow oral personal histories - to be presented in class today History is Essay for homework Homework: History is collected How to take and use Cornell notes: The Social Sciences (skills)
Revised Calendar
Basic Geography from Creating Geography Handbook Main Ideas (5, 9 13, 19 -if time) the Geography of North America- brief discussion (myth vs. science) assignment: map/worksheet: North American Landforms due at the end of class how to use the text how to study and use your notes in preparation for a test TEST: the Social Sciences Skills and Basic Geography- you can use your Cornell notes on this one
Human Timeline 200 BC- 1800 AD- using the 5 w’s Newspaper/Editorial Project- due Homework- how to write an article Homework- articles/5w’s due Descriptive Bubbles- Slave Facts and Myths (an AVID Lesson) Homework read pages 39-43 (read only Cornell notes- West African Culture guided reading from text Questions and Map due at the end of class Homework pages 119-123 (1and 3) Homework: First grade sheet sent home for parent signature Homework: first grade sheet signed with parent signature Homework reviewed and collect page 123 (1and 3) Early Industry and Inventions Guided Reading (pages 341-345) North and South Spider Map (An AVID/DL lesson) Geo in History: the Homework pages 345 (1, 2 and 3) Extra Credit- Math/Health Challenge pages 346-347 Homework review and collected page 345 (1, 2 and 3) Slave Chart Legislation Cornell notes: Cotton Kingdom/Slave Insurrections/Play-Amistead Mutiny (if time) Homework pages read pages 348-353 Newspaper Project due today Flick- Challenge- Slave Narratives/Humanities- Brother Future Challenge – Slave Narratives/Humanities- Brother Future conclude Read page 440-445 Extra Credit pages 446-447 (connect to Geo/Hist) Dividing the Nation Vocab/Chart/Map Homework pages 457-461 (1-3) Homework reviewed and collected pages 457-461 (1-3) Cornell note: Politics1820-1850 Play: Dred Scott Case Causes of the Civil War: Dividing the Nation Study Guide Guest Speaker- Civil War reenactor Dividing the Nation Test Mid- Tri Evaluation and Grade Sheet to be signed by parents Grade sheet with parent signature due Civil War Stats- charts and questions based on just the hard cold numbers Cornell notes assignment with vocabulary, map chart and time line (pages 471- 475 in Creating America) Flick- the Civil War part 1 the Cause if there is time Learning Log Project- a daily question will appear on the board (and next to the date on the calendar) asking your opinion on sometime we have done today and you must journal about it. This journal will be collected at the end of the Unit on (at least a short paragraph each). The Civil War 25 minutes of part 1 (will finish last 25 minutes ) Cornell notes : Why did they fight? Chart/Graph- north and south’s assets (what ya got) homework pages 481-485 (1 and 3) Extra credit page 487 (1 and 2) Homework pages 481-485 (1-3) reviewed and collected Cornell notes answers in Class “Who is Responsible ”- (Fort Sumter Anchor DL lesson) Extra Credit: Across Five Aprils- short essay (answer to #1 recognizing effects) Life in the Army guided reading Brief Cornell notes: the Early War Introduction to Glory
Learning Log Project- a daily question will appear on the board (and next to the date on the calendar) asking your opinion on sometime we have done today and you must journal about it. This journal will be collected at the end of the Unit on
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OCTOBER 16-17, MEA, NO SCHOOL flick: Glory (educationally edited by Pepsi) Glory conclude No end in Sight guided reading- be sure to Read pages 503-506 page 502- what qualities do you think are important in a President or a general and are they the same) Emancipation Proclamation Chart/Vocabulary due today Short Civil War Quiz- no study guide Cornell Notes: Types of Government/If first you don’t succeed…… Articles/Constitution Chart/ WS due in class today Homework pages 228-231 (1 and 3) Homework page 231 (1 and 3) due Play: Live from the Constitutional Convention or a New Beginning Homework read pages 244-247 and do the three Main Idea Questions Career Activity/Early Release Day- no class Homework- Main Idea questions on page 247 due Outline the Constitution (Articles I-VII) for homework if not completed in class Constitution Outline due Rights and Responsibilities of an American Citizen or Party difference Chart Role of Political Parties Election Issues- Obama/McCain opinions /Kids Vote (LL Question- What did you learn from making the Graphic Organizer?) N/S Graphic Organizer- be sure to bring your text Homework pages 507-511 (1and 3) Homework review and collected pages 507-511 (1and 3) Geo of a battle- Homework read pages 512- 519 (read only) ( LL Question- what things in our every day life remind us of the Civil War?) Play: homework read pages 520-523 (read only) problems/challenges faced our country?) Legacy of the War Guided Reading/Charts Learning Logs due in Humanities/Challenge will be typing them up in the computer lab to post on internet Civil War quiz- part 2 13th -15th Amendment/Slavery does it still exist (can a leopard change it’s spots) Play: Troubled Times- Three questions to consider Homework read pages 533-537 (just read) Challenge class- posting learning logs on the internet Rebuilding the Extra Credit- Interdisciplinary Challenge (arts or civics- no town meeting) pages538-539 Humanities: Cornell Notes: the Reconstructed South- maybe a map exercise as well Homework read pages 540-544 (read only) Daily life Graphic Organizer (Spider Map) Homework- read pages 596-597 (read only) - check out History through Art Possible Cornell notes ( Reconstruction Problem Solving Chart – History Alive Cornell notes: Hard Road to Freedom/Gilded Age Last grade sheet of the tri-mester (all missing work needs to be in by Last grade sheet collected with parent signature Reconstruction Vocab/Category ( a DL Lesson) Study Guide for Reconstruction/Gilded Age Test Reconstruction/Gilded Age Test Last day of the tri timeline wrap up Happy Thanksgiving- see you next week for the start of tri 2 and the 20th century and History Day
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