• 7th Grade Social Studies

    Week 1:

    9/6: Classroom and building expectations.

    9/7: Classroom and building expectations. Logging into chromebooks

    9/8: Michigan Map activity. 

    9/9:  Pre-test for Marking period 1. 

    Week 2:

    9/12: Reading and lecture from textbook.

    9/13: Vocab words.  

    9/14: Reading from textbook (42-49) and answering textbook questions 1a,1b, 2a,2b,3a, 4a,4b

    9/15:  Go over the assignment from yesterday and read pages 50-54. Lesson summary assignment afterwards. 

    9/16: Video and reading about the beginnings of farming and agriculture. 

    Week 3: 

    9/18: Review sheet for First People Quiz

    9/19: Go over the review sheet and study with a partner for the quiz. 

    9/20: Jeopardy review

    9/21: First People Quiz. 

    9/22: Mesopatamia Vocab Words.  

    Week 4:

    9/25: Movie/sub

    9/26: Movie/sub

    9/27: Reading and lecture about Mesopotamia. 

    9/28: Fertile Crescent note packet. 

    9/29: Fertile Crescent note packet and reading from textbook. (82-90)

    Week 5: 

    10/2: Fertile Crescent notes worksheet. 

    10/3: Finish up the worksheet from yesterday and review the Fertile Crescent note packet.

    10/4: Bubble graph assignment: River Valley Civilizations.  

    10/5: Continue Bubble graph assignment. 

    10/6: Finish up the bubble graph and work catch up day. 

    Week 6:

    10/9: No School

    10/10: Textbook reading (Pgs 91-96) and lecture about the Persian empire. 

    10/11: Review sheet for the Mesopotamia test.

    10/12: Finish up the review sheet and go over it.

    10/13: Jeopardy. 

    Week 7:

    10/16: Mesopotamia Test

    10/17: Reading from textbook (Pgs 228-235) and lecture about Judaism. 

    10/18: Reading from textbook (pgs 236-241) and video about Judaism. (Discovery ed)

    10/19: Judaism notes. 

    10/20: Judaism notes continued and intro. to Christianity. 

    Week 8:

    10/23: Read from the textbook(388-399) and lecture. (Christianity)

    10/24: Christianity notes

    10/25: Finish Christianity notes and video about Christianity. (Discovery ed)

    10/26: Vocab words on Judaism and Christianity. 

    10/27: Finish up vocab words and Halloween movie

    Week 9:

    10/30: Work catch up day.  Marking period ending on Friday.  

    10/31: Assignment on the similarities and differences between Christianity and Judaism. 

    11/1:  Finish up the assignment from yesterday and go over it as a class. 

    11/2: Read from textbook (pgs 432-442) and lecture about Islam. 

    11/3: End of the marking period incentive day. 

    Week 10:

    11/6: Notes on Islam

    11/7: Finish up Islam notes and video about Islam. (Discovery ed)

    11/8: Parent-teacher conference

    11/9: Parent-teacher conference

    11/10: Judaism/Christianity/Islam compare and contrast worksheet

    Week 11: 

    11/13: Monotheism review sheet

    11/14: Jeopardy Review

    11/15: Monotheism test

    11/16: Map work. 

    11/17: Map work. 

    Week 12: 

    11/20: Prepare for 1st Marking period post test

    11/21: 1st marking period post test

    11/22: Incentive day. 

    11/23: Thanksgiving break. 

    11/24: Thanksgiving break. 

    Week 13:

    11/27: Read pages 448-462 in our textbook. 

    11/28: Cultural achievements of the Muslim Empire worksheet. 

    11/29: Online lesson/Rise of Islam and World Geography.com. 

    11/30: Vocab words/Rise of Islam. 

    12/1: Movie/Sub

    Week 14: 

    12/4: Finish up Vocab words and go over the words with the class. 

    12/5: Lesson 1 worksheet. The Rise of the Ottoman Empire. 

    12/6: Read pages 591-594 and 600-604 in the textbook.

    12/7: Muslim Empires worksheet. 

    12/8: Review sheet. (Rise of Islam)

    Week 15:

    12/11- Jeopardy Review for test. 

    12/12- Muslim Empires Quiz. 

    12/13: Work catch up day. 

    12/14: Turkey notes and guest class presentation.

    12/15: Finish up Turkey notes and worksheet. (Conflicts in the Middle East)

    Week 16:

    12/18: Section 4 worksheet

    12/19: Notes on Israel. 

    12/20: Video

    12/21: Xmas break

    12/22: Xmas break

    Week 17:

    1/2: Video (substitute teacher)

    1/3: Video (substitute teacher)

    1/4: Notes on Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. 

    1/5: Review Sheet 

    Week 18:

    1/8: Finish up the review sheet and go over the questions. 

    1/9: Jeopardy Review

    1/10: Test

    1/11: Reading from the text book about Ancient Egypt. 104-112

    1/12: Video on Ancient Egypt. (Discovery Ed)

    Week 19:

    1/15: Ancient Egyptian vocabulary words. 

    1/16: Worksheet from our Atlas books/Civilization of Ancient Egypt. 

    1/17: Virtual field trip of Ancient Egypt. (online textbook 

    1/18: Virtual field trip of Ancient Egypt. (online textbook)

    1/19: End of marking period. Incentive day.

    Week 20:

    1/22: No School. PD day

    1/23: Notes 1.2. The Old Kingdom

    1/24: Reading from the textbook. Pages: 112-118. Go over lesson assessment questions. 

    1/25: Notes 1.3 Middle and New Kingdoms. 

    1/26: Reading from the textbook. Pages:  118-122. Go over lesson assessment questions. 

    Week 21:

    1/29: Reading from the online textbook. Pages: 123-128. Go over the online assessment questions. 

    1/30: 1.4 Notes. Egyptian Achievements. 

    1/31: 1.1 Notes. Ancient Egypt

    2/1: Ancient Egypt Review sheet. 

    2/2: Film

    Week 22: 

    2/5: Jeopardy

    2/6: Ancient Egypt Test

    2/7: Movie/Mummy

    2/8: Movie/Mummy

    2/9: Movie/Mummy

    Week 23:

    2/12: Sub/Vocab words

    2/13: Map activity. 

    2/14: Writing prompt

    2/15: Video and lecture about Ancient Greece. 

    2/16: No School. 

    Week 24:

    2/19: No School

    2/20: World Geography Games.com/Countries of Europe

    2/21: Read pages 256-269 (textbook) together as a class and discuss the material. 

    2/22: Read pages: 269-279 (textbook) together as a class and discuss the material. 

    2/23: Compare/Contrast assignment. (Sparta and Athens)

    Week 25: 

    2/26: Sub/Finish compare/contrast assignment and Growth of Greek City-States worksheet. 

    2/27: Sub/Movie

    2/28: No School

    2/29: No School

    3/1: Half day/finish assignments from this week. 

    Week 26: 

    3/4: Notes on Ancient Greece

    3/5: Half day/Parent conferences. Ancient Greece Charades. 

    3/6" Half day/Parent conferences. Catch up on missing work

    3/7: Sub/Movie

    3/8: notes on Ancient Rome.

    Week 27: 

    3/11: Sub/Movie

    3/12: Pg 310. Questions 1a,1b, 2a,2b,2c,3a,3b

    3/13: Go over questions from yesterday and review sheet

    3/14: Videos about Ancient Greece and go over the review sheet

    3/15: Jeopardy. 

    Week 27:

    3/18: Greeks and Romans Test

    3/19: Post-test review

    3/20: Marking period post test

    3/21: Work catch up day/missing assignments.

    3/22: Video about the Middle Ages/Discovery Ed. 

    Week 28: 

    Spring break. 3/25-4/1

    Week 29:

    4/2: Reading from textbook and lecture. Pages: 664-672

    4/3: Middle Ages vocab.Words assignment. 

    4/4: Virtual field trip of the Middle Ages. (HMH online resource)

    4/5: Incentive day. Skating at Big Bear. 

    Week 30:

    4/8: Virtual Field trip of the Middle Ages. (HMH online resource)

    4/9: Purple Atlas Page 74 worksheet/Early Kingdoms of Medieval Europe. 

    4/10: Finish up Virtual Field trip of the Middle Ages. (HMH online resource)

    4/11: Lesson 2 Middle Ages guided worksheet assignment. 

    4/12: Lesson 3 Middle Ages guided worksheet assignment. 

    Week 31: 

    4/15: Lesson 4 Middle Ages guided worksheet assignment. 

    4/16: Lesson 6 Middle Ages guided worksheet assignment. 

    4/17: Middle Ages review sheet. 

    4/18: Jeopardy review. 

    4/19: Middle Ages Test.