Social Studies 8 - 2013/14
Weekly outline
- General
General
- 30 September - 6 October
30 September - 6 October
9/30/13: World Trivia Extra Credit due, read and discuss text pg. 42-3, US/Canada presentations pgs. 44-49, national park flyer.
HW: None
10/2/12: National park flyer, finish US/Canada presentations.
HW: Finish group presentations due next Wed.
- 7 October - 13 October
7 October - 13 October
10/9/13: Present group presentations while all others take notes, take notes on other presentations, US/Canada study guide, continue National Park Flyer.
HW: National Park flyer due Monday. US/Canada unit exam Monday.
10/11/13: Continue completing US/Canada study guide, finish National Park flyer.
HW: National Park flyer due Monday. US/Canada unit exam Monday.
- 14 October - 20 October
14 October - 20 October
10/14/13: National park flyer due, US/CANADA UNIT TEST World trivia extra credit #2 is due Nov. 25.
HW: None
**WE ARE NOW FINISHED WITH OUR US/CANADA UNIT**
**OUR NEXT UNIT IS MAKE UP FROM LAST YEAR RENAISSANCE/REFORMATION**
10/16/13: Text pg. 315-17 together, text pg. 318-21 with notes, ISN pg. 192.
HW: None
- 21 October - 27 October
21 October - 27 October
10/21/13: Finish group presentations, text pg. 323-4 as a class, text pg. 325-331 with Florentine group poster project.
HW: None
10/23/13: Read and discuss text pg. 333-4, finish Florentine group poster project.
HW: Florentine poster due Friday.
10/25/13: Florentine poster due and share, text pg. 335-45, Renaissance figures chart.
HW: None
- 28 October - 3 November
28 October - 3 November
10/28/13: Finish Renaissance figures chart.
HW: Finish Renaissance chart due Wed.
10/30/13: Renaissance chart due, text pg. 347-9 read and discuss, service learning unity map.
HW: None
- 4 November - 10 November
4 November - 10 November
11/4/13: Read and discuss text pg. 350-1, ISN WS pg. 214, Renaissance & Reformation study guide.
HW: Study for Renaissance & Reformation Unit test Mon., Nov. 11.
11/6/13: Read and discuss text pg. 352-55, ISN WS, finish completing Renaissance & Reformation study guide.
HW: Study for Renaissance & Reformation Unit Test Mon., Nov. 11.
- 11 November - 17 November
11 November - 17 November
11/11/13: Renaissance & Reformation Unit Test
**WE HAVE FINISHED OUR MAKE-UP RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION UNIT**
**WE HAVE BEGUN OUR LAST MAKE-UP FROM LAST YEAR: EUROPE ENTERS THE MODERN AGE UNIT (Includes The Age of Exploration, Scientific Revolution & The Enlightenment)**
11/13/13: Read and discuss text pg. 375-385 and begin Age of Exploration drop down mini-poster. I will collect notes next class.
HW: Gather all notes to hand in next class.
11/15/13: Collect notes, read and discuss text pg. 386-7, continue Age of Exploration drop down mini-poster, begin mural portion pgs. 234-5.
HW: None
11/18/13: Drop down poster/mural continue.
HW; None
11/20/13: Finish drop down poster/mural, read and discuss text pg. 389-90, begin Scientific Revolution baseball card project.
HW: Drop down poster/mural due Monday.
- 18 November - 24 November
18 November - 24 November
Nov. 18: Age of Exploration drop down poster / mural.
HW: None
Nov. 20: Finish Age of Exploration drop down poster / mural, text pg. 389-90, begin Scientific Rev. / Enlightenment Baseball Cards project.
HW: Drop down poster / mural due Monday / world trivia extra credit due Monday.
Nov. 25: World Trivia extra credit due, drop down poster / mural due, text pg. 390-1, ISN WS 238 (top), continue baseball cards project.
HW: None
Nov. 27: Text pg. 392-3, ISN WS pg. 238 (bottom), finish Scientific Rev. / Enlightenment baseball cards.
HW: Finish Scientific Rev. / Enlightenment baseball cards due Monday.
Dec. 2: Baseball cards due, text pg,. 394-6, ISN WS. 239.
- 25 November - 1 December
25 November - 1 December
See above week for agenda.
- 2 December - 8 December
2 December - 8 December
Dec. 2: Scientific Revolution / Enlightenment baseball cards due, read and discuss text pg. 394-6, ISN WS pg. 239, text pg. 399, Enlightenment philosophers project - begin.
HW: None
Dec. 4: Read and discuss text pg. 400-1, Enlightenment philosophers project including speech.
HW; None
- 9 December - 15 December
9 December - 15 December
Dec. 9: Read and discuss text pg. 407, Europe Enters Modern Age study guide, Enlightenment project.
HW: Europe Enters Modern Age Unit Test - next Mon. 12/16, Enlightenment Project due next Wed. 12/18
Dec. 11: Read and discuss text pg. 408-9, Europe study guide, Enlightenment Project.
HW; Europe Unit Test - next Mon. 12/16, Enlightenment Project due next Wed. 12/18
Dec. 13: Europe study guide, finish Enlightenment Project.
HW: Europe test Monday 12/16, Enlightenment Project due Wed. 12/18
- 16 December - 22 December
16 December - 22 December
Dec. 16: EUROPE ENTERS MODERN AGE SEMESTER #1 TEST (Discovery, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment).
HW: Enlightenment project due Wednesday.
Dec. 18: Present Enlightenment Projects.
HW: None
***WE ARE FINISHED W/MAKE-UP UNIT EUROPE ENTERS MODERN AGE (Discovery, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment)***
***AFTER BREAK WE WILL BEGIN LATIN AMERICA***
- 23 December - 29 December
23 December - 29 December
- 30 December - 5 January
30 December - 5 January
- 6 January - 12 January
6 January - 12 January
- 13 January - 19 January
13 January - 19 January
Jan. 13: ***WE ARE BEGINNING OUR LATIN AMERICA UNIT***
Finish Enlightenment presentations for absent students. Read and discuss text pg. 132-3, ISN pg. 70-1, read and discuss text pg. 141-2, ISN pg. 73.
HW: None
Jan. 15: Read and discuss text pg. 144-5, ISN pg. 74-5 (part 1), begin Cause and Effect flip book.
HW: None
Jan. 17: Continue Cause and Effect flip book, text pg. 146-7, ISN pg. 76-77 (part 1).
HW: None
- 20 January - 26 January
20 January - 26 January
Jan. 20 - 26: We are continuing Latin America. We will be reading / discussing text pages 144-165. We will be creating a cause and effect flip book dealing with population migration / overpopulation problems in urban areas of Latin America.
Cause and Effect flip book is due on Monday, Jan. 27th.
- 27 January - 2 February
27 January - 2 February
Jan. 27 - 31: This week we will finish the Cause and Effect flip book dealing with spacial inequality & urbanization in Mexico City. We will then begin our chapter on Extreme Weather in Latin America, specifically hurricanes in the Caribbean. This will include the weather machine, how tropical storms are formed, tracking and preparing for a hurricane and cleaning up after a natural disaster.
- 3 February - 9 February
3 February - 9 February
Feb. 3 - 7: This week we will finish our chapter on extreme weather, specifically tropical hurricanes in the Caribbean. We will also begin our chapter on the Amazon and Land Use Conflict therein. Students will participate in a silent debate acting as one of the six important groups of people living and using the Amazon.
- 10 February - 16 February
10 February - 16 February
Feb. 10 - 14: This week we will be discussing the Latin America chapter on conflicts of land use in the Amazon Rainforest. We will be participating in a silent debate dealing with 6 different groupings of people using the Amazon Rainforest. Students will also be given a study guide for the unit test over Latin America. The test is Feb. 19th.
- 17 February - 23 February
17 February - 23 February
Feb. 17 - 23: This week we will be finishing our unit on Latin America. Wed., Feb. 19 Latin America Unit Test.
**WE ARE DONE WITH LATIN AMERICA UNIT**
When we return from February break we will begin our unit on Europe/Russia, this unit will take the month of March.
- 24 February - 2 March
24 February - 2 March
- 3 March - 9 March
3 March - 9 March
March 3 - 7: **WE ARE BEGINNING OUR EUROPE/RUSSIA UNIT**
This week is an introduction to Europe/Russia. We will complete a literary assignment dealing with gathering information from two documents and writing essay questions in response. We will learn about climate, economics, population, geography and history of Europe/Russia.
- 10 March - 16 March
10 March - 16 March
March 10 - 14: We are continuing our unit on Europe/Russia. Monday we will give our intro group presentations as we do for each unit. We will also complete a physical and political map of Europe and Russia. This week we will also begin a social media project that will act as a summative unit test for this unit.
- 17 March - 23 March
17 March - 23 March
March 17 - 21: We are continuing Europe/Russia and will start working on a social media project which will count as the unit final. This is due March 26th (Wed.) This week we will begin our chapter on Russia's varied landscape: physical processes at work.
- 24 March - 30 March
24 March - 30 March
March 24 - 28: This week we will finish our unit on Europe/Russia. The unit test is a project dealing with social media / tourism. This is due and will be presented on Wednesday. We will now begin our unit on Africa.
**WE HAVE FINISHED OUR UNIT ON EUROPE/RUSSIA**
**WE ARE NOW BEGINNING OUR UNIT ON AFRICA**
- 31 March - 6 April
31 March - 6 April
March 31 - April 4: ***WE ARE BEGINNING OUR UNIT ON AFRICA***
Introduction to Africa notes are due on Monday, we will also begin our map of Africa while finishing our social media project/unit test due on Wednesday. Europe/Russia social media project/unit test is due. We will then continue reading and discussing Africa (physical landforms/properties). Africa map is due Monday, April 7th.
- 7 April - 13 April
7 April - 13 April
April 7 - 11: We are continuing Africa beginning with our map due on Monday. We will continue reading and discussing the Nile River Valley and its importance to Africa. This week we will begin an Africa Research Project which will also count as the Africa unit test. We will continue this after Spring Break.
- 14 April - 20 April
14 April - 20 April
SPRING BREAK
- 21 April - 27 April
21 April - 27 April
April 21 - 25: We are continuing our unit on Africa. This week we will read and discuss Life in the Sahara and the Sahel: Adapting to a Desert Region. Students will also be continuing their end of the unit Africa Research Project due May 5th.
- 28 April - 4 May
28 April - 4 May
April 28 - May 2: This week we will continue our unit on Africa and finish up our Africa country projects which are due on May 5th.
- 5 May - 11 May
5 May - 11 May
May 5 - 9: Africa project due.
***WE ARE DONE WITH OUR AFRICA UNIT***
***WE ARE BEGINNING A MINI-UNIT ON ASIA***
This week we will start our mini-unit on Asia, specifically focused on Mt. Everest.
- 12 May - 18 May
12 May - 18 May
May 12 - 16: ***WE ARE DONE WITH OUR MINI-UNIT ON ASIA***
***WE ARE BEGINNING OUR FINAL UNIT OF THE YEAR - AUSTRALIA***
SEMESTER 2 EXAM WILL COVER ASIA AND AUSTRALIA UNITS
This week we finish our mini unit on Asia and begin our final unit of the year on Australia. We will also begin an end of year project, World Geography Newspaper. In pairs students will choose one unit we have studied this year. They will then create a newspaper dealing with that unit. Students may write a variety of articles dealing with cultural events, people, sports, inventions and top stories of the time. Students will include topic areas such as politics, home life, law, religion, wars of the time etc. Each group must cite at least 4 sources, one of which may be our textbook. Each group will also hand in a responsibility sheet detailing which articles each individual will write. Individuals may not receive the same grade on this project.
- 19 May - 25 May
19 May - 25 May
May 19 - 23: This week we are continuing our unit on Australia and continuing the world history end of year project - newspaper. Students will also be given the semester exam study guide. The semester exam is June 5th.
- 26 May - 1 June
26 May - 1 June
May 26 - 30: ***WE ARE FINISHED WITH OUR LAST UNIT OF THE YEAR - AUSTRALIA***
This week we will finish our last unit of the year - Australia. Students will continue working on the end of the year project, newspaper on their chosen unit of study. Students will also continue studying their study guide for the semester 2 exam-June 5th. Newspapers are due on June 4th.
- 2 June - 8 June
2 June - 8 June
June 2 - 6: **Newspapers are due on June 4th.
**Semester 2 exam is on June 5th.
- 9 June - 15 June
9 June - 15 June
June 9 - 13: End of the year activities.
- 16 June - 22 June
16 June - 22 June
- 23 June - 29 June
23 June - 29 June
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