Social Studies Thursday Update

Today all classes had mid-term exams. There was no homework.

Social Studies Monday-Tuesday Update

Due to exams, we have had light work in Social Studies. Today (Wednesday) however, we are back into full swing. For 7th Grade, the delayed regular test will be given today.

Social Studies Update for Friday

Due to the late start in school, we rearranged some of our schedule for the week. 7th Grade will now have the test on Monday. 8th Grade will finish their essays that were assigned yesterday and turn in those papers on Monday as their test. That class will start the Progressive Era next week.

6th Grade took extensive notes today and read another section on Europe. The reading was done in three person teams. Those teams then prepared questions to be asked from the other students.

Thursday Social Studies Update

7th Grade has a test tomorrow. The students were given a study guide. The test will be multiple choice. In class, the students worked on a set of simple reading comprehension sheets. The sheets were not finished, and we will complete them tomorrow.

8th Grade completed a practice essay for their test tomorrow. They were to take the essay home and use it as a study guide. the students will not be allowed to use their books or notes on the test tomorrow.

6th Grade did not meet

Tuesday Social Studies Update

Both 7th and 6th Grade classes have been reading portions of their respective texts and have been asked to produce "mental pictures" of the places they have been reading. In both classes, we did a little of this today. We took notes in both of the classes.

8th Grade finished a reading about the impact of Tobacco on the development of North Carolina and we wrote a three paragraph summary of the reading.

Social Studies Monday Update

Good afternoon! I am glad to see our students have returned and have a great attitude. All papers were returned today. Your child should be able to tell you what his/her scores were for the last few weeks of school.

8th Grade is about 2/3 through with a reading about the impact of Tobacco on the development of North Carolina and the south.

7th Grade completed a reading and discussed point of view in understanding reading. We started on a new section and read with a partner.

6th Grade classes worked on reading (pages 200-206) and developing a mental picture of what they have read. We completed a Vinn Diagram and will complete pictures of what we read tomorrow.

Social Studies Thursday Update

6th Grade went to the library and researched nations from Europe.
7th Grade had a lengthy discussion of American involvement in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, and how that affects our trading policy and political life today.

8th Grade took notes about the dawn of the industrial age and read about Tobacco in NC.

Wednesday Social Studies Update

7th Grade read and discussed SE Asia and Vietnam. We completed a simple diagram that displayed the main ideas of the reading. Tomorrow, we are going to learn about points of view of the Vietnam Era.

6th Grade manipulated information about the nations of Europe in groups. We used the information to create charts and graphs.

8th Grade discussed the points of view of various groups in the Post-Reconstruction Era.

Social Studies Update Tuesday

All three grades took tests today. For the rest of the week, the students are working on the following topics:

8th Grade- Post-Reconstruction... rise of industry and decline of agriculture.
7th Grade- Vietnam and SE Asia
6th Grade- comparing and contrasting Europe.

Social Studies Friday Update

All classes will have a test on Tuesday.
7th Grade- We divided into 5 teams and drew posters illustrating the notes for the test.
8th and 6th Grade were in the lab today doing computer assignments. The particular lessons are included on the blog.

6th Grade Computer Lab Assigment

Work with a partner to create a one page report on one of the following subjects. You must have your teacher's permission to create the report.

Argentina
Bolivia
Ecuador
Brazil
Paraguay
Uruguay
Chile
Peru
Colombia
Venezuela

Social Studies Update for Thursday

I have postponed the tests for all classes until Monday. 7th Grade discussed the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and Southwest Asia, as well as the relationship to this region to the 9-11 attacks. 8th Grade completed all Reconstruction notes and started discussing the test. 6th Grade ended their notes on the Southern Cone of Argentina.

Social Studies Update Wednesday

I was in training in Asheville yesterday. I will update about the tests on Thursday.

Tuesday Social Studies Update

All classes will have tests on Friday! I handed back several papers and the students looked at their work folders.

7th Grade read today and talked about the governments and economies of SW Asia and why the United States has so many ties to the region.

8th Grade has now started the second phase of Reconstruction (called Congressional Reconstruction). We read several pages of the book and discussed them and there were some brief notes.

6th Grade has started the study of Argentina. Yesterday we wrote a persuasive speech about preserving the rain forest, and that assignment was collected today.

Monday Social Studies Update

All students in each class had the opportunity to discuss their progress report grades and any missing assignments. This was done at the start of each class.

All classes took notes and did readings. It is likely that each class will have a test on Wednesday.

Subject matter: 7th Grade is studying SW Asia and the three important western religions, 8th Grade is looking at Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction, 6th Grade is studying Argentina and the interior of South America.

Wednesday Social Studies Update

7th Grade- We discussed similarities and differences of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. There is no homework.

6th Grade- completed the comparison of statistical information about Venezuela and Colombia, then we saw a film about the North part of South America. There is no homework.

8th Grade- We started Reconstruction with a handout and we read and took some notes. There is no homework.

Social Studies Update for Tuesday

7th Grade-turned in yesterday's homework and saw a film about Mesopotamia. We started reading about Judaism and concluded our notes on the first section.

6th Grade- started a new section today about Argentina. We outline the upcoming section and read some of it silently and then we looked at a chart comparing Venezuela and Colombia.

8th Grade- took a test on the Civil War.

Monday Social Studies Update

Welcome back to the students....8th Grade has a test tomorrow. This is a lengthy open book test. In class, 8th Graders did portion of page 227 and then did a 3 paragraph report on one of 25 Civil war topics that were given to them in class.....7th Grade started ancient Mesopotamia and completed page 232 for homework......6th Grade had a reading on Brazil with questions afterwards and they also got their test scores from the Holiday break.

Happy Thanksgiving to all Social Studies Students

Have a Happy Thanksgiving. There is no homework for any of the classes.

Monday Social Studies

8th grade did several readings from the Civil War. We discussed the importance and usefulness of primary documents in understanding history and then read three documents from the Civil war, talking about what we could learn from each. As we moved through the text, we discussed the war in NC.

7th grade saw a film about Islam and discussed tomorrow's test.

6th grade viewed a short film about Brazil and did a reading about Brazil as we answered questions.