Social Studies 6 (Pitts)

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Weekly Agenda May 13 - 17

Extra Credit -Greek Festival selfies are due by Tuesday, May 14th at 4:00PM- no exceptions

 

Monday- Feudal Societies

Read pages 512- 515

Complete the notes and question worksheet for section 4

 

Tuesday- Field Day

 

Wednesday- Castle Video (55 min)

Take notes about castle design as you watch the video

 

Thursday- Castle Design

Castle Text & Crossword Puzzle

Video (10min) Discovery Ed "Elementary Video Adventure: Times Medieval- Castle" (add to castle notes)

Start Castle drawing

HW- Finish designing castle

 

Friday- Knights

Share Castle Design Homework

I'm a Knight video Clip

A Knight's Tale trailer

Knights & Knighthood text and questions

Video (7min) Discovery Ed "Elementary Video Adventure: Times Medieval- Armor"

Weekly Agenda May 6-10

Extra Credit- Greek Festival May 11th

http://www.memphisgreekfestival.com

Please take a selfie at the festival and e -mail to me for 10 points extra credit. You must be in the picture to receive credit.

Monday- Monks

Review pages 501 & 502

Religious Orders text & questions

St. Valentine text & questions

St. Valentine video

St. Patrick videos

HW- Study for Chap. 17, Section 1 & 2 quiz

Tuesday- Vikings

Review pages 503 & 504

Vikings Brain Pop

Invasions of Europe worksheet

Leif Ericsson text

Viking videos

HW- Study for Chap. 17, Section 1 & 2 quiz

Wednesday- Feudalism

Section 1 & 2 quiz

Read pages 506-511

Feudalism Brain Pop

Thursday- Feudalism 

Feudal Systems Ducksters (CW grade)

Feudal Europe Worksheet

Discovery Ed video “Living History: Living in Medieval Europe” 22 min.

Friday- Rome Day

First Period

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Second Period

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Third Period

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Fifth Period

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Sixth Period

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Weekly Agenda April 29 - May 3

Monday:

Work on Review Test Study Guide

HW: review for test WEDNESDAY

Tuesday:

Go over review study guide with a partner

Review Quizizz

HW: review for test WEDNESDAY

Wednesday:

6thGrade Cumulative Test

Create a Ch 17 vocabulary Quizlet

Read pages 496-499

HW- Finish reading section and answer questions #1-3 on page 400

Thursday: Ch 17 section 1 - Geography of the Middle Ages

Check Homework & review answers

Watch video- Middle Ages in 3 ½ minutes

Complete The Geography of Europe

Complete Middle Ages Map

Friday:  Ch 17 section 2 – Europe after the fall of Rome

Read Section 2 “Europe after the Fall of Rome”

Read Charlemagne text

Watch Middle Ages BrainPop

HW- Quiz over Chapter 7, Sections 1 & 2, Wed., April 8

 

Rome Day – May 10th

First Period

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Second Period

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Third Period

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Fifth Period

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Sixth Period

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Weekly Agenda April 22 - 26

Monday: No School

Tuesday: TN Ready Testing Math

Rome Review

Wednesday: TN Ready Testing Math

Rome Review

Thursday: TN Ready Testing Social Studies

Social Studies Video

Friday: TN Ready Testing Science

Social Studies Video

 

Rome Day – May 10th

First Period

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Second Period

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Third Period

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Fifth Period

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Sixth Period

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Rome Day - May 10th

   Ancient Rome Day - Friday, May 10th

                (all optional)

  • Wear an Ancient Roman Costume (school appropriate)
  • Bring Ancient Roman (or Italian) Food – please see below for the Sign-Up Genius link by class period
  • Make an Ancient Roman Craft 

First Period

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Second Period

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Third Period

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Fifth Period

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Sixth Period

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Weekly Agenda April 15-19

Monday: TN Ready Testing
Religion Review
 
Tuesday: TN Ready Testing
Religion Review or Greece Review
 
Wednesday: TN Ready Testing
Greece Review
 
Thursday: Make Up TN Ready Testing
Review Quiz - Stone Age through China
 
Friday: No School
 

Weekly Agenda April 8-12

Monday: TN Ready Review – Egypt

Power point with guided notes

Brain Pop – Egyptian Pharaohs

 

Tuesday: TN Ready Review – Egypt

Brain Pop - Mummies

Quizizz

Practice TN Ready Essay

 

Wednesday: TN Ready Review – India

Power point with guided notes

Quizizz

 

Thursday: TN Ready Review – China

Power point with guided notes

Brain POP – The Great Wall of China

 

Friday: TN Ready Review – China

Quizizz

Practice Essay for TN Ready

 

 

Weekly Agenda April 1-5

Monday – TN Ready Review

Early Man Power Point & Review Notes

Agricultural Revolution Brain Pop

Quizizz review

HW: Complete ROME STUDY GUIDE AND STUDY FOR THE CH 11 QUIZ TOMORROW

 

Tuesday

Chapter 11 quiz

Review for test

HW- Study for Ancient Rome test

 

Wednesday

Ancient Rome test

  • “River Civilizations” worksheet
  • “Four River Valley Cultures” mapping worksheet

  

Thursday

Mesopotamia Power -Point & Review Notes

SUMERIANS BRAIN POP

 

Friday

Quizizz TN Ready Review- Mesopotamia

Make Mesopotamian review mini-posters covering:

  • Geography
  • Sumer
  • Sumerian Achievements
  • Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent

 

Weekly Agenda March 25-29

Monday- Religions of Rome

Read pages 332-338

Spread of Christianity Mapping Worksheet

Roman Gods and Goddesses worksheet

 

Tuesday - Christianity

Christianity video

Roman Mythology Reading and Questions (CW grade)

Begin Ancient Rome study guide

HW: work on Ancient Rome Study Guide – Due April 1st

 

Wednesday

Proverbs lesson

HW: work on Ancient Rome Study Guide – Due April 1st

 

Thursday – TN Ready Practice Test

TN Ready Practice Test

HW: Read pages 339-343

HW: work on Ancient Rome Study Guide – Due April 1st

 

Friday- Fall of The Roman Empire

Fall of the Roman Empire Brain-Pop

Watch “Fall of Civilization: Rome’s Ruin” Discovery Ed.

Fill in Rome’s Ruin graphic organizer

HW: work on Ancient Rome Study Guide – Due April 1st and study for the ch 11 quiz Monday

 

*Study Guide due Monday, April 1

*Chapter 11 quiz Monday, April 1

* Ancient Rome test Tuesday, April 2

Weekly Agenda March 18 - 22

Monday: Punic Wars

Review pages 310-311

Punic Wars Map

Animation of the Punic Wars video

Review ch 10 sections 1-3 by Quizizz

HW: study for the ch 10 quiz Tuesday

 

Tuesday- Gladiators, Spartacus, & Colosseum

Chapter 10 quiz

Review pages 312-313

Gladiators & Spartacus reading

Gladiators & Colosseum videos

Start Chapter 11 Quizlet (due Friday)

HW- Read pages 322-329

Work on Chapter 11 Quizlet

 

Wednesday- Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar Video - Discovery Ed

Review pages 322-324

Rise of the Roman Empire Brain Pop

Julius Caesar Article

Hail Caesar Play

HW- Work on Chapter 11 Quizlet

 

Thursday- Roman Empire

Pax Romana Brain Pop

Review pages 324-326

Important Leaders During the Roman Empire Ducksters (CW grade)

Read about Augustus

HW- Work on Chapter 11 Quizlet

 

Friday- Roman Achievements

Review pages 326-328

Read about Roman Roads on page 331

Use articles and websites to create a Popplet about Roman Accomplishments

 

Include 10 of the following:

                Colosseum

                Circus Maximus

                Roads

                Bridges

                Arches

                Arenas

                Baths

                Concrete

                Aqueducts

                Central Heating

                Plumbing & Sanitation

                Latin

                Law

                Literature

                Art

Weekly Agenda March 4 - 8

Monday: Ancient Rome

  • Begin Roman City video
  • Check ch 10 Quizlet
  • review Roman Empire map

    HW: None

Tuesday: The Early Republic

  • Finish the Roman City video
  • Review pages 298 – 299
  • The Plebeian Fight Back play

     HW: None

Wednesday: Government and Society

  • Roman Republic PowerPoint with guided notes
  • Roman Republic Brain -Pop

    HW: None

Thursday: Government and Society

  • Ducksters Roman Republic passage and questions
  • Review pages 306-307 The Roman Forum
  • Roman Forum video
  • Quizizz over Sections 1 and 2

     HW: None

Friday: The Late Republic

  • Review pages 308-311
  • Punic Wars play
  • Punic Wars video
  • Hannibal and His Elephants video

   HW: None

NOTE: The ch 10 quiz will be the Tuesday after we return from Spring Break

 

Weekly Agenda February 25 - March 1

Monday- Review

Chapter 9 Quiz

Review Study Guide

HW: study for the Ancient Greece Test

 

Tuesday- Testing

Ancient Greece Test

Read pages 294-299

Begin Chapter 10 Quizlet (page 293- 20 words): Due Friday

HW: work on ch 10 Quizlet

 

Wednesday- Rome Geography

Review pages 294 & 295

Ancient Rome’s Geography Powerpoint

Video- “Journals Through Time: Ancient Rome: The Eternal City”  Discovery Ed

Rome Outline Map

HW: work on ch 10 Quizlet

 

Thursday- Romulus and Remus Myth

Video- Founding Myths

Review pages 296-297

Romulus and Remus Text

Romulus and Remus Play

Romulus and Remus Ducksters

Video- “Myths and Legends: Ancient Rome” Discovery Ed 

HW: work on ch 10 Quizlet

 

Friday- Rome Geography (CLUB PICTURES)

Check HW

Empire of Rome Mapping Worksheet

Weekly Agenda Feb. 18 - 22

Monday- No School

 

Tuesday- Greek Architecture

* Read pages 277-279

* Read about the Parthenon & Acropolis

* Parthenon video

* Review Hellenistic architecture spread by Alexander the Great- library of Alexandria

 

Wednesday- Greek Important People

* Read and review pages 280 & 282

* “I’m a Greek” video clip

* Read “Greek Alphabet” Ducksters and take online quiz together.

* 20 Important People reading & questions (CW grade)

* Start Study Guide- Due Monday

 

Thursday- Case 21

After finishing- Peer edit Athens & Sparta Essay from last week

HW- Work on Study Guide

 

Friday- Philosophers

* Review pages 280 & 283

* Socrates video

* Perform “Socrates” play

* Greek thinkers video clips

* Work on study guide

HW- Chapter 9 Quiz Monday, Greece Test Tuesday

Study Guide due Monday

 

Weekly Agenda Feb. 11 - 15

Monday- Persian Wars

* Persian War Power-Point 

* “Thermopylae War” video

* Marathon Play

* Create a Popplet  of the Persian Wars

HW- Watch Athens Brain-Pop & finish Chapter 9 Quizlet

 

Tuesday- Athens vs. Sparta//// Ch 9 Quizlet DUE

* Read pgs. 266-271, take notes on the differences between Athens & Sparta

* Athens /Sparta PowerPoint, take notes on the differences between Athens & Sparta

* Athens Brain-Pop

* Sparta High School Musical” video

 

Wednesday- Athens vs. Sparta

 * Athens/Sparta Wife Swap video

* Athens vs. Sparta informational text

* Write essay comparing Athens and Sparta and the resulting war

 

Thursday- Alexander the Great

 * “Macedonia” video

* Read “Alexander the Great” text

* Alexander the Great Play

* Read pgs. 272-276

* Alexander video clips

 

 Friday - 1/2 day for students

* Alexander the Great Map activity