Welcome to Social Studies

Welcome to Social Studies Mrs. McDonaldGrade 6Room 613

Critical Thinking in Social Studies • Ancient Civilizations Focus: Understand what makes up a civilization Acquire knowledge of ancient civilizations and analyze the effects of geography on how they lived. Knowledgeof terms essential as a foundation Comprehension through outlines, note taking, summing up Critical Thinking Questions:Overallidentifying patternsin ancient history Analysisof cause and effect, decisions, leadership Evaluationof Problems and Solutions, compare-contrast Synthesizeunderstanding bywriting arguments or explanatory essays in the brief form of constructive responses. Apply note taking skills for researching in a library using computer databases, books, references, and textbook.

What is Ancient History? • It concerns the distant past, from the earliest humans through the first great civilizations. Prehistory (Before written records) B.C. /A.D. Prehistoric time: Paleo and Neolithic Ancient History civilizations

Chapter Terms • Students define all the red, blue, and italic terms for a chapter on a “Hide-and-Study Paper.” (Can use flash cards, Quizlet.com) • archeologist artifact • historian prehistoric • geographer ritual • social scientists Ancient History

Define civilization? on a Hide and Study Paper in spiral with icon • Civilizations have a stable food supply to feed a large population. Organized systems of managing food distribution became necessary. This led to systems of counting, writing to keep records, laws, social levels, job specialization, and more. • Ex. cities, trading, technology

Cornell Notes=extra reading help • Reading strategies practiced • Summing up paragraphs • Total Chapter summary

Headings and Bullets Notes • Result=higher quiz scores Heading: Difficulties of Environment of Mesopotamia • Food shortages in hills • Uncontrolled water supply • Must maintain irrigation systems • Attacks from neighbors • The main idea is _________________________

Keep it together! • Use a spiral notebook* and glue stick • Hide and Study: fold/flip to learn terms • Copy and answer Questions of Day • Take notes and work in Interactive Student Notebook (ISN) • Paste in handouts, quizzes, tests • *Table of Contents in Spiral helps student know where and what to review for tests.

First Semester • Earliest hominids to 70,000 BCE hunters and gatherers: Hominids to Homo Sapiens • 12,000-9000 BCE Last Ice Age Neolithic Age and beginning of Agriculture • 3500-2000 BCE Start civilizations with writing: Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush Permanent shelters=Characteristics of civilizations • 2500-1700 BCE Indus River Valley-India

Second Semester • Ancient China • Ancient Greece • Ancient Rome • Research project is a Common Corerequirement

Caring Classroom 613 Care for the Code of Conduct -Respect for Self Do my best Positive Participation -Respect for Others Concern for all -Respect for School Care to follow rules

Be a Productive Partner: 4L’s • Look (pay attention to directions, task) • Lean in • Lower voice • Listen attentively

Use Academic Language • Respectfullyuse academic language when participating as individual, partner,or in group.Responses must be complete:Casual-It’s on page 2 Formal-On page 2, I found an exampletelling why hunters and gatherers had to keep moving from place to place. I cite paragraph 3 which states ______ .

“Go Beyond Club” • For a 5 week period, student who qualify, meet me at lunch. Must Achieve “A” 3 times on SS tests to do. Must come to beginning meeting at start of a unit. Cannot come into mid-Unit. • Deeper exploration and research with notes, cited information, essay • Presentation possible-choice of media • Parent signed Independent Study Contract

Welcome to Social Studies