7 th Grade Social Studies! Ms. Menne

1. 7th Grade SocialStudies!Ms. Menne American History Civil War to Great Depression/New Deal

2. Five Strands • American History • World History • Civics/Government • Geography • Economics

3. Grades • Grades are based on total points earned in the classroom. • Classwork/Homework: • Count as 20% of grade • Assessments (tests, quizzes, projects, papers): • Count as 80% of grade Time is provided for most work to be done in class. There are some homework assignments, and at times,students will need to finish work outside of class. Students will be able to access their grades online. • NO EXTRA CREDIT PROVIDED

4. *Homework • On time: full credit • One day late: ½ credit • More than one day late: 0 credit but the work still needs to be completed • 10% off total points possible for major projects each day late. After 3 days late, no points • Tests/quizzes: At least a week’s notice for large tests. Short or no notice for small quizzes • In-class assignments • Composition Notebook (notes, atlas warm-ups, reflections, etc) • Worksheets • Participation

5. Absences: If your child is absent, it is their responsibility to check with me to see what they are missing and to turn it in without reminders. Work is posted on the white board and the web page. My web page should be done by Monday afternoon. During the week, it may be necessary to change what we are doing in class or to assign a short homework assignment. I will try to update the web page to reflect this. Each student should also record this in their agenda. If a student is absent, they are encouraged to email me at cmenne@kyrene.org to see if there is something they could be working on while they are away from school. Books are available for overnight checkout. ***Notes/worksheets linked online Use classzone.com as a resource.

6. Teaching Materials/Methods • Large group instruction • Small group activities • student chosen partners/groups • Teacher chosen • Videos • Discussion • Issues/Decision making activities

7. * Current Events • CNN Student News • Analyzing primary sources • Documents • Speeches • Letters • Political cartoons • *Reading/Writingand Math integrated into the • curriculum to support the school • improvement plan

8. Common Core Standards • Focus on: • Key ideas and detail • Reading closely • Cite specific evidence • Summarize key supporting details • Craft and Structure • Interpret words and phrases in text • Analyze text structure • Point of view and purpose • Integration of Knowledge and Ideas • Integrate and evaluate content • Evaluate arguments • Range of reading and level of text complexity • Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently/proficiently

9. Supporting Common Core at Home • Ask your children questions about what they are reading. • * ask questions that require your kids to talk about the content. • Push your kids to read nonfiction • Encourage your kids to write

10. Common Core: Writing • Write arguments to support claims • Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess credibility and accuracy of sources • Draw evidence from literary or informational texts

11. Reading Informational Text • Using text to find information • Reading/constructing graphs and flow charts • Reading and constructing timelines and understanding the relationship among events • Following written and oral directions • Using visual aids to organize and comprehend information (graphic organizers, webs) • Content area vocabulary and strategies for determining meaning of unknown words • Summarizing • Distinguishing fact from opinion • Skimming/scanning for information • Comparing/contrasting

12. Curriculum Map August • Nation Breaking Apart • Harriet Tubman • Harriet Beecher Stowe • Dred Scott Decision • Slavery vs. free states • Lincoln’s Election September • Civil War Begins • Major Battles • Emancipation Proclamation • Important People • Strengths/Weakness of N & S • Legacy of the war

13. OCTOBER Reconstruction Period • Assassination of Lincoln • Clash between the President and Congress • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments • Jim Crow Laws/Black Codes/Freedmen’s Bureau

14. December • Industrial Revolution • Innovations and inventions • Growth of US cities (causes, effects) • US growth and expansion • Industrialists: Rockefeller, Carnegie • Gilded Age

15. November • Immigration • Why did people immigrate to the US in the late 1800’s? *Push/Pull Factors *Ellis Island • Melting pot/assimilation • Positive/Negative affects of arrival of large number of immigrants • Impact on growth of cities • Sweatshops, tenements, reformers

16. January • Reform and Progressivism • Labor unions • Women’s suffrage • Civil rights • Labor leaders • Social reformers • Mass culture • Vaudeville • Role of newspapers • Leisure time • Roosevelt/Wilson/Taft

17. February • Imperialism • United States’ expanding role in the world during late 19th and early 20th centuries • Spanish American War • Yellow Journalism, Rough Riders • Panama Canal • Open Door Policy • Boxer Rebellion • United States’ changing roles in the world • Alaska, Hawaii

18. February/March • World War I • Events leading to US involvement in WWI • Lusitania • Zimmerman Telegram • Central Powers/Allies • New technology/trench warfare • Individuals involved • Important Treaties • Roaring Twenties • Assembly line • Installment buying • Jazz Age/flappers/Prohibition • New roles for women • Postwar economics and politics • Jazz Age and popular culture • Mass media • The Harlem Renaissance

19. April/May • The Great Depression/New Deal/Dust Bowl • *Economic factors and policies leading to Great Depression • -credit/speculation • *Stock Market Crash 1929 • *Hoover/Roosevelt • *New Deal Programs • *Effects of Great Depression/New Deal • *Dust Bowl