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Engaging 7th Grade Social Studies: Journey Through History

Join Mr. Kennedy's class for an interactive exploration of social studies impacts on modern life. Utilizing various methods, students will analyze past events and develop critical thinking skills. Dive into hands-on activities like note-taking, questioning, and historical simulations. Enhance understanding through group discussions and primary source readings. Get ready for engaging projects, quizzes, and discussions that enrich learning experience at Bogle Middle School. Connect with Mr. Kennedy for a successful academic journey!

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Engaging 7th Grade Social Studies: Journey Through History

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  1. Welcome to Mr. Kennedy’s 7th grade Social Studies classPlease take the 2 handouts on the table and grab a seat!

  2. Introductions • I seek to get students involved in understanding social studies and its impact on their life today. • I want them to be able to critically analyze what occurred in the past and how it affects their life. • I utilize a variety of methods to help students to understand. • Examples on the next slides

  3. Interactive notebooks • Input on right side- example = notes • Output on left side- example = diagram to represent the notes, creating an analogy, responding to a journal question, etc.

  4. Critical thinking questions • How do we see the 5 themes of geography at work today in the world? • How are our lives different today because of the Progressive reformers?

  5. What clues about the Great Depression can this photo provide us with? Analyzing photos

  6. Analyzing primary source readings • Examine “How the Other Half lives” by Joseph Riis and see what tenement life was like. • Analyze Gettysburg Address and its impact at the time.

  7. Primary source readings • This year we are going to work a lot with primary/secondary sources, analyzing a variety of them, and having students create many short argumentative essays that force them to look at the text for their answers as they present their views based on evidence. • The Common Core state standards wants students to be able to look at complex texts and be able to analyze them/take a position on them.

  8. Group discussions • I really believe that students learn much when they interact with one another about what they are learning.

  9. Dialectical journals

  10. Historical simulations • Recreate a peace conference leading up to World War I. • Surviving as a part of a family during the Great Depression

  11. Tests- 100 points Quizzes- 50 points Projects- 75-100 points Class work- 20 points Homework- 20 points Current events- 50 points Warm ups- 5 points per week. Grading

  12. Ways you can support teachers at Bogle • Check Infinity Campus grading system on a regular basis. • Check for black lines on agendas- missing homework • Tax credit to support Bogle extra curricular activities (team shirts, clubs, sports)

  13. Questions • Any questions?

  14. Closing • Thanks for being here tonight and for your support of your child’s education. I look forward to working with them this year! • Please feel free to contact me whenever you have any questions.

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