Hello all, and welcome to Week 3, Q1!
Please be aware that next Wednesday, September 1st, ALL 7th and 8th grade students have their first graded Map Quiz in Social Studies.
7th grade:
8:30-9:25= U.S. States
9:30-10:25= U.S. State Capitals
8th grade:
10:30-11:25= World Continents and Oceans
11:30-12:25= U.S. State Capitals
You can view or print off labeled or unlabeled study guide maps on the following FREE (!) website:
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
Or, you could take the quizzes on this website:
http://www.ilike2learn.com/
There are plenty of other study options out there, I know, and please feel free to utilize whatever works best for your child! These are just a few that I know of and think are good sites.
Besides reading on in our historic novels, this week we are beginning to think about and work with the following terms, which are one way of categorizing what all human societies "do":
Business
Transportation
Socialization
Environment
Education
Technology
Recreation
Government
Religion
Fine Arts
We will be working with these categories a lot in Social Studies! The purpose is to give us a manageable system for breaking down how human societies function; hopefully, we will be able to think more holistically by using this system of categorization.
Please note that I will be out this Thursday and Friday (I'm going to the Boundary Waters!); students will be watching historical documentaries about the time periods we are studying.
As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please feel free to email me at: lhood@paideiaacademy.org
Take care,
Leah Hood
