Ms. Hume\’s History Page

Monday: The students will read and discuss Ch. 1 Lesson 2.  HW: Study for vocabulary test.

Tuesday: The students will take a vocabulary test over Chapter 1 vocabulary. Watch a video on the Stone Age.  NO HW

Wednesday:  Introduce Chapter 2.  Read and discuss civilizations in Mesopotamia p 73-78.  Students will complete an outline on the section.  NO HW

Thursday:   The students will read and discuss Ch. 2 Lesson 2  p 78-83  (6.4spi3)   HW:  Journal #5 due tomorrow

Friday: The students will complete an activity on the Code of Hammurabi  (6.4spi3)  NO HW

The government establishes the rules or laws in a society. If you were a government official in your town, what laws would you create? What laws would you change? Why? Due Friday.

What is your definition of freedom? Due Friday.

Monday: Students will begin working on Journal #4. Review for test tomorrow. HW: Study

Tuesday: Students will take a test over key social studies terms. Finish atlas activity. NO HW
Wednesday: Classroom Guidance NO HW
Thursday: Introduce Chapter 2. Read and discuss civilizations in Mesopotamia p. 73-78. Students will complete an outline of the section. HW: Journal #3 due tomorrow.

Friday: 1st and 2nd periods will retake the test from Tuesday a second time.  3rd and 4th periods-  review game and classroom guidance NO HW

Current event presentation dates were assigned last Friday.  The students wrote down their assigned date in their agenda book.  Check the Social Studies Guidelines for more information.

We were notified today that interim reports will not be sent home until Monday, September 17th.

Monday: Students will presentg their cultural artifact to the class.  (6.1.1)  HW: Study for test

Tuesday: Students will take a test over the 5 themes of geography and map skills. (6.3.1)  NO HW
Wednesday: Students will compare types of governments and economic systems.  Identify the roles of an archaeologist, geologist, historian, and anthropologist. (6.4.1 and 6.1.2)  Create  a vocabulary flip book.   NO HW
Thursday: Students will use a variety of maps to understand geographic and historical information.  Atlas activity in class. (6.3.5) HW: Journal due tomorrow
Friday: Students recognize the the designations for time dating.  Discuss guidelines for the parallel timeline the students are going to create next week.  (6.5.6)  HW: Test Monday

Culture includes the food, dress, language, traditions, and general way of life of a group of people.  Describe your own culture in a way that would give someone from another country an idea of how you live.  Due Friday

Monday: Holiday

Tuesday: Students will identify the 5 themes of geography and describe Memphis/Germantown in terms of those themes.  Finish Project.  HW:  Project due tomorrow.

Wednesday:  Guidance for 1st and 2nd periods.  Assign current event dates.  Discussion of culture and cutural artifact assignment. (6.1.1)  NO HW

Thursday:  Students will determine time across the world using a time zone chart. In-class activity. HW:  Warm up questions due tomorrow.

Friday:  Guidance for 3rd and 4th periods.  Assign current event dates.  Discussion of culture and cutural artifact assignment. (6.1.1)   HW:  Bring cultural artifact on Monday.  Test over map skills and the 5 themes of georgraphy will be on Tuesday.

Interims will go home on Tuesday, September 11th.  Please sign and return.