Dec. 12-16

Monday, Dec. 12
Abolitionist Term Work
Analyzing Character Traits and Qualities

Weekly Assignment: Close Reader: "My Friend Douglass"

Tuesday, Dec. 13
Reading: Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

Wednesday, Dec 14
Reading: Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad cont.

Thursday, Dec. 15
Pre-Civil War Timeline and Events
Lincoln Photo-biography

Friday, Dec. 16
Guest Speaker to Introduce Civil War
Weekly Assignment Due
Pre-Civil War Timeline Cont.
Lincoln Photo-biography

Dec. 5-9

Monday, December 5
"Will Shall Remain" Cherokee Documentary
       *Focus on Indian Removal Act, Andrew Jackson, and Sequoyah

*Weekly Assignment: Standing Their Ground: Dakota Access Pipeline

Tuesday, December 6
"Will Shall Remain" Cherokee Documentary
        *Focus on Trail of Tears

Wednesday, December 7
Underground Rail Road  (Freedom Flix Reading)

Thursday, December 8
Discuss Underground Rail Road Reading
Learning Target Quiz
Why we study slavery discussion

Friday, December 9
Weekly Assignment Due
Walking Field Trip to Burlington Historical Museum (attached is permission slip)

Nov. 21 and 22

Monday, November 21st
Continue Westward Movement Timeline

Tuesday, November 22nd
Mark Twain Excerpt "Life on the Mississippi"

No Weekly Assignment
No Learning Target Quiz

If you have not already done so, please ask your student for the field trip permission slip for the Madison field trip.  Thank you and have a great Thanksgiving break.

Nov. 14-18th

Monday, Nov. 14
Working in groups to summarize their specific westward movement event

Weekly Assignment:  close read Manifest Destiny text

Tuesday, Nov. 15
Continue to work in groups to summarize their specific westward movement event

Wednesday, Nov. 16
Gallery walk (students will share their summary and key details of their event)

Thursday, Nov. 17th
Complete Westward Movement Timeline by sequencing all events learned about.

Friday, Nov 18th
Learning Target Quiz
Upfront: Mexico Image vs Reality 

*Field trip to state capitol permission slip is attached.  Please take a look and return with student.
*Please encourage your student to see me if test Constitution Test revisions are necessary.

Social Studies Nov.7-11

Monday, Nov. 7th
*Westward Movement
       *Map Organization
       *Begin Timeline
Weekly Assignment:  One Heartbeat Away

Tuesday, Nov. 8th
*Presidential Election
        *Ballot
        *Electoral College Maps and Predictions

Wednesday, Nov. 9th
*Examine Presidential Election Results

Thursday, Nov. 10th
*Westward Movement Event Research

Friday, Nov. 11th
*Learning Target Quiz
*Westward Movement Event Research and Summarize

*Weekly Assignment Due

Social Studies 10/31-11/4

Monday, October 31, 2016
*Checks and Balances in Government
*Weekly Assignment: Dreaming Big in the New India

Tuesday, November 1, 2016
*icivics game to practice knowledge of the Bill of Rights
*work time on weekly assignment

Wednesday, November 2, 2016
*Prep for government test
*Self-Reflection on class participation and behavior

Thursday, November 3, 2016
*Government Test
*Begin Westward Movement Unit
        *Timeline creation

Friday, November 4, 2016
*India Article Discusion
      *Comprehension Quiz on Article
      *Photo Analysis
      *Graph Analysis
*Weekly Assignment Due

Social Studies Weekly Update 10/24-10/27

Monday, Oct. 24 & Tuesday, Oct. 25 (Block Schedule)
*Bill of Rights
      *Vocabulary
      *Introduce the Bill of Rights
      *Skits "what would life be like without rights"

Wednesday, Oct. 26
*Bill of Rights skits
*Judicial Branch
*Case Review "TLO v. New Jersey"

Thursday, Oct. 27
*Review 3 branches of government
*UpFront Article "Star Spangled Protest"

Friday, Oct. 28
No School

No quiz this week
No weekly assignment

S.S. Weekly Update October 17-21

Monday, October 17th
*Committee Work (Bill to Law Simulation)
*Executive Branch Info.

Weekly Assignment= Uprfront article  "Should Supreme Court Justices Serve for Life"
Due Friday

Parent Teacher Conferences Tonight 4-7 Hope to see you there!!

Tuesday, October 18th
*Floor Action (Bill to Law Simulation)
*Electoral College Info.

Wednesday, October 19th
*Bill To Law Simulation cont.
*"Win the Whitehouse"

Thursday, October 20th
*Judicial Branch

Friday, October 21st
*LTQ
*Bill of Rights

October 10th-14th

Monday, October 10
*Bill to law process

Tuesday, October 11
*Weekly assignment vocabulary
*Bill creation

Wednesday, October 12
*Bill creation cont.
*Weekly assignment vocabulary review
*Weekly Assignment work time "Should Birthright Citizenship Be Abolished" debate

Thursday, October 13
*Review legislative branch
*Bill creation cont.
*Weekly assignment vocabulary review

Friday, October 14
*Learning Target Quiz
*Fish bowl discussion on weekly assignment

Weekly Assignment Due Friday, October 14

October 3-7 Social Studies Update

Monday, October 3

Purpose of the Preamble to the Constitution 

Weekly Assignment: Upfront “The Fight Over Immigration”

Tuesday, October 4

Principles of the Constitution

Wednesday, October 5

Article 2 of the Constitution (Executive Branch)

Thursday, October 6

The Electoral College and how it works

Friday, October 7

Learning Target Quiz

Review and Discuss the weekly assignment “The Fight Over Immigration”

September 19-23

Monday, September 19
  *Discuss last weeks Weekly Assignment
  *Prep for Constitutional Convention (Delegate Bio)

No Weekly Assignment due to MAP Testing this week
No Learning Target Quiz this week due to MAP Testing this week

Tuesday, September 20
  *First Day of Constitutional Convention Simulation
       -Delegate Introduction

Wednesday, September 21
  *Reading MAP Testing

Thursday, September 22
  *Reading MAP Testing

Friday, September 23
  *Ben Franklin Reading
  *Upfront Mag. Article Reading and discussion

Constiutional Convention Simulation will continue next week
No Weekly Assignment due to MAP Testing this week
No Learning Target Quiz this week due to MAP Testing this week

Sept. 6th- Sept. 9th

Parents and Guardians,

Every Friday I will be sending out a Social Studies weekly update email.  It will basically consist of a short preview of the upcoming week in social studies.  The intention of this email is to provide an avenue for you as parents and guardians to have conversations about school with your students.  Please feel free to email (jschmidt@basd.k12.wi.us) or call (763-0190) me at any time with questions or concerns you may have.  Thank you for your support this school year and I am looking forward to getting to know you and your student.

Tuesday, Sept. 6th- Thinking like a historian, 6 word memoir

Wednesday, Sept. 7th- Impact of Intolerable Acts, 6 word memoir

Thursday, Sept. 8th- How to understand an editorial cartoon, Continental Congress, 6 word memoir

Friday, Sept. 9th- Learning Target Quiz (questions and answers should be written in their social studies notebook), Upfront article "What's at Stake"

Social Studies Update May 31-June 9

Tuesday, May 31
-WWII in Europe

Wednesday, June 1
-Work Day on WWII Newspaper (Due June 7th)

-Lit. Circle Book Theme or Character Assignment Due Today

Thursday, June 2
-WWII in Pacific

Friday, June 3
-Work Day on WWII Newspaper (Due June 7th)

Monday, June 6
-Review for Final Common Assessment

Tuesday, June 7
-Final Common Assessment
-Social Studies Reflection

-WWII Newspaper Due Today

Wednesday, June 8
-Advisory Field Day
-Curricular Video

Thursday, June 9
-Recognition Assembly

May 9-20 Next Two Weeks of Social Studies

Students are starting literature circles this week in social studies.  Students have chosen a WWII based book to read during class over the next two weeks.  Their book choices are listed below.  Students will be reading everyday in class then having a discussion about what they read with their group members.  There will be no weekly assignment or learning target quizzes, but student will have assignments based on that they read during the class period.  There will be class time to complete those assignments, but on occasion students may have to complete the work at home.   Thanks for all your continued support at home!

Book Choices:
Unbroken
Boy Who Dared
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas 
Night
The Bomb

May 2-6

Monday
Types of Government in Europe prior to WWII
Weekly Assignment "Most Dangerous Book in the World?"

Tuesday
A Play: Hitler and The Rise of Fascism

Wednesday
A Play: Hitler and The Rise of Fascism cont.
Appeasement of Hitler in Europe
Literature Circles' Book Talk

Thursday
Map of Europe
Start of WWII
Book Choice for literature circles

Friday
Learning Target Quiz
Complete Map
Begin Lit. Circles

Weekly Assignment Due Friday

April 25-29th

Monday, April 25th
*Stock Market Crash

Weekly Assignment: Milk Strike in Wisconsin (Due Friday)

Tuesday, April 26th
*Life during the depression

Wednesday, April  27th
*Dust Bowl
*Three R's Relief

Thursday, April 28th
*Three R's Recovery & Reform

Friday, April 29th
*Learning Target Quiz
*Discuss Weekly Assignment
*Complete Three R's talk

April 18-22

Forward Exam this week.

Social studies will only meet twice this week.  We are focusing on how the stock market works.  This will help us gain a better understanding of the 1929 stock market crash.  There is no weekly assignment this week or learning target quiz.  We did have 1920 writing project due today.  Please, check in with your student to ensure that the assignment was completed.  Thanks!

April 11-15

Students will be working on their 1920's historical fiction project this week.  The project is due on Monday, April 18th.  Below is an explanation of the project.  Thanks for all of your continued support this year!

 

April 4-8

Monday, April 4
Begin Historical Non-Fiction Book Black Duck (in class reading)
Map Skills
Wisconsin Primary Discussion

Weekly Assignment: Wilson's 14 Points and Treaty of Versailles worksheets

Tuesday, April 5
Black Duck
Map Skills
Treaty of Versailles

Wednesday, April 6
Black Duck
Map Skills
Roaring 20's Business

Thursday, April 7
Black Duck
Map Skills
Roaring 20's Changes in Society

Friday, April 8
Learning Target Quiz
Black Duck
Map Skills
Roaring 20's Jazz Age/Renaissance

Weekly Assignment Due

March 14-18

Monday, March 14
*Guided Notes on Imperialism
*Weekly Assignment= Article "Two Sisters"  (carry over from last week Friday)

Tuesday, March 15
*Spanish American War

Wednesday, March 16
*America a World Power
  -Effects of Imperialism

Thursday, March 17
*Causes of WWI

Friday, March 18
*Discuss Weekly Assignment
*WWI vocabulary

Weekly Assignment Due Friday

3/7-3/11

Monday, March 7
  Industrial Revolution Reading
  Industry Men Reading

Tuesday, March 8
  Document Based Questions on Industrial Revolution
  Weekly Assignment= MELCON and paragraph on Industrial Growth (Due Friday)

Wednesday, March 9
  Immigration "Push/Pull" Factors
    European Immigrants on East Coast
    Asian Immigrants on West Coast

Thursday, March 10
  Literary excerpt on child labor "Counting on Grace" 
  Prepare for Learning Target Quiz

Friday, March 11
  Learning Target Quiz
  Immigration Article "Two Sisters, Two Americas"

Weekly Assignment Due

February 29 -March 4

Monday, February 29
*No social studies today, advisory character focus
 
Tuesday, March 1
*Reconstruction Vocabulary & Doc. Based Questions
   *Planning reconstruction

Wednesday, March 2
*Reconstruction Vocabulary & Doc. Based Questions
   *Radicals take control

Thursday, March 3
*Reconstruction Vocabulary & Doc. Based Questions
   *South during reconstruction

Friday, March 4
*Learning Target Quiz (vocabulary focused)
*Reconstruction Vocabulary & Doc. Based Questions
   *Post-Reconstruction era

February 22nd-26th

Monday, February 22nd
-Grant's movement thorough Virginia
-Lincoln's reelection
-Sherman total war

Weekly Assignment: Close Reader "My Friend Douglass"

Tuesday, February 23rd
-Collections Bloody Times

Wednesday, February 24th
-Collections Bloody Times
-Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Thursday, February 25th
-Lincoln's Assassination
-Test Prep

Friday, February 26th
-Civil War Test

Weekly Assignment Due

Feb. 15th-19th

Monday, February 15th
*Andersonville Imagery Activity
*Andersonville Primary Source Poems
*Introduce Odes

Tuesday, February 16th
*Ode to Andersonville Poem Assignment...Due Friday (Quiz Grade)
*Soldier's Heart Essay Talk & Meet with Students

Wednesday, February 17th
*Soldier's Heart Revisions
*Andersonville Odes

Thursday, February 18th
*Debate/Reading "Should Voting be Mandatory"

Friday, February 19th
*Civil War Battle in Gym (strategy and teamwork focus)
*Andersonville Ode Due

No Learning Target Quiz This Week

February 8-12

Monday, Feb. 8
*Andersonville visualize and draw activity
*Begin Video

Weekly Assignment is Journal or Letter Home (we will begin this on Wednesday)

Tuesday, Feb. 9
***Soldier's Heart Essay Due on Criterion.ets.org***
*Andersonville Video cont.

Wednesday, Feb. 10
*Andersonville Video cont.
*Journal or letter home writing assignment (Due Friday, Feb. 12)

Thursday, Feb. 11
*Finish Andersonville Video

Friday, Feb. 12
*Mini Lesson on Odes
*Andersonville Poems Readings
*Brainstorm for Andersonville poem creation assignment

Weekly Assignment Due

Feb 1st

Monday, February 1st: Answer the question of whether or not Charley has a soldier’s heart, use evidence to prove argument, complete MELCON

Tuesday, February 2nd: Create thesis statement, Complete introduction, discuss thesis, introduction, and text evidence with peer

Wednesday, February 3rd:  No work time in class on essay, news day

Thursday, February 4th: Complete conclusion, type in Criterion

Friday, February 5th: Type in Criterion, revise grammar based on Criterion feedback

Weekly Assignment: Presidential Primary Reading/wkst

Essay Due: Tuesday, February 9th in Criterion

Jan. 18-22

Monday, January 18

Bull Run

General Lee

Weekly Assignment: Voices of the Civil War Reading and Questions

Tuesday, January 19

Soldier’s Heart Ch. 6,7, & 8

Journal Entry

Wednesday, January 20

Battle of Antietam 

Thursday, January 21

Battle of Shiloh (reading from Collections)

Friday, January 22

Learning Target Quiz

Emancipation Proclamation 

Weekly Assignment Due

January 11-15

Monday, January 11th
-Geography Bee

Tuesday, January 12th
-Soldier's Heart Reading

Wednesday, January 13th
-Soldier's Heart Reading
-Battle of Bull Run

Thursday, January 14th
-Reading MAP Testing

Friday, January 15th
-Reading MAP Testing

No Weekly Assignment this week
No Learning Target Quiz this week