December 16-20

Monday, December 16th
-Did the South have the right to secede?
-Civil War Map
-Comparing the North vs South prior to war

No weekly assignment this week

Tuesday, December 17th
-Succession Political Cartoon
-Comparison of North v South cont.

Wednesday, December 18th
-Comparison of North v South cont.
-Fort Sumter and the start of war
-North and South strategies for war

Thursday, December 19th
-Civil War Guest Speaker Mr. Eggers

Friday, December 20th
-No Social Studies

Dec. 9-13

Monday, December 9th
-Student Choice: Synthesizing Slave Narratives or Fredrick Douglas Readings

Tuesday, December 10th
-Student Choice: Synthesizing Slave Narratives or Fredrick Douglas Readings cont.

Wednesday, December 11th
-Pre-Civil War using Lincoln Photo-biography

Thursday, December 12th
-Pre-Civil War using Lincoln Photo-biography

Friday, December 13th
Comparing the North vs South

Dec. 2nd-6th

Monday, Dec. 2nd
-Why do we study slavery--setting a purpose for study

-Weekly Assignment: "Payday For College Athletes"

Tuesday, Dec. 3rd
-Slave Narratives

Wednesday, Dec. 4th
-Harriet Tubman Reading

Thursday, Dec. 5th
-Harriet Tubman Reading cont.

Friday, Dec. 6th
-Harriet Tubman Reading cont.
-Slavery in America DBQ

-Weekly Assignment Discussion

Nov. 19th-26th

Monday, November 18th
-Cherokee Case Study--Indian Removal
-Weekly Assignment: "How Did The USA Destroy The Indian Way of Life"

Tuesday, November 29th
-Cherokee Case Study--Indian Removal Cont.

-OPEN PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 4-7

Wednesday, November 20th
-Cherokee Case Study--Trail of Tears

Thursday, November 21st
-Burlington Historical Society Walking Field Trip

Friday, November 22nd
-Was the Westward Movement Justified--Essay Question

Monday, November 25th
Was the Westward Movement Justified--Essay Question

Tuesday, November 26th
Was the Westward Movement Justified--Essay Question

11/11-11/15

Monday, November 11th
-Complete Gallery Walk of Westward Movement Events

-Weekly Assignment "On The Road To Extinction"

Tuesday, November 12th
-Westward Movement Summary Paragraph Assessment

Wednesday, November 13th
-NO SCHOOL

Thursday, November 14th
-Cherokee Case Study--View of Native Americans by Americans during the early 1800"s

Friday, November 15th
Cherokee Case Study--Assimilation of Cherokees as U.S. policy

-Weekly Assignment Due

11/4-11/8

Monday, November 4th
-Begin Westward Movement
-Examine "American Progress" painting
-Westward Movement Event Poster Explanation

-Bill or Rights protection drawings due

Tuesday, November 5th
-Westward Movement Event Reading and Analysis
-Test Re-assessment Due
END OF FIRST QUARTER--ALL MISSING/LATE WORK DUE

Wednesday, November 6th
-Westward Movement Event Reading and Analysis cont

Thursday, November 7th
-Westward Movement Event Poster Creation

Friday, November 8th
-Westward Movement Event Begin Gallery Walk and Timelines

10/28-11/1

Monday, October 28th
-Visualizing Amendments to the Constitution (Quiz Grade)
-Weekly Assignment: Upfront Article "Understanding Impeachment"

Tuesday, October 29th
-Amendments Cont.

Wednesday, October 30th
-Amendments Cont.
-"you be the judge" understanding the Bill of Rights in contex

Thursday, October 31st
-Review for Test

Friday, November 1st
-Government Test
-Weekly Assignment Discussion

Oct. 21-25

Monday, Oct. 21st
-Review Electoral College (introduced on Friday)
-I-Civics game "Win the Presidency"

Tuesday, Oct. 22nd
-Check and Balance Article in Class
-Weekly Assignment: Making Connections to Checks and Balances

Wednesday, Oct. 23rd
-Understanding the Judicial Branch
-Review for quiz on Three Branches of Government

Thursday, Oct. 24th
-No School

Friday, Oct. 25th
-3 Branches Quiz
-Weekly Assignment Due


Up Coming:
Constitution Test on Thursday, Oct. 31st

Oct. 14-18

Monday, Oct. 14th
-Bill to Law Simulation in conjunction with Mrs. Rummler's Class

Tuesday, Oct. 15th
-Bill to Law Simulation in conjunction with Mrs. Rummler's Class cont.

Wednesday, Oct 16th
-Bill to Law Simulation in conjunction with Mrs. Rummler's Class cont.
-Executive Branch Basics

Thursday, Oct 17th
-Understanding the Gun Debate Article (this is our weekly assignment for this week and will be completed in class)

Friday, Oct. 18th
-Fish Bowl Activity using the Gun Debate Article

Oct. 8-11th

Monday, October 7th
-Introduce Bill to Law Process (carry over from last week)
NO WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK

Tuesday, October 8th
-Field Trip to Madison (bring a lunch)

Wednesday, October 9th
-Creation of Bill for Simulation

Thursday, October 10th
-Creation of Bill for Simulation (cont.)

Friday, October 11th
-Creation of Bill for Simulation (cont.)
-Judicial Branch Info.

-Begin Bill to Law Simulation on Monday (written bills must be completed)

Sept. 30-Nov

Monday, Sept. 30th
-Should the Constitution by ratified DBQ

Weekly Assignment: The Fight for Hong Kong

Tuesday, Oct. 1st
-7 Principles of the Constitution
-Preamble to the Constitution

Wednesday, Oct. 2nd
-Article 1 of the Constitution Legislative Branch

Permission slips to Madison Due

Thursday, Oct. 3rd
-Bill to Law

Friday, Oct. 4th
-Weekly Assignment discussion
-Weekly Quiz
-Bill to Law cont.

Weekly Assignment Due

Sept. 23rd-27th

Monday, September 23rd
-Prepare for Constitutional Convention Simulation
-Weekly Assignment: "Teens of the Revolution"

Tuesday, September 24th
-Constitutional Convention Simulation

Wednesday, September 25th
-Constitutional Convention Simulation Cont.

Thursday, September 26th
-Constitutional Convention Simulation Conclusion
-Ben Franklin's Speech
-"Should the Constitution Be Approved" DBQ

Friday, September 27th
-"Should the Constitution Be Approved" DBQ cont.
-Convention Reflection

-Weekly Assignment Due
-No Weekly Quiz This Week

Sep. 16-20

Monday, September 16th
-Declaration of Independence (cont. from last week)
-Weekly Assignment: "Our Independence and Constitution" Due Friday

Tuesday, September 17th
-Articles of the Confederation (strengths and weaknesses)

Wednesday, September 18th
-Articles of Confederation (cont.)
-Delegate Draft --prep. for Constitutional Convention Simulation

Thursday, September 19th
-Prep. for Constitutional Convention Simulation

Friday, September 20th
-Weekly Quiz
-Prep. for Constitutional Convention Simulation (simulation will take place next week)
-Discuss Weekly Assignment

Weekly Assignment Due

Welcome

Parents and Guardians,

Every Friday I will be sending out a Social Studies weekly update email and updating my blog https://schmidthive.blogspot.com.  It will basically consist of a short preview of the upcoming week in social studies.  The intention of this email/update 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.

Monday, Sept. 9th
-What caused the American Revolution (document based questions to guide discussion)
     -Acts passed by Great Britain

-Weekly Assignment: "No Hiding Your Face" article and question from Upfront Magazine  DUE ON FRIDAY
   
Tuesday, Sept. 10th
-What caused the American Revolution (document based questions to guide discussion) cont.
     -Boston Massacre and Paul Revere's engraved picture

Wednesday, Sept. 11th
-What caused the American Revolution (document based questions to guide discussion) cont.
     -Intolerable Acts

Thursday, Sept. 12th
-Continental Congress Meets
-Declaration of Independence

Friday, Sept. 13th
-WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT DUE
-Weekly Quiz
-Class Discussion of Weekly Assignment

May 28-31st

Tuesday, May 28th
-WWII Literature Circles...table graffiti

-No Weekly Assignment

Wednesday, May 29th
-D-Day Mini Lesson
-WWII Literature Circles...table graffiti cont.

Thursday, May 30th
-Life in America During WWII Mini Lesson
-WWII Literature Circles...table graffiti

Friday, May 31st
-War in the Pacific
-WWII Literature Circles

May 20th- May 23rd

Monday, May 20th
-Pearl Harbor Mini Lesson
-WWII Book Club

Weekly Assignment: Islam in America

Tuesday, May 21st
-WWII Government Quiz
-WWII Book Club

Wednesday, May 22nd
-Holocaust Focus

Thursday, May 23rd
-Weekly Assignment Discussion
-WWII Book Club

-Weekly Assignment Due

Friday, May 24th
NO SCHOOL

May 13th - 17th

Monday, May 13th
-Map of German Aggression 1939-1941

Weekly Assignment "Remembering the Doomed Voyage" primary source on the voyage of the St. Louis   Due Friday May 17th

Tuesday, May 14th
-Guest Speaker focusing on what life in Germany was like before and during WWII

Wednesday, May 15th
-Battle of Britain in photos
-Begin WWII literature circle

Thursday, May 16th
-WWII literature circle

Friday, May 17th
-WWII literature circle

May 6th - May10h

Monday, May 6th
-FDR and New Deal Agencies
-Weekly Assignment: The Doomed Voyage of the St. Louis   Due Thursday 5/9

Tuesday, May 7th
-WWII Leaders and Forms of Government
-Book Talk on Future WWII Lit. Circles

Wednesday, May 8th
-Rise of Facism and Hitler in Germany

Thursday, May 9th
-Map of German Aggression Beginning of WWII
-Primary Source Reading on the St. Louis

Weekly Assignment Due

Friday, May 10th
-No Social Studies
Field Trip to University of Milwaukee

April 29-May 3

Monday, April 29th
-Reflect on mock trial
-Stock Market 101

-Weekly Assignment: Understanding the Boarder Conflict

Tuesday, April 30th
-Stock Analysis
-Begin Stock Market Game

Wednesday, May 1st
-1930's Great Depression (causes & economy)

Thursday,  May 2nd
-1930's Great Depression (economy & society)

Friday, May 3rd
-1930's Great Depression (society & politics)

April 22-26th

Monday, April 22nd
-Read "Second Chance" and class discussion
-Prep for Mock Trial

Tuesday, April 23rd
-Final Touches On Questions for Mock Trial

Weekly Assignment Due Friday, April 26th

Wednesday, April 24th
-Practice "run through" of Trial Roles

Thursday, April 25th
-Mock Trial Begins

Friday, April 26th
-Mock Trail Ends
Weekly Assignment Due

April 15th-18th

FORWARD TESTING WEEK!!

No weekly assignment this week.

Social Studies will only be meeting two times this week for only 30 min. per class.  We will continue to work on preparing for our Sacco and Vanzetti mock trial which will take place on Thursday, April 25th.  Kids have done a nice job to this point researching their witness and planning their questioning.  Please, take a second and ask your student what their role is in the trial and their thoughts on innocence or guilt.

April 8th-12th

Monday, April 8th
-Role play the jury for Mrs. Rummler trial of the sinking of the Lusitania
-Weekly Assignment "Burlington Killer Storm of 1925"

Tuesday, April 9th - Friday, April 12th
-Prepare for our Mock Trial of Sacco & Vanzetti

Weekly Assignment Due Friday

April 1st-5th

Monday, April 1st
-1920's Society

-Weekly Assignment "Fighting For Their Lives"

Tuesday, April 2nd
-1920's Society Cont.

Wednesday, April 3rd
-1920's Economy & Technology

LAST DAY TO COMPLETE LATE, MISSING, AND CORRECTED WORK
QUARTER 3 CLOSES TODAY

Thursday, April 4th
-1920's Politics

Friday, April 5th
-Introduce Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

Weekly Assignment Due Friday

March 18th - 22nd

Monday, March 18th
-WWI Artifacts
-WWI Local First Hand Accounts of War

Weekly Assignment= "Teen Homelessness" Article

Tuesday, March 19th
-US Propaganda (carry over from last Friday)
-Prepare for Treaty of Versailles Peace Conference Simulation

Wednesday, March 20th
-Treaty of Versailles Peace Conference Simulation

Thursday, March 21st
-Results of Versailles Peace Conference
-Map of Europe After WWI vs. Map of Europe Prior to WWI

Friday, March 22nd
-WWI Quiz
-Discussion "Teen Homelessness" Article

Weekly Assignment Due

March 11th-15th

Monday, March 11th
-Causes of WWI
-Weekly Assignment Article "Why WWI Still Matters"

Tuesday, March 12th
-Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
-Map of Europe Allied Powers and Central Powers

Wednesday, March 13th
-Trench Warfare
-New Technology

Thursday, March 14th
-Timeline of WWI
-USA Enters War
-Lusitania Reading

Friday, March 15th
-US Propaganda
-US War Songs
-Weekly Assignment Discussion

March 4th - 8th

Monday, March 4th- Thursday, March 7th
-Industrial Revolution/Progressive Era Stations
      1) Child Labor
      2) Progressive Era Changes
      3) Immigration
      4) Women's Suffrage
      5) Titans of Industry
      6) Inventions

No weekly assignment this week based on work being done in stations

Friday, March 8th
-Connecting Industrial Revolution/Progressive Era to Today (counts as a quiz)
-Making future predictions based on connections
-Teddy Roosevelt politcal cartoons 

Feb. 25th- Mar. 1st

Monday, February 25th
-Compare and Contrast MLK and Malcom X

-Weekly Assignment- "How Plastic Is Trashing The Planet"

Tuesday, February 26th
-Civil Rights Document Based Quiz (moved back from Friday 2/22)
-Begin USA Foreign Policy Imperialism

Wednesday, February 27th
-Imperialism Cont.
-Spanish American War

Thursday, February 28th
-Spanish American War Cont.

Friday, March 1st
-Imperialism Political Cartoon Quiz
-Weekly Assignment Talk
-Teddy Roosevelt

February 18-22

Monday, February 18th
-Rosa Parks
-Bus Boycott

Weekly Assignment Article: "Will Ginger Get to Stay"

Tuesday, February 19th
-Sit-ins
-Freedom Riders

Wednesday, February 20th
-Freedom Summer
-March on Washington

Thursday, February 21st
-Google Expeditions
-Prep for Student Lead Conferences

Friday, February 22nd
-Compare and Contrast MLK and Malcom X
-Document Based Questions Quiz
Weekly Assignment Due

February 11th- 14th

Monday, February 11th
-Reconstruction Voc. Quiz (moved from Friday of last week)
    -students should be preparing for this quiz over the weekend by using their pre-quiz wkst to group and label their vocabulary words, students should also work on quizlet.com to practice their words
-Andersonville primary source discussion

Weekly Assignment: Remembering MLK Article

Tuesday, February 12th
-Brown vs Board of Education
-Little Rock Nine Reading

Wednesday, February 13th
-Rosa Parks
-Bus Boycott

Thursday, February 14th
-Sit-ins
-Freedom Riders
-MLK reading discussion

Weekly Assignment Due

Feb. 4th - Feb. 8th

Monday, February 4th
-Andersonville (Confederate Prison Camp)

Weekly Assignment: Remembering Matthew Shepard

Tuesday, February 5th
-Reconstruction - Voc. Pre Quiz
-Planning Reconstruction Close Reading

Wednesday, February 6th
-Reconstruction- South During Reconstruction and Civil War Amendments

Thursday, February 7th
-Post-Reconstruction
-Document Based Readings and Questions

Friday, February 8th
-Reconstruction Voc. Quiz (Group, List, Label)
-Discuss Weekly Assignment
-Finish Andersonville

Weekly Assignment Due

Jan. 21st- Jan. 25th

Monday, January 21st
-Lincoln's Reelection
-Sherman's March to Sea
-NO WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK; STUDENTS SHOULD WORK ON CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER ASSESSMENT

Tuesday, January 22nd
-Surrender at Appomattox Court House
-Introduce Civil War Assessment (Newspaper)
     -Due Date Friday, February 1st

-LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE WORK AND CORRECTIONS FOR 2ND QUARTER

Wednesday, January 23rd
NO SCHOOL

Thursday, January 24th
-Work Day on Civil War Assessment

Friday, January 25th
-Work Day on Civil War Assessment

No quiz this week because of work time on assessment
No weekly assignment this week because of work time on assessment

January 14th-18th

Monday, January 14th
-Emancipation Proclamation
-Ch. 8 Soldier's Heart 

Tuesday, January 15th
-Battle of Gettysburg
-Finish Reading Soldier's Heart

Wednesday, January 16th
-Gettysburg Address
-Ulysses S. Grant
-Sherman's March to Sea - Lincoln's Photobiography 

Thursday, January 17th
-Lincoln's Reelection - Lincoln's Photobiography 
-Fall of Richmond - Lincoln's Photobiography 

Friday, January 18th
-Weekly Quiz
-Lincoln's Assassination