Note: "CW" = Class Work
"HW" = Home Work
7th Grade Humanities Assignment Calendar
Week of August 7
Thursday - First Day of School! Welcome!
CW: Introductions, guidelines, "nuts and bolts"
HW Signed Parent Form & Student Inventory
Friday - "Why 99.9% Just Won't Do"
CW: Creation of a Class Rubric
Week of August 11
Monday - Finalizing Class Rubric
HW: Assess your own "level": How do you do work, and what goal(s) do you have for this quarter?
Tuesday - Introduction of "Geo Days" and Map Mastery
CW: Geography Pre-Test
Wednesday - Introduce Cornell notes with 5 Themes of Geography
HW: Apply the 5 themes to a picture of you or your family
Thursday - 5 Themes of Geography (Continued)
CW: "A Picture is worth a thousand words"
Friday Application of the 5 Themes of Geography
CW: Sharing/Discussing HW with 5 Themes
Week of August 18
Monday - How Geography and Culture mix
CW: Personal Universals of Culture
Tuesday - Map Mastery Test (Starting with United States)
Wednesday Sharing Universals of Culture (*collected)
Thursday - The geography of the North and South
CW: Map identifying Northern, Southern, and Border States.
Friday - Introduce Textbook
CW: On-line, CD-Rom and Textbook Checkout
*Maps due at end of period
Week of August 25
Note: Humanities students are responsible for reading and understanding all material from teh textbook, whether covered in class or not. While there is not "nightly homeowrk", students should be keeping up on their reading.
Monday - The Northern Economy
CW: CH. 13, Sec. 1 Cornell/Two-Column Notes
Tuesday - Map Mastery Test #2
Wednesday Communicating in the mid-1800's
CW: Using Morse Code
Thursday - The Northern People
CW: Analysis through Pictures/Art (New York City, Education, Factories)
Friday The Northern People (cont.)
CW: CH. 13, Sec. 1&2 Picture Notes
Week of September 1
Reading: Chapter 13, Sections 3&4
Monday - LABOR DAY - No School
Tuesday - The South
CW: Introductory Comparisons - the North compared to the south
Note: Because of the Labor Day holiday, and coming back on a Tuesday (without a Monday reminder to students about Map Mastery), we will postpone Map Mastery until next Tuesday
Wednesday - The South - Cotton is King!
CW: Significance of Cotton over Industry
Thursday - North v. South
CW: Population Density Map; Southern Lifestyles (Jigsaw Groups)
Friday - Comparing Slave Distribution to Cotton Production
CW: Analyzing Graphs, maps
Week of September 8
Reading: Chapter 13 - Review all sections, Chapter Review
Monday Just what is slavery?
CW: K-W-L Plus
Tuesday - Map Mastery Test #3
Wednesday - The "Roots" of Slavery
CW: Segments from "Roots" Episode #1 - The Capture
Thursday The "Roots" of Slavery
CW: Segments from "Roots" Episode #1 The Voyage
Friday The "Roots" of Slavery
CW: Segments from "Roots" Episode #1 The Auction
Week of September 15
Monday The Underground Railroad
CW: Follow The Drinking Gourd
Tuesday: North v. South Re-Cap
CW: Venn Diagram
Wednesday: Review Activity for Quiz
CW: 5 Themes, North & South, Slavery
Thursday - Quiz #1, 5 Themes of Geography & North & South, Slavery
Friday - *ENTERING CIVIL WAR*
CW: Events leading to Separation
Week of September 22
Assigned Reading: Chapter 15
Monday Exploring the Causes of the Civil War
CW: Groups read and begin making visuals
Tuesday Map Mastery #4
Wednesday Exploring Causes (cont.)
CW: Groups finish visuals, Presentations begin (Note Organizer Provided)
Thursday Exploring Causes (cont.)
CW: Presentations
Friday Exploring Causes (cont.)
CW: Presentations
EXTRA CREDIT: Watch and 1-page reflection on the 1st Presidential Debate
Week of September 29
Assigned Reading: Chapter 16, Section 1
Monday Exploring Causes (cont.)
CW: Presentations Finish / Organizer Collected
Tuesday Map Mastery #5
HW: War, Terrible War reading packet due Thursday
Wednesday - Secession & Ft. Sumter
CW: Video notes
Thursday War, Terrible War
CW: Packet Discussion/Notes
Friday North & South Advantages and Disadvantages and War Goals and Strategies
CW: Graphic Organizer
Note: Next week (the week before fall break), we will be on ½ day schedule from Tuesday through Friday to accommodate parent/teacher conferences. At the middle school level, priority is given to students having academic concerns at this time. Matt Cornett, our school counselor, is facilitating the scheduling of these conferences. If you have not been contacted for a conference, but would still like to meet with a teacher (or teachers), please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate you!
Week of October 6th
Monday Are you a Liberal, Moderate, or a Conservative?
CW: Political Spectrum Quiz
Tuesday Map Mastery #6
HW: Presidential Debate #2
Wednesday - Reviewing the Presidential Candidates
CW: How do you compare?
Thursday - Review of Class Results (spectrum and candidates)
Friday - What do polls really tell us?
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