(including the study of the united states constitution beginning in november – exam late december...
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8th Grade Social StudiesU.S. History and Current Events
(including the study of the United States Constitution beginning in November – exam late December or January)
Why study social studies?(from Children and Their World: Strategies for Teaching Social Studies, Welton & Mallan, 1992)
to teach future citizens of the world about our cultural heritage—about where we as a world culture have come from, where we are, and where we may be going
to teach future citizens to think and process information skillfully and intelligently (using analysis, inference, and synthesis)
to teach future citizens about human behavior
to develop in future citizens a commitment to act in accordance with what they know and believe
What did you learn in school today, dear?
Go to “The Week Ahead”(found at “Classroom” website link on the Herrick homepage,
click “Bolton”)
Daily plansLinks to handouts, videos, etcSchedule should be updated by Monday eveningDISCLAIMER: Circumstances may change the
schedule at any time
Expectations for Excellencebest effort completed by due dateDouble Column Notes (DCNs)– questions provided
by teacher for “first time” comprehension of a section of the book– students should attempt to do more than simply answer the questions—make the notes theirs! (Create a study guide out of a reading guide.)
“Mark it Up!” – opportunity for students to bring themselves to the “dance” (between themselves and the ideas and information provided)
class participation – strive to verbally advocate for self
Writing expectations
Focus – opinion, main idea
Support- discussion, explanation, evidence, examples (analysis / synthesis)
Grading
The Social Studies department will continue to use letter grades.
We are in transition from PowerTeacher to SQUIRREL.
Test Prepreread textreview notes from text (just doing this is not
enough!)do practice questions at end of each section
and chapterreview notes from videos or other class
activitiesreview handoutsvisit classzone.com and do interactive review
(students do not need to have an account for this feature)
www.classzone.comdistrict 58 no longer provides direct online
access to the textbook, however....support materials available from main web
pageinteractive reviewanimationsand more
Thank you for coming this evening!
(This presentation is on the classroom website.)