Social Science

1st ESO 2016-2017 Course

Let’s begin! Azahara Casas i Marta Prior

Q.F.A? (Què farem avui?)

1. Introducing the Subject

2. Activity “Let’s begin!”

3. Homework

1. Social Science What is it?

This Subject is about PEOPLE and their interactions:

•  History

•  Geography

•  Archeology

•  Sociology

•  Psychology

•  Archeology

•  Pedagogy

•  Demography

•  Anthropology

•  Economy

•  …

Why are we studing it?

What do YOU think?

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English Time!

This course, we will learn Social Science vocabulary in English following the CLIL methodology (Content and Language Integrated Learning)

Once a week we’ll have one hour of “English Time”

Don’t be scared! Just try to do it, try to listen, try to speak!

We will have fun, and we will learn a lot!

General objectives

-  Learn to think like historians and geographers.

-  Make questions about historical facts

-  Work in teams.

-  Evaluate and be evaluated.

Topics of the course

HISTORY

1.  What is History?

2.  Prehistory (Unit 9 of your textbook)

3.  First civilisations: Mesopotamia and Egypt. (U.10)

4.  Ancient Greece, from Polis to a Empire. (U.11)

5.  Ancient Rome, ancient Roman cities. (U12)

6.  Rome, from Republic to a Empire. (U.13)

Topics of the course

GEOGRAPHY:

7.  What is Geography?

8.  Planet Earth. (Unit 2 of your textbook)

9.  Continental waters. (U.3)

10.  Climate and living things. (U.5)

11.  Natural landscapes (U.6)

+ Solar System Pathway Project

We will learn through:

ü  Individual and partner activities ü Group assignments and Projects ü Maps work ü  Interactive Notebook (classwork ) ü Class discussions ü  Test & Quizzes

How we evaluate the Subject?

Behaviour: Be respectful, be prepared, be productive!

Activities: Participation in everyday work, speaking, listening, reading…

Interactive notebook: class text notes, vocabulary, written reflections…

Test: evaluation tests.

Behaviour 25 %

Activities 25 %

Interactive notebook 25 %

Tests 25 %

2. Activity “Let’s begin!”

Finish the Picture

Time: 1 minute

www.online_stopwatch.com

Time to share!

-  Did you all do the same drawing?

-  How did you do it? What did you draw?

-  Did you think and planned before starting to draw?

-  Did you think one minute is was enough to finish it?

-  Do you like your drawing?

-  How many of you would like to repeat it?

3. Homework For the next class remember to bring a primary source, written or material, from your family History.

-  Written: old letters, diaries or journals, manuscripts, old calendars, old newspapers…

-  Material: ancient coins, photographs, tools, old machines, old artwork…

Good Course!!