Social Studies
"Those who can not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." by George Santayana
I believe strongly in teaching the common themes in humanity, so that the youth can learn from them and hopefully, improve upon the world.
Priority Standards Spreadsheet and Proficiency Scales
State Standards pg 86
Curriculum:
In seventh grade we teach the eastern hemisphere from ancient civilization to modern day.
Each unit is based upon a state standard. The rubric for the unit uses Depth of Knowledge to build the skills to reach the standard.
In 7th grade, we use the Pearson My World Colorado. We also access The Nystrom Atlas of World History, History Alive!, Geography Alive!, and Document Based Questions as supplementary material on occasion.
A link to the Opt In/Opt Out procedures located on the district website
Grading:
The entire Social Studies department divides the grade book into the four standards: History, Economics, Geography, and Civics. There is a separate work habits proficiency score Student will be scored based upon a 4, 3, 2, 1 scale.
Websites of importance:
Newsela is a website I use for current events. It provides a variety of reading choices and the students can adjust the reading level. Students can annotate on this site and take a four question comprehension quiz.
EverFi is a website we use to support our Personal Finance Literacy standards.
Stock Market Experience for our Personal Finance Literacy standards.
CNN 10 is used for enrichment most of the time, but some days the news topic matches our unit of study, so we watch it as a class.