Syllabus and Class Procedures
Syllabus, Class Schedule and Class Procedures
Course: Social Studies
Grade: 6th
Teacher: Mr. Black
Hello and Welcome to a new year and a new social studies class! This year our topic will be Early Cultures to 1600.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Regular Textbook: Discovering Our Past: A History of the world Early Ages. McGraw-Hill: New York 2014
Bell Schedule
First Bell 8:25
Homeroom 8:25-8:35
1st Period 8:30-9:28
2nd Period 9:32-10:27 3rd Period
3rd Period 10:31-11:26
Lunch 11:28- 11:53
4th Period 12:26-1:19
5th Period 1:23-2:18
6th Period 2:22-3:17
Course Description:
Social studies in 6th grade develops and enhances the student’s understanding of history through the study of people and events from earliest man to the era of European exploration. This course focuses on the significance of geography, economics, and government in the development of the human story, including the conflicts and accomplishments of the people and their roles in developing the social, economic, and political structures of the major civilizations.
Social Studies Literacy Skills for the 21st Century:
- Interpret parallel time lines from different places and cultures.
- Identify and explain multiple causation and multiple effects.
- Compare the locations of places, the conditions at places, and the connections between places.
- Explain change and continuity over time and across cultures.
- Explain how political, social, and economic institutions are similar or different across time and/or throughout the world.
- Select or design appropriate forms of social studies resources to organize and evaluate social studies information.
- Analyze evidence, arguments, claims, and beliefs.
- Apply economic decision making to understand how limited resources necessitate choices.
MONTH STUDY PLAN
South Carolina State Standards
Month
Topic
State Standard
August
Unit 1:
Introduction/Early Man and Rise of Civilization
Standard 6-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the development of the cradles of civilization as people moved from a nomadic existence to a settled life.
September-October
Unit 2:
River Valley Civilizations and Eastern Religions
Standard 6-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the development of the cradles of civilization as people moved from a nomadic existence to a settled life.
November
Unit 3: Ancient Greece
Standard 6-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of life in ancient civilizations and their contributions to the modern world.
December
Unit 4: Ancient Rome
Standard 6-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of life in ancient civilizations and their contributions to the modern world.
January
Unit 5: Asian Civilizations and their Influence
Standard 6-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of changing political, social, and economic cultures in Asia.
January-February
Unit 6: Africa and the Americas
Standard 6-4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the changing political, social, and economic cultures in Africa and the Americas.
February
Unit 7: The European Middle Ages
Standard 6-5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the Middle Ages and the emergence of nation-states in Europe.
March
Unit 8: The Renaissance and Reformation
Standard 6-6: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Age of Exploration on Europe and the rest of the world.
April
Unit 9: The Rise of European Exploration
Standard 6-6: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Age of Exploration on Europe and the rest of the world.
May
Review and State Testing
ASSESSMENT
Summative assessment: Tests will be given at the end of each unit and will address all standard criteria. Cumulative quizzes will occur periodically. The students are given daily bell ringers, geography skills, vocabulary, the use of primary sources and writing projects throughout each unit.
Formative assessment: Class work and homework are informally assessed together. Class projects and multi-media projects are graded using a rubric.
Daily Routine:
- The order of events and date will be written on the board.
- At the bell, each student will be in his or her seat working on the Bell ringer. Students are expected to be prepared for the start of class. Homework must be turned in, pencils sharpened, paper and pen located.
- I will give announcements and instructions (students must be in their seats and ready at this time)
- Class time will be divided between individual and group work and is dependent on all students’ behavior and cooperation.
- The last five minutes of class, Students will clean up their area, organize their belongings
- Homework, test and quiz alerts are always written the board, homework hotline and website. Students are expected to write it in their agendas daily.
Restroom/Locker/ Health Room: Students are expected to use the restroom and lockers at appropriate restroom breaks. Students will be allowed to use the restroom only if absolutely necessary and appropriate during class. Students WILL NOT be allowed back to their locker once class has begun. Any student leaving the room must be accompanied by a restroom pass, signed out in class or a hall pass in their AGENDA.
Supplies:
Place for loose papers: This can be used for social studies and any other class. It needs to simply have one section for social studies
Pencil, Pen and Paper: for daily work, anything written in pen preferred in blue or black ink. Items can be asked to be rewritten if they are unreadable.
Binder Notebook: the majority of work and notes will be in the binder. They may be chedcked for a grade UNANNOUNCED.
Colored pencils/Crayons: (No markers please) YES points can be taken off an assignment that requires color.
Textbooks: Students will be issued a Discovering Our Past textbook for the year. Students are responsible for bringing the book to class and maintaining it throughout the year.
Absent Work:
If a student has an excused absent, it is his or her responsibility to check his or folder in the class work container for missed work. They are to check with the teacher for any handouts. Work that is not completed and turned in five days after the last absent day, will receive a NHI (Not Turned In) in the grade book and Power School per school policy.
Late work:
Work that is not handed in on the due date will not receive full credit. No late work for a particular unit will be taken after the unit has been completed (final test day). Some activities will not be able to be turned in late: work that we have given correct answers for, video activities, presentations etc.
Class Rules:
1. Use Respectful Language and Behavior to other students and teachers at all times.
2. Focus on your task at hand during class time: This is a social studies classroom!
3. Raise your hand and allow others to speak without interruptions.
School Rules/ Code of Conduct and Dress Code:
Students are expected to abide by all school policies as outlined in each student’s agenda. Students who disregard these policies must accept the posted consequences.
Turning in and getting back work:
All completed homework or class work etc. will be put in the tray designated for said class. All papers must have the Assignment, Name and Date. Homework will be turned in or checked at the beginning of each class.
All graded and recorded work will be returned and assigned a page in the student interactive notebook (composition book)
Grading Policy:
50% Major Assessments (Tests, Projects, journals)
50% Minor Assessments (Class and Homework, Quizzes, participation)
Grading Scale
A 90 – 100
B 80 – 89
C 70– 79
D 60 – 69
F 50 – 59