Volume 1 • Issue 1 • First 9 Weeks Edition

7th Grade Texas History News

August 13, 2025

WHAT WILL WE LEARN IN THIS CLASS?

Glad you asked! We are history. We’re historians, explorers, navigators, and conquerors.
Our goal: to explore how humans behaved, made decisions, learned… lived, lost, and won from the 1500s to the present day.

WHY?

Because…

• Who doesn’t want to be an explorer? 🧭

• Who doesn’t want to learn new things? 📚

• Who doesn’t want to grow and challenge themselves to be better than last year? 💪
  
  

WHAT WILL WE DO THIS YEAR?

This isn’t just a “read the textbook” kind of class. We’ll learn by:
✅ Tasting foods from different cultures 🍲
✅ Creating souvenirs 🎨
✅ Acting out historical scenarios 🎭
✅ Writing poetry ✍️
✅ Reading exciting stories 📖
✅ Debating big ideas 💬
✅ Studying maps 🗺
✅ Competing in friendly challenges 🏆
✅ Discovering inventions 💡
✅ Going on virtual & real-life field trips 🚍

🎯 BEHAVIOR INCENTIVES & FUN CHALLENGES

Earn points and prizes for teamwork, curiosity, and participation. You could play:
🎯 Blooket
🎯 Kahoot
🎯 Scavenger Hunts
🎯 Digital Escape Rooms, and more!

TEACHER’S NOTE

This year, we won’t just learn history…
We’ll LIVE it.

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“Middle school is like Middle-Earth. It's a magical journey filled with elves, dwarves, hobbits, Queens, Kings, and a few corrupt wizards. Word to the wise: pick your traveling companions well.”

-Kimberly Dana

award-winning author and middle school teacher

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Texas History Supply List
- 1 Composition Notebook (Mrs. McCray will provide it to you!)

- 1 Pack of Colored Pencils

- 1 Pencil Sharpener (for your personal use) 

- 1 Pack of Color markers

Class Donation Wish List:

1 Box of Facial Tissues (for peers in the classroom)