*****Good Evening,
I realized that I mistakenly posted all of Unit 1 Social Studies tests (through September 2026) on the wrong Google calendar. The correction has now been made. I will be adding tests throughout the year, by unit, on the Google calendar.
Thank you,
Mrs. Biletnikoff
Week of August 31 - September 4:
This week we will finish up Unit 1 - Chapter 1.
Students will be tested on this material on Tuesday, September 1.
*Please see Google Classrooms for the study guide with answers.
This is a great tool to use, along with going over the chapter, for studying for this assessment.
We will begin Unit 1 - Chapter 2 on Wednesday of this week (please see information on this chapter below).
Unit 1 - Chapter 2 - "The Agricultural Revolution"
The Framing Question:
How did the Agricultural Revolution change the way people lived?
Primary Focus Objectives:
Explain the effects of the Agricultural Revolution, including the barter economy, food surpluses, domestication of plants & animals, specialization, and the growth of permanent settlements.
Understand the meaning of the following vocabulary words:
competition, cultivate, domesticate, surplus, specialize, textiles, barter, and infrastructure
Week of August 24 - August 28:
Students will continue learning Unit 1 - Prehistory and the Agricultural Revolution - Chapter 1 - Early Humans and the Paleolithic World.
Students will get a study guide for their upcoming test on this chapter which is scheduled for Tuesday, September 1st.
Week of August 17 - August 21:
Students will begin Unit 1 - Prehistory and the Agricultural Revolution - Chapter 1 - Early Humans and the Paleolithic World.
Students will get a study guide before the assessment.
In this chapter, we are learning the following information: The Framing Question - Why did early humans migrate out of Africa? Primary Focus Objectives - Describe characteristics of nomadic hunter-gatherer societies, including their use of hunting weapons, fire, shelter, and tools. Describe early human migration out of Africa. Examine a cave painting to better understand early humans. Understand the following domain-specific vocabulary: fossilized, Homo sapiens, hunter-gatherer, millennia, scavenge, vegetation, nomadic, communal, migration, collectively, and permanent.
Curriculum:
Bayou Bridges - A K-8 Louisiana Social Studies Curriculum