Social Studies

Friday 3/14

This week, we finished discussing Chapter 7. Students learned about examples of good citizenship. They will have a test next on Thursday 3/20 next week. The beginning of next week will be spent reviewing and preparing for the test, and they will take a study guide home today.

Social Studies 

Chapter 7: Citizenship 

Study Guide

Ch. 7 Lessons 1-3

Test on Thursday 3/20

Lesson 1: Rights of Citizens

Page 244-247

• Be familiar with the following vocabulary terms:

  • Elect

  • Election

  • Ballot

  • Majority rule

  • Minority rights

• Know the 4 basic rights that all American citizens have: 

  • Freedom of speech

  • Freedom of assembly

  • Freedom of the press

  • Freedom of religion

• Be able to recognize which one of the 4 basic rights is being used/exercised when given an example

• Know that these rights (and others) are found in The Bill of Rights listed in the U.S. Constitution

Lesson 2: Duties of Citizens

Page 248-251

• Be familiar with the following vocabulary terms:

  • Responsibility

  • Jury

  • Consequence

  • Common good

  • Volunteer

• Know that citizens have rights, but also duties and responsibilities that they must do because they are necessary and important

• Know that rights have limits

• Know that citizens have the responsibility to:

  • Vote

  • Pay taxes

  • Obey laws

  • Serve on a jury

Lesson 3: Being a Good Citizen

Page 252-257

• Be familiar with the following vocabulary terms:

  • Cooperate

  • Character trait

  • Justice

  • Boycott

  • Hero

• Know that Jimmy Carter, Rosa Parks, and Dolores Huerta are all examples of good citizens

• Be able to identify what acts Carter, Parks, and Huerta all did that make them examples of good citizenship

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Monday 3/3

This week in Social Studies, we will continue reading and discussing Chapter 7: Citizenship.

We will review the basic rights (freedom of speech, assembly, religion, and press) that we discussed in Lesson 1, and begin reading about the duties and responsibilities of citizens in Lesson 2.

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Chapter 5 Lesson 1-2 Test on 2/20

Social Studies 

Chapter 5 Study Guide

Ch. 1 Lessons 1-2

Test on Thursday 2/20

Lesson 1: Communities Through Time

Page 156-161

• Be familiar with the following vocabulary terms:

  • Decade

  • Century

  • Continuity

  • Time line

  • Millennium

• Know the difference between change and continuity, and be able to recognize examples of both

• Be familiar with the difference between fast change (ex: The Great Chicago Fire) and slow change (ex: new buildings and roads)

• Be able to place/find events on a time line

Lesson 2: Suburban Communities

Page 162-169

• Be familiar with the following vocabulary terms:

  • Invention

  • Engineer

  • Right

  • Vote

  • Suffrage

  • Slogan

  • Equality

  • Civil rights

  • Primary source

  • Secondary source

• Be familiar with the difference between outward growth (ex: the invention of the train engine/railroads) and upward growth (ex: the invention of skyscrapers)

• Know how Susan B. Anthony, Mohandas Gandhi, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr worked for change (hint - equality!)

• Be able to explain what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Mohandas Gandhi have in common

• Be able to tell the difference between a primary and secondary source