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Welcome to 6th Grade Social Studies!
Welcome to 6th Grade Social Studies!
SS Teacher: Mrs. Murphy
SS Teacher: Mrs. Murphy
Students can contact me using Unified Classroom
Class Dojo
Late day is Wednesday 2:30-3:00
6th Grade Paraprofessional: Tiffany Farrell
6th Grade Paraprofessional: Tiffany Farrell
email: farrellt@ springfieldpublicschools.com
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Course Overview: Geography and Ancient Civilizations
Course Overview: Geography and Ancient Civilizations
Learning Target: I can analyze the dynamic of Culture.
Learning Target: I can locate countries, land-forms and bodies of water throughout the world.
Learning Target: I can explain the origins of humans
Learning Target: I can describe how humans developed complex societies like the ones we have today
Learning Target: I can assess how the history of Latin America impacts the modern world
Skills Learning Target: I can analyze and evaluate complex texts
Skills Learning Target: I can clearly convey ideas and information through effective organization.
Skills Learning Target: I can write using proper capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence fluency and vocabulary
Click the button below if you need to access anything we did in Semester 1. Lt1 was culture. LT2 was Geography and LT 3 was early humans
Assignments
Assignments
(Most recent assignments are at the top)
Learning Target 4: I can describe how humans developed complex societies like the ones we have today
Word Wall for LT4
Stone Age Neolithic Era Domesticate Irrigation Technology Civilization Mesopotamia
Cuneiform City-State Scribe Economic Trade Professional Trade Polytheism
6/11 Assignment
6/11 Assignment
Course Feedback and Reflection
Go through the slide show so you can read the directions. Then Complete the survey <3
6/8- Helpful Links
6/8- Helpful Links
5/27- Visual poster for open response.
5/27- Visual poster for open response.
please remember to use your old SS sections.
5/25 and 5/26- completed graphic organizer for open response. We started this last week in class together.
5/25 and 5/26- completed graphic organizer for open response. We started this last week in class together.
5/6 Research Doc for Maya Achievements
5/6 Research Doc for Maya Achievements
Latin America Map
Latin America Map
3/30 Async Work
3/30 Async Work
complete your google slides presentation on your ancient civilization.
Class folder links:
3/23 Async work
3/23 Async work
Open your project planner and complete the CULTURE section- use the slides to the left to help guide your work.
You should have Geography, Government, Social Structure and Religion complete at this point.
I will be available for the first 15 on my link of you need support.
link to the presentation if it doesn't pull up full screen https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vyQBVXQx_EY1wYh_JSdrsfQ3bIRf8jp8QeWKP087_3k/edit?usp=sharing
3/16 Async Work
3/16 Async Work
Ancient Civ Project Planner- Unified Classroom- do not submit
We looked at this at length yesterday in class. This is an on going assignment we will spend a week on. The whole thing is not due today
Fill out the following:
Name of civilization
Geography section.
Remember- I'm available to support the first 15 of every class.
3/2 Async work
3/2 Async work
Mesopotamia Gods and Goddesses
1) handout on Unified Classroom
2) Go the website in the description (remember to hit ctrl +click the link to open it)
3) Pick 3 god/goddesses to read about
4) Write a description for each
5) Insert image.
2/24 Async work
2/24 Async work
Assignment: Was Sumer a Civilization?
Assignment on UC has all the instructions.
1.Class Pages
2.Lt4
3. Was Sumer a civilization? Discussion board
4. Answer the question using evidence
5. Respond to a peers post using the sentence starters on the discussion board.
2/23 Async work
2/23 Async work
Video and Handout on Unified Classroom.
1) watch the video
2) complete the handout
Office hours are the first 15 min of each class period if you need help or have questions.
2/11 Class work
2/11 Class work
We learned how to *virtually* label maps today.
Here are the class links:
2/10 Async Work
2/10 Async Work
Aspects of a Civilization handout on Unified Classroom.
Directions are on the handout.
2/3 Async Work
2/3 Async Work
Because Unified Classroom was down for an extended period of time, your task it to complete the STONE AGE WEBQUEST from yesterday on Unified
2/2 Async work
2/2 Async work
Head to Unified Classroom- Stone Age Webquest.
Don't forget to make sure you UC in on Q3
Office hours first 10 of ever block!
Because UC is Down- here is the link to the website and the 4 questions. Create in a word doc and we'll see about uploading it. Answer the 4 questions using the link below.
https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/the-stone-age
1. What was the Stone Age:
2. Read Through the top 10 facts of the stone age and pick the 3 that stand out to you the most and write them below
a.
b.
c.
3. Read the Stone Age Timeline and choose 4 events that occurred that stand out to you. Write the year (how long ago it was) and the even that happened
a.
b.
c.
d.
4. Go to the ‘about’ section and summarize the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Era:
Paleolithic-
Mesolithic-
Neolithic-
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