Social Studies

Jan. 24-28

Daily Work

1. Battle of Lexington Group Activity

2. Revolutionary Propaganda

Assessment

1. Lexington Exit Ticket

2. Propaganda Project

Jan. 17-21

Daily Work

1. National Treasure

2. Revolutionary War

   1. Start and reasons for it

Assessment

1. None

Additional Info

1. New Google Classroom codes go out this week

Nov. 8-12

Learning Target

1. Students can answer the question using cited evidence: Why did so many colonists die at Jamestown?

Daily Work

1. Background essay

2. Doc A

3. Doc B

4. Doc C

Assessment

1. DBQ Project Jamestown

Oct. 18-22

Learning Targets

1. Students can use document based evidence to answer the essential question: What happened to the colonists at Roanoke?

Daily Work

1. Background Essay

2. Documents A-B-C

Assessment

1. Roanoke Slideshow (will not be presenting)

Oct. 11-14

Learning Targets

1. Create an Aztec inspired and themed artwork.

2. European Exploration of the New World.

Daily Work

1. English, French, and Spanish Exploration Worksheet

Assessment

1. Aztec Artwork

SEPT. 7-10, 2021

Learning Targets

1. Use maps and their features to make decisions.

2. Learn about the impacts of the 9/11 Attacks

Daily Work

1. Iowa Map Skills Assignment

2. 9/11 Parent-Student Project

April 5-9

Learning Targets

1. Students can define Manifest Destiny and determine what was good and bad about it.

2. Students can make decisions about the processes involved with moving to the West.

Daily Work

1. Pack Your Wagon Activity

2. Oregon Trail Game

Assessment

1. Manifest Destiny Breakdown

Additional Info

1. Check Google Classroom for updates and codes

March 29-April 2

Learning Targets

1. Students can determine the key causes of the War of 1812.

2. Students will create a flag that represents themselves and their country.

Daily Work

1. War of 1812 Worksheet

2. Star-Spangled Banner break-down

Assessment

1. Creation of Flag

Additional Info

1. Check Google Classroom for updates and Zoom Link

Week of March 8-12

Learning Targets

1. Students will create an essay based on the DBQ assignment: How does the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny?

2. Students will research the Bill of Rights and how they affect their lives.

Daily Work

1. Bill of Rights Assignment

Assessment

1. Essay due Monday over the DBQ

2. Vocab Quiz over the US Constitution Unit

Additional Info

1. Check out videos over the DBQ on Google Classroom for help on the essay and DBQ process.

2. Zoom link on Classroom.

Week of March 1-5

Learning Targets

1. Students will use Doc's A-D to help answer the essential question: How Does the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny?

2. Students will write an essay that uses evidence from the documents to answer the essential question.

Daily Work

1. Doc A, B, C, and D will all be read and answered correctly and with quality.

Assessment

1. Students will create a five-paragraph essay to answer the essential question that a rubric will be provided for.

Additional Info

1. Check Google Classroom for Zoom link and link to DBQ Online.

Week of Feb. 22-26

Learning Targets

1. Students can determine and distinguish the key features of the three branches of government in the USA.

2. Students will be able to answer the essential question: How does the US Constitution guard against tyranny.

Daily Work

1. Create Your Own Government assignment due Monday

2. Background Essay and Hook Exercise DBQ

Assessment

1. Create Your Own Government paper

2. DBQ assignments.

Additional Info

1. Check Google Classroom for updates and Zoom Link

Week of Feb. 8-12

Learning Targets

1. Students will research and create a 6 slide long presentation based on an important figure in Black History.

2. Students can determine how a To-Do List functions and how it relates to starting a New Nation.

Daily Work

1. To-Do List based on your life as a student and home life.

2. To-Do list that is based on what is needed to create a New Nation.

Assessment

1. Completion of the presentation for Black History Month

Additional Info

1. Check Google Classroom for posted assignments and Zoom link.

Week of Jan. 25-29

Learning Targets

1. Students can determine why the Battle of Yorktown led to victory for the Americans.

Practice/Daily Work

1. Battle of Yorktown Video Guide

Assessment

1. American Revolution Quiz

Additional Info

1. Check Google Classroom for updates and Zoom link

Week of January 18-22

Learning Targets

1. Students can use primary sources to evaluate what the American Revolution was like for soldiers.

2. Students will use varying sources to help answer the question: Would you have quit during Valley Forge?

Practice/Daily Work

1. Evaluate an Artwork: Washington Crossing the Delaware.

2. Battle of Trenton worksheet and interactive map

3. Valley Forge DBQ

Assessment

1. Valley Forge written evaluation: Would you have quit?

Additional Info

1. Check Google Classroom for updates and Zoom codes

Week of Jan. 4-8

1. Learning Targets

   1. Students can compare and contrast differing takes on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

   2. Students can evaluate and determine key events and people of the American Revolution.

2. Practice/Daily Work

   1. Battle of Lexington and Concord compare and contrast

3. Assessment

   1. Revolution Key Points and People

4. Additional Info

   1. Check Google Classroom for updates and Zoom Link

Week of Dec. 14-18

1. Learning Targets

   1. Students can evaluate and determine key factors that led to the American Revolution.

   2. Students can research and present key information on topics that helped lead to the Revolution.

2. Practice/Daily Work

   1. Slideshow Graphic Organizer due Monday

   2. Other Group Presentation Graphic Organizer during presentations (in class students only)

   3. Patriot and Loyalist Venn Diagram

3. Assessment

   1. Quiz: Road to the American Revolution (Wednesday)

   2. Slideshow turned in (Monday)

4. Additional Info

   1. Check Google Classroom for updates on assignments and Zoom links.

Week of Dec. 7-11

1. Learning Targets

   1. Students can determine what life in the English colonies was like.

   2. Students can evaluate reasons for the American Revolution.

2. Practice/Daily Work

   1. Kahoot.it game

   2. Pear deck Slides on Road to Revolution

   3. Road to Revolution discussion

3. Assessment

   1. Letter Home due Monday

   2. Road to Revolution quiz

4. Additional Info

   1. Check Google Classroom for updates and Zoom Link

Week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 4

1. Learning Targets

   1. Students can use evidence to determine why the Puritans came to the New World.

   2. Students can determine differing reasons for English colonization.

2. Practice/Daily Work

   1. Current Event 11/30

   2. Puritan Worksheet

3. Assessment

   1. English colonization quiz

4. Additional Info

   1. Check Google Classroom for assignments and Zoom links.

Week of Nov. 16-20

1. Learning Targets

   1. Students can determine the difficulties of colonization.

   2. Students can compare and contrast the Jamestown and Roanoke Colonies.

2. Practice/Daily Work

   1. Jamestown Background Essay

   2. Jamestown Hook Exercise

   3. First Thanksgiving Video

3. Assessment

   1. Compare and Contrast Jamestown and Roanoke Venn Diagram

4. Additional Info

   1. Check Google Classroom for updates

Week of Nov. 9-13

1. Learning Targets

   1. Students will create a slideshow that gives evidence and answers the essential question: What Happened to the Colony of Roanoke?

2. Practice/Daily Work

   1. Doc 1-2-3 Graphic Organizers

   2. Evidence Organizer

   3. Self Reflection

3. Assessment

   1. Slideshow about the Colony of Roanoke

4. Additional Info

   1. Check Google Classroom for updates

   2. Zoom Link is on Classroom as well

Week of October 26-30

NO SCHOOL MONDAY the 26th

1. Learning Targets

   1. Students will know how to register to vote in Iowa, and how to cast a vote in a Presidential Election.

   2. Students can distinguish key characteristics of European colonization of the Americas.

2. Practice/Daily Work

   1. Registering and voting in class

   2. European colonization compare and contrast

3. Assessment

   1. Why voting matters?

4. Extra Info

   1. Check Google Classroom for updates

Week of October 19-23

1. Learning Targets

   1. Students can identify what happened when Moctezuma met Cortes by comparing and contrasting differing readings.

   2. Students can conclude how the Aztec Empire collapsed.

2. Practice/Daily Work

   1. What Happened When Moctezuma met Cortes? Work-packet

   2. Fall of the Aztec video guide

3. Assessment

   1. Quiz over the Collapse of the Aztec Empire

4. Additional Info

   1. Check Google Classroom for updates

Week of October 12-16

1. Learning Targets

   1. Students can evaluate how Aztec culture was influenced by artwork.

   2. Students can conduct research about different aspects of Aztec culture and put it into an effective visual presentation.

2. Practice/Daily Work

   1. Evaluating classmates artwork

   2. Aztec civilization research graphic organizer

3. Assessment

   1. Aztec Artwork Quiz (Monday)

   2. Turn in artwork Monday

   3. Presentation of research via Google Slides

4. Extra Info

   1. Check Google Classroom for updates

   2. Zoom link on Classroom

Week of October 5-9

1. Learning Targets

   1. Students will research a current event and connect it to their own life.

   2. Students will learn and evaluate the different parts of Aztec Civilization.

   3. Students will create a research project over a specific part of Aztec Civilization.

2. Practice/Daily Work

   1. Current Event 10/5

   2. Aztec Artwork Reading

   3. Aztec Artwork Graphic Organizer

3. Assessment

   1. Aztec Artwork Project

4. Additional Info

   1. Check Google Classroom for Updates

   2. Zoom code on Classroom

Week of Sept. 28-Oct. 2

1. Learning Targets

a. Students can evaluate the extent to which Aztec history, innovation, and culture remain important to today's world.

b. Students will understand the importance of Aztec society by creating a presentation about a certain part of their civilization.

2. Practice/Daily Work

a. Current Event #4

b. Graphic Organizer for Aztec Society

3. Assessment

a. Slideshow detailing Aztec society

4. Additional Info

a. Check Google Classroom for Updates

b. Virtual Meeting via Zoom is Thursday from 2:50-3:10 pm.

Week of Sept. 21-25

1. Learning Targets

a. Students will know key topics, concepts, and vocabulary associated with the First Americans, Early Civilizations, and the Columbian Exchange.

2. Practice/Daily Work

a. Columbian Exchange Worksheet

b. First Test Study Guide

3. Assessment

a. Test over first unit starting Thursday; could spill into Friday

4. Extra Info

a. NEW ZOOM LINK on Classroom

Week of Sept. 14-18

1. Learning Targets

a. Students will research a current event and connect the news article to their own life.

b. Students can identify where different plants, animals, and ideas came from due to the Columbian Exchange.

c. Students will examine the difficulty of communication in the Incan Empire.

2. Practice/Daily Work

a. Current Event #2

b. Matching Exercise Columbian Exchange

c. Columbian Exchange Key goods

3. Assessment

a. Columbian Exchange vocabulary check

b. Benefits and Consequences of Exploration

4. Check Google Classroom for Updates

Zoom Link- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88331975569?pwd=ZEpBTXV6Wmt1NkUwOFJOVUw1dXFrQT09

Week of Sept. 7-11

1. Learning Targets

a. Students will have an understanding of what subjects we will cover this year in American History.

b. Students can determine where and how the first Americans came to the New World.

c. Students and an adult in their life will use images related to September 11th to connect personal accounts to the event.

2. Practice/Daily Work

a. Tuesday: Kahoot.it to test knowledge

b. Wednesday/Thursday: First Americans Activity

c. Friday: 9/11 Activity

3. Assessment

a. First Americans Activity

b. 9/11 Activity

4. Additional Info

a. Check Google Classroom for updates

b. Zoom Link on Classroom

Week of August 31 - September 4

1. Learning Targets

a. Students can distinguish primary and secondary sources and the strengths and limitations of both

b. Students will use maps to make decisions and know the key features on maps.

c. Students will be able to recognize bias in sources

2. Practice/Daily Work

a. Monday- Current Event 8/31 and Primary v. Secondary Source Exercise

b. Tuesday- Map Skills

c. No school Wednesday

d. Thursday- Understanding Bias

e. What is American History? A look at what we will be studying this semester

3. Assessment

a. Current Event 8/31 due by end of week

b. Understanding Bias check on Thursday/Friday

4. Additional Info

a. Check Google Classroom for updates on classwork

b. Zoom Meeting Link on Classroom (posted 8/31/2020)