Social Studies Homework -
May 14 - 18
Monday - Thursday
**Keep studying for the Civil War test on Thursday, May 17th. Please see the weeks previous to know what to study for the test. It will have 6 short essay questions. You must be able to explain your points on the test by using specific battles as your examples. Remember, the North and South economy plays a part in the war.
**Please sen in the permissions slip to watch the movie, Gettysburg, on May 29.
May 7 - 11
Monday - Friday
**Keep studying for the Civil War Test on Thursday, May 17th. I have changed my mind about the test due to the fact that I was able to finish the war after all. The list below is still on the test. However, it will also include Sherman's March (total war), the Siege at Petersburg, the fall of Richmond, and the surrender at Appomattox.
**Please send in the permission slip to watch the movie, Gettysburg, on May 29.
April 30 - May 4
Monday - Friday
**Start studying your notes for the Civil War Test on Thursday, May 17th. It will cover the following: Abraham Lincoln's election, Fort Sumter, Anaconda Plan, Battle of First and Second Bull Run (Manassas), Monitor vs. the Merrimack, Capture of New Orleans, Battle at Antietam (Sharpsburg), Battle of Fredericksburg, Emancipation Proclamation, Battle of Chancellorsville, Siege at Vicksburg, and the Battle of Gettysburg (Day 1, 2, and 3). The test does not include any events after Gettysburg and Vicksburg. The kids will have a short quiz at the end of the year about the ending of the war and Lincoln's assassination.
**On Wednesday, the kids will be bringing home a permission slip to have signed to be able to watch the movie, Gettysburg.
April 23 - 27
Monday - Friday
**Study your notes for the Pre-Civil War test on this Friday, April 27. The kids need to know the following for the test: 1.) the differences and similarities between the North and the South during that time period 2.) Know the following people and the important part they played in leading up to the war: Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown, Frederick Douglas, Dred Scott, William Lloyd Garrison 3.) What are the viewpoints on slavery and secession between the North and the South?
Today in class, we discussed the first battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Manassas / Battle of Bull Run. Later this week, we will discuss the following: the Monitor and the Merrimack, the Capture of New Orleans, the Battle of Second Manassas / Battle of Second Bull Run,
and the Battle of Antietam.
April 16 - 20
Monday - Friday
** Study your notes for the Pre-Civil War Test on Friday, April 27.
This week we will be studying the following people, events, and topics that led up to the Civil War: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Compromise of 1850 (Fugitive Slave Law), Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin, Kansas- Nebraska Act (Bleeding Kansas), John Brown and Harpers Ferry, Election of 1860, States secede, Fort Sumter, Call for Volunteers in the North.
April 9 - 13
Monday - Friday
On Monday, we discussed the Missouri Compromise and the Debate in the Senate out of Ch. 31 and 34-35 in the History of US - A New Nation. From Tuesday - Thursday, all classes with be PARCC Testing in their homerooms. On Friday, we will be discussing William Lloyd Garrison, Nat Turner's Revolt, Frederick Douglass, and the Compromise of 1850. The kids were given brief notes from me. They are going to add to my notes from our discussions.
April 2 - 6
Monday - Friday
*Westward Movement Test is on Friday, April 6. The kids have notes from me to study.
**Westward Movement Research (outline) due Monday, April 9. We have spent a week in the library researching a topic of interest about Westward Movement. It should be in outline form or bullet points, not complete sentences. It should be a minimum of 2 pages. A bibliography needs to be done on the 3 sources you used. It needs to be on a separate piece of paper, in proper format.
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All of the War of 1812 tests have been graded in Google Classroom. On Monday and Tuesday, the class will finish their research on their Westward Movement topic. On Wednesday and Thursday, we will discuss the differences between he North and the South and slavery. We will end the week taking the Westward Movement Test.
March 19 - 23
Monday - Friday
*Westward Movement Test on Friday, April 6. Start studying now.
On Monday, the kids took the War of 1812 Test. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will be discussing the Westward Movement outline together. On Thursday and Friday, we will be going into the library to research a topic from Westward Movement that interests each student. The kids will be taking notes on it using an outline or bullet points. They must use 3 sources (books only) to put into a bibliography. We will finish this research the week after Spring Break.
March 12 - 16
*Preamble Quiz on Thursday. The kids need to know the words of the Preamble. The kids will have to write it, say it, or sing it to me. They also need to know what each of the words mean in the Preamble that we discussed.
*War of 1812 Test next Monday, March 19. Please study the notes on War of 1812 given to you. It will be an essay test. The War of 1812 is found in Chapter 15 of your book, The History of US - A New Nation.
In class, we are watching the History Channel's movie of the War of 1812. The remainder of the week, we will begin Westward Movement found in the "Red" book in Chapters 14 and 15. We will dig deeper by reading chapters out of The History of US - A New Nation and The History of US - Liberty for All. The kids will received typed notes for Westward Movement as well that we will discuss in class.
March 5 - 7
*Study for the Preamble test next Thursday, March 15. The kids will have to write it, say it, or sing it to me. They also need to be able to know the meaning of all of the words in it. We discussed it in class. It is also found on page 330 in their "red" book in class.
On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, we will be discussing the War of 1812 found in chapter 15 in The History of US - The New Nation.
Notes will be provided. The following week, we will watch a movie on the War of 1812. The test on the War of 1812 will be on March 19.
February 26 - March 2
Monday - Friday
*Study for the Constitution Test on Friday. You need to know the following: 1. You need to understand "why" the Articles of Confederation could not be fixed but replaced. 2. What did the delegates disagree the most about? How did they fix it (Hint: The Great Compromise) 3. What does each branch of the government do (overall main job and other jobs) and who it in each? 4. What is the System of Checks and Balances? How does it work? 5. What are the Amendments? Why do we have them? 6. What are the Bill of Rights?
During class, we are discussing the notes about each branch of the government. We will also be looking at the actual Constitution - the Preamble, the Articles, and Amendments (the first ten, Bill of Rights, in particular).
February 20 - 23
Tuesday - Friday
With time running out in this trimester, we are still going to learn the basics about the Constitution. I have given the kids notes on it. We will be discussing them in class as well as read Ch. 13 in the "red" book (textbook). The test will be next Friday, March 2. The kids should be studying their notes each night to be able to grasp it.
February 12 - 16
**American Revolution Hero Project / Research Outline is due Friday, February 16. We spent last week in the library researching an important person from the American Revolution. They were to write a brief outline with their notes from the research.
(See handout.)
**Articles of Confederation Test is next Tuesday. We will be studying and discussing the Articles of Confederation, the first government of the United States of America during class this week. The kids will get 2 pages of notes on it.
February 5 - 9
**American Revolution Test - Friday (See below for details.)
Monday - Friday
This week, we are researching a person from the American Revolution in the library. The kids received y a handout describing the assignment and how to complete it. We are researching most of the week. It is due February 16. The American Revolution Test is on Friday.
**I apologize that last week's homework and what we did in class did not save on this website. It showed up on my computer all week but is now gone.
January 29 - 31; February 1-2
Monday - Friday
**American Revolution Test on February 9. The test will consist of 3 questions. The children may choose 2 of them. One question will be a fill in the blank with no word bank. The other 2 questions will be in essay format. One question will be about the important people that contributed to the war. The other two questions will be about significant battles.
Monday - Today, we discussed the "War at Sea". We discussed the contributions that John Paul Jones gave to our Navy. We ended our class talking about Benedict Arnold, the traitor.
Tuesday - We will be discussing George Rogers Clark and the fighting that happened in the Ohio River Valley. During class, we will discuss how the American strategy shifted to the South.
Wednesday - We will discuss the end of the war with the "surrender at Yorktown".
Thursday - The kids will learn a note-taking strategy of outlining. Their notes have been in outline form all year. The kids will use this tool to take notes while researching an important person from the American Revolution.
Friday - Our class will be a part of Mrs. Fillinger' s Science Museum.
January 16 - 19
Tuesday - Friday
In class, we took our packets and discussed the Prohibitory Acts, Control of Canada, Common Sense by Thomas Paine, and the condition of our troops when George Washington took charge. The kids should underline what they felt was important during the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga, the Second Continental Congress, and the Battle of Bunker Hill that we had discussed last week. They need to get into the practice of being able to distinguish what is important and what are details that they do not need to know.
Today, we discussed the Siege of Boston and began discussing the Declaration of Independence. The kids are highlighting their packet of notes along the way.
January 8 - 12
Monday - Friday
*Study your Pre-American Revolution notes for the test on Thursday. Study what we underlined in class. The test will consist of 3 questions. One question will have the students put a list of the events in "sequential order". The other 2 questions will be written as an essay. In one question, the kids will take the perspective of the King. He will make a statement about the colonists. The students must pick from the events listed on the test that best proves the statement. In this way, the kids will see that each event was viewed differently by the British and the colonists. The other question will be a statement by the colonists (Patriots). Again, the kids must look at the events listed and see which event best supports it. Some of the list of events / people will not fit the question at all.
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In class, we started the American Revolution. I have typed up notes for the kids. They will receive them on Thursday. I did not want to confuse them with another packet of notes before the Pre-American Revolution Test on Thursday. During class, we read and discussed how the colonists (Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold) secured cannons from Fort Ticonderoga. - Chapter 15.
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Today, we read and discussed Chapter 16 and 17. We learned about the powerful impact the Second Continental Congress made on our country.
December 18 - 21
Monday - Thursday
*Study your notes leading up to the American Revolution every night. This week we will finish discussing the notes concerning The Restraining Acts, Patrick Henry's famous speech, the Sons of Liberty, the First Continental Congress, the Minutemen, and the Battle of Lexington and Concord. On Thursday, the whole grade will be watching the Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie, April Morning for the afternoon. It is based on the historical fiction book, April Morning. The entire book is about the Battle of Lexington and Concord. It is very realistic and help the kids better understand how the American Revolution got started.
**Pre-American Revolution Test - January 11 (Thursday).
December 11 - 15
Monday - Friday
*Start studying your notes leading up to the American Revolution every night. This week we will read and discuss the Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Sons of Liberty, Samuel Adams, John Adams, and Patrick Henry out of Ch. 11 - 13 in the History of US - From Colonies to Country.
**Tuesday - Read Ch. 13 about the Boston Massacre. Highlight the chapter (run-off copy) as instructed in class.
***Wednesday - Read additional sources about the Boston Massacre. Highlight the readings as instructed in class.
December 4 - 8
Monday - Friday
*Start studying your notes given to you today about the events leading up to the American Revolution. We will use these notes for the next 2 1/2 weeks. We will be discussing the notes in class and underlining the key points the kids need to know for the test after break.
**The Colonial tests were graded and can be found in your child's Google Classroom for Social Studies. We will be reading Ch. 1- 14 in the History of US - From Colonies to Country to add to our notes. We will finish Ch. 14 on December 20. On December 21, we will conclude with a movie depicting the Battle of Lexington and Concord to start the American Revolution.
Monday - We discussed the French and Indian War - Ch. 3, 4
Tuesday - We will discuss the end of the French and Indian War - Ch. 5-7
*Read Ch. 4 in the History of US - From Colonies to Country by Friday.
Wednesday - We will discuss Ch. 10 - "The Rights of Englishmen". We will learn about a very important document called the Magna Carta that we still enjoy today.
Thursday - We will discuss Ch. 11 - "A Taxing King"
Friday - We will discuss Ch. 12 - "The Firebrands". We will be learning about Samuel Adams, John Adams, and Patrick Henry, great men in history.
November 27 - December 1
Monday - Friday
*Study for the Colonies Test on Thursday. The test will be on the climate, land, economy, life style, government, and colonies listed in the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies off of your Study Guide. The kids need to know the different types of people (in general) that came to America and why they came. It was found in Ch. 8, 9, and 10 in the "Red Book".
November 13 - 17
Monday - Friday
This week we will finish reading and discussing the 13 colonies, New England, Middle, and Southern. The kids have typed notes from me highlighting the similarities and differences between them and the special things they achieved. The test on the colonies will be after Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 30.
*The kids should be reading over their notes every night for homework.
*This week the kids should read Chapters 25, 26, 28, and 29 in the History of US - Making Thirteen Colonies for homework.
November 6 - 10
Monday - Friday
For the next two weeks, we will be studying the 13 colonies. We will cluster the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies together based on their land, religion, economy, climate, and people that went there. We will be using Chapters 8, 9, and 10 in the "red" book. The kids will also read The History of US - Making Thirteen Colonies to enrich it and give it the detail. The kids will get a Study Guide to follow as we discuss them.
*Homework - On Wednesday, read Ch. 17, and 18 in the History of US - Making Thirteen Colonies.
On Thursday, read Ch. 21 and 24
October 30 - November 3
Monday - Friday
*Colonies Test on Friday, November 3. The children received notes on Jamestown, Plymouth, and the Puritans on Friday of last week. We have discussed Jamestown at length (Chapters 2 - 12 in The History of US - Making Thirteen Colonies). We will discuss the Pilgrims (Chapter 13 and 14 in The History of US - Making Thirteen Colonies) and Puritans (Chapters 15 and 16 in The History of US- Making Thirteen Colonies) the beginning of this week. They need to know the differences and similarities of each. They need to know the culture of each colony, the advantages and disadvantages of living there. They need to be familiar with the people's desires, beliefs, and economy.
October 23 - 27
Monday - Friday
*Explorer Research is due on Friday. It should be written in bullet points or in outline form. It should not be in complete sentences but just thoughts and phrases. All of your sources should be written on a separate sheet of paper listing the following: Title of book, Author, Copyright. It can be hand written neatly or typed. You should have consulted at least 3 sources.
*Read the following chapters in our new History of US: Making Thirteen Colonies about Jamestown, our first English colony:
Monday - Read Ch. 2 & 3; Tuesday - Read Ch. 4 & 5: Wednesday - Read Ch. 6 & 7; Thursday - Read Ch. 10 & 11.
I have graded all of the latest tests on Queen Elizabeth. I will be done with the English and French explorers by Wednesday. To find out your child's results, please open their S.S. Google Classroom Test section and see their test responses and scores.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the kids will be using their research to work on an Explorer Project. The final project and rubric is due on Monday.
During class on Friday, I will give an overview about Jamestown and some notes. Next week, we will cover the Puritans and Pilgrims. There will be a test on Friday, November 3 on the 3 original colonies: Jamestown, Puritans, and the Pilgrims. It will be the last test score for this trimester.
October 10 - 13
Tuesday - Friday
* Study the following explorers for the Social Studies Test on Wednesday (tomorrow). The kids will be tested on their knowledge about the Spanish explorers. See below for details. The kids should be studying the following major explorers: Pizarro, Marco Polo, Cortes, Magellan, Columbus, Ponce de Leon.
The test will consist of 5 questions. The kids will decide which explorer answers that question or fits the statement. They will then write a paragraph explaining how that explorer fits that question or statement. One question will be an opinion question that the kids will have to back up with facts.
The rest of the week, we will finish discussing the English explorers, Henry Hudson and Sir Francis Drake to conclude our study of the Age of Exploration.
**Study for a test next week on the French and English explorers. The test will be on Thursday, October 19. We reviewed for it in class on Thursday of this week. The kids know the 2 questions: In one question, they need to talk about what was going on during the Elizabethan Age, when Queen Elizabeth was queen of England. They need to include in their response how did she change England forever and bring it to become the most powerful country in the world. They also need to tell how Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh played a part in this? The other question will ask the kids to compare and contrast the French and English explorers during the 1500's and 1600's. We discussed the English explorers at length. We discussed in general terms, the French explorers. We will go further in depth on Monday. We will quickly cover the following out of the Red Book: Cartier, Champlain, Lasalle, and Marquette and Joliet. They all have a common thread.
October 2 - 6
Monday - Friday
*Explorer Test next Wednesday, October 11. The kids will be tested on their knowledge of the Spanish conquistadors. They have notes to study. The test will consist of 5 questions. The kids will answer each question in a paragraph on a variety of topics that we have discussed at length in class. The kids should study the explorers we highlighted. The test will not be one large essay but several small ones.
This week we will read and discuss the last of the Spanish explorers, DeSoto. The kids will watch an excellent movie called, "The Atocha, the Quest for Treasure". It is about a Spanish galleon that sunk off of the coast of Florida that was recovered in the 1980's by Mel Fisher. This movie will help the kids gain an understanding of the riches Spain gathered from their explorations. The kids will receive the last of the notes on the Spanish explorers on Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, we will begin discussing the French explorers.
September 25 - 29
Monday - Friday
We will be reading and discussing the Spanish explorers all week. We will discuss the following: Amerigo Vespucci, Hernando Cortez, Ponce de Leon, Francisco Pizarro, Francisco Coronado, and Hernando De Soto.
*There will be a S.S. Test on the Spanish explorers on October 11. It will be an essay test. The kids will get the questions (3) next week, a week before the test. They will have to figure out which Spanish explorers answer the questions asked. There will be several explorers that apply to each question, not just one. They will then study those explorers they choose. The kids know to read over their notes each night to become familiar with them.
September 18 - 22
Monday - Friday
We will be discussing Christopher Columbus and his accomplishments and weaknesses. The kids will realize that he did not find Cathay (China) with all of its spices and gold. Instead, he started an agricultural revolution that changed America and Europe. He sparked Spain's presence in North America and South America. Later in the week, the kids will find out that England had also sent John Cabot, an Italian, to the New World to find the spices and riches. He found Newfoundland and claimed it for England, while bringing back boatloads of fish. Cabot did not find the Spice Islands. England decided to not continue their pursuit of the Spice Islands or interest in America until the 1600s. To end the week, we will be reading about some Spaniard explorers and discussing their accomplishments for Spain in America: Balboa, Magellan, and Vespucci. The kids are taking notes in class, summarizing what they have learned about each explorer.
September 11 - 15
Monday - Friday
Monday - We discussed Patriot's Day today in class. We talked briefly about the tragic events that happened on 9/11 and the heroism that occurred on that day.
Tuesday - Friday
We will begin discussing the Age of Exploration. We will be reading out of our book, The First Americans - A History of US. We will begin discussing how the Vikings first discovered America. Then, we will talk about the many marvelous things that Marco Polo discovered while in China. Due to his book, all countries were determined to find a safe route to China to gain these spices and riches, setting off the Age of Exploration. We will end the week discussing the Portuguese explorers (Vasco da Gama and Bartolomeu Dias) and the Dutch explorer, John Cabot.
**I will not be giving the kids notes. We will read and discuss each explorer in class from our text and other resources. They may take some notes on their own or just listen in class. They will not be tested on each explorer. In class, we will cluster all of the explorers from the same country together and see what each country accomplished during this time.
**All of the tests concerning the Middle Ages and the Renaissance have been graded. You may view your child's essay and their scores in their Google Classroom.
September 5 - 8
Tuesday - Friday
*Study your Renaissance and Middle Ages notes for the test on Thursday. You will have to answer one big question that includes all of the Renaissance and the Middle Ages notes. It will be an essay test that you will type into Google Classroom during my class. .
*Middle Ages and Renaissance Project (Architecture or Stained Glass Windows from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance) due Friday. We have been working on them in class since last Thursday.
August 28 - September 1
Monday - Friday
*Monday and Tuesday - Study your Middle Ages notes (only the information you underlined).
*Wednesday - Friday - Study your Middle Ages notes (only the information you underlined) and your Renaissance notes (only the information you underlined in class).
**TEST - The test on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance is on Thursday, September 7. Use your notes to study for the essay test.