Social Studies 6 (Period 1) Assignments
- Instructor
- Samantha Weiss
- Terms
- 2016-17 Trimester 1
- 2016-17 Trimester 2
- 2016-17 Trimester 3
- Department
- Social Studies
- Description
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The 6th grade Social Studies curriculum is so fascinating! We will look at the earliest evidence of human societies. A long time ago humans stopped being nomadic and settled around rivers where they put down roots and began to develop systems for their cultures. We will look at several of these early cultures from the Stone Age, to Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, the Ancient Kush, India, China, the Hebrews, the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Romans. We will look for patterns too for how humans adapted to their environment. It will be fun to explore the similarities and differences of these cultures' systems. We will look closely at the geography and the topography that affected how these cultures developed. Many world religions came to life during ancient times and we will gain a deeper understanding for some of the different faiths that are still practiced in the world today! Let's discover, or rediscover, these ancient civilizations together!
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Get a great night's sleep my bumble bees, panda bears, waves, cupcakes, stars and horses! You've been amazing and it has been such an honor to be a part of your education this year. Have a yummy breakfast that includes protein! You are going to rock the test! I'm so proud of all of you (my opt-outs too :)!
Remember that you'll go to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd period tomorrow. They are 2 hour blocks! You Raiders are AMAZING and I know you'll do fine. You just try your hardest. It's all anyone can ask of you.
Bring a quiet activity to class if possible (a great novel?) The testing atmosphere is maintained right until the bell so should you finish early, you may wish to have a great book to dive in to.
<3 Ms. Weiss
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The Vocabulary Words for Chapter 8 are due on Friday, April 14th.
They can be found on page 225 in Ancient Civilizations.
You can make the flashcards in quizlet or on notecards or a similar software. :)
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Helpful Hints for Test:
1. The Social Order under the Shang Dynasty: Nobles, artisans, farmers, then slaves
2. Liu Bang was the first common person to become emperor (not of the noble class)
3. Shi Huangdi was a legalist. He was a very strict leader who wanted to have complete control over his people.
4. China became unified under the Qin dynasty. (China is named after this dynasty!)
5. The ideas of Confucianism were compiled in a book called the Analects.
6. Moral leadership means that those who rule over others should lead by example and act the way they want those they rule over to act.
7. The Shang are known to have been the first people in China to develop a writing system.
8. How did the Han Dynasty's social order differ from the Shang? (See number 1.) Hint: The peasants (farmers) moved up above the artisans.
9. The name Shi Huangdi means "first emperor"
10. During the Warring States period, China lacked a strong government.
11. Confucius believed that everyone had a proper role in society and that order would return to China if people knew this.
12. Legalism stressed respect for authority and strict laws.
13. Under Emperor Wudi people had to pass exams to get government jobs.
14. The Yellow river is also known as the Huang He. The Yangzi River is also known as the Chang Jiang.
15. Where is the Plateau of Tibet?
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Review for Chapter 7 Test
Here is a study guide! The test will be on March 30th.
Know your vocabulary (Key Terms)!
Geography:
- Know the land forms that surround China (p. 183)
- How were the silt deposits helpful?
- How were the deserts and mountains helpful
The Xia Dynasty:
- Ruler?
- What can you tell me about the Xia Dynasty?
The Shang Dynasty:
- Achievements
- Social order
The Zhou Dynasty:
- What is the Mandate of Heaven?
- Tell me about the political order…
- Explain the decline of the Zhou
Confucius:
- What is Confucianism?
- What are the Analects?
Daoism:
- How would you explain Daoism?
- Laozi
Legalism:
- How would you explain legalism?
*How are these three philosophies similar? Different?
The Qin Dynasty:
- Shi Huangdi-meaning?
- What philosophy did Shi Huangdi follow? How do we know that?
- What was China like under the Qin rule?
- Briefly explain the policies of the Qin.
- What can you tell me about the Great Wall?
The Han Dynasty:
- Emperor?
- Achievements/inventions
- Official philosophy?
Contacts with other cultures:
- What helped increase trade?
- Describe the silk road
- Why did so many people want to have silk?
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We are going to the Getty Villa! How exciting! Here is more information about this awesome educational opportunity! My 6th Period will get to go first, on March 1st. The other classes are going on the 8th or the 28th. Stay tuned.
Dear Teacher,
Thank you for booking a Tuesday visit to the Getty Villa. As you may know, the Museum is closed to the public on Tuesdays. Schools that visit for Guided Lessons on that day will be able to enjoy quiet galleries without crowds. When you arrive, your class will be divided into smaller groups of 10-15 students, and each will be led by a docent guide and accompanied by a security guard so that they can access the galleries.
Please be aware that there are a few differences between coming on a Tuesday and on other days of the week when we are open to the general public:
- After your guided tour, you will be able to tour the gardens at your leisure, however, there is no self-guide exploration of the museum galleries..
- The Café, Family Room, Museum Shop and Coffee Carts will be closed.
- All school groups will need to depart no later than 1:00 p.m.
- Beginning January 2017, the Villa will begin extensive renovations, with temporary gallery closures as well as restricted access to the Outer Peristyle.
Please let us know if you have any questions by emailing [email protected], or calling our School Group Schedulers at 310-440-7322.
Regards,
Getty School Groups Team
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Write a case for or against better gun control laws in California.
Give some background on how there are many guns in circulation and on gun violence. Give some background on the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution.
State the resolution (Should California have better control laws?) State your thesis, the answer to this question. Give three reasons why you support your thesis.
Give some evidence that you found in your research to support your thesis.
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Optional extra credit opportunity!
Attend Korean Cultural Appreciation Night at the Armstrong Theatre This Thursday evening at 7 PM
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Dear 1st, 2nd, and 6th period:
Mrs. Kraake just let me know last week that she is counting on me this time to provide the parent chaperones. I apologize for the last minute request but I've been having trouble getting enough parents to volunteer. We really need another 2 or 3 chaperones for this Wednesday's field trip.
Please email me if your parent can attend the field trip on Wednesday with us. It is an extremely enjoyable day and I do hope a few parents will contact me. Student safety is paramount to us and the Getty requires a certain adult to student ratio as well.
So as soon as you read this, PLEASE go ask your parent to read this and to consider attending with us! You can email me at [email protected] as soon as a parent can agree to volunteer.
Thanks so much and I look forward to our Getty Villa learning experience.
Sincerely,
Ms. Weiss
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We need parent chaperones for this coming Wednesday's field trip to the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu! Please let me (Ms. Weiss) and Mrs. Kraake know if you can be a chaperone for our kiddos on Wednesday, March 8. It's a fun day and we need you!
Please email us: [email protected] and [email protected] to let us know you can be a chaperone.
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Please make sure you turn in the Chart of the 5 first Dynasties to me by 2/28
Please make sure you have answers for the Atlas: Ancient China - Dynasties and Power Basics: Early Civilizations in Active Classroom by 2/28
The Key Terms for Chapter 7 (Index cards or DDC) were due Thursday but due date is extended to Tuesday, February 28.
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In active classroom (www.activeclassroom.com), please complete the Ancient China Atlas Activity by Thursday, February 23rd. Try to complete it this week but the item will no longer be available on Thursday for you to finish so definitely finish before then.
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Please make a DDC or Flashcards for the Ch.7 Key Terms. The words may all be found in the right hand column on page 181 in the Ancient Civilizations textbook.
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We will have our Jeopardy Review for Chapter 6 INDIA test on Wednesday the8th of February and our test on Thursday, February 9th. See earlier assignments for the Study Guide! I've attached the jeopardy questions for Wednesday (except for 3 boxes!) This is a terrific way to study for the test because the questions/answers are drawn directly from the test questions! :)
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Here is the study guide for our unit test on India for the test. I'm guessing we will have the test sometime in early February so the due date is just an estimate.
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Notes on the BBC video on Hinduism are due this Friday! Here is the link to the video! Most students were able to get at least half of the information down from our classroom viewing.
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Here is "Happy Fun Time" Note-Taking Power Point for Chapter 6, Section 2
We will have taken these notes in class but in case you need to finish up... Here is the PowerPoint!
-Ms. Weiss
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Log in and make an account at Active Classroom (trouble shoot if you are having trouble :-)
Complete the Indus River Valley & Ancient Egypt activity.
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Egypt Test!
Chapter 4 Ancient Egypt
Study Guide
Make sure to review the following for the test:
- All vocabulary and famous people
- Khufu
- Menes
- Ramses the Great
- Ahmose of Thebes
- Queen Hatshepsut
- King Tutankhamen
- Review the power point notes (blue packet)
- Geography of Egypt
- Advantages of Egypt’s location
- Significance of double crown
- Role of the pharaoh
- Development of social classes
- Burial practices/afterlife
- Religious beliefs
- Rosetta Stone
- Building/architecture of the pyramids
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Review the Jeopardy Questions Attached in the Excel Spreadsheet to review for your test tomorrow!!!
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Mummification diagrams (classwork) was due Friday.
Please have these to me at the very latest by Tuesday the 13th.
-Ms. Weiss (p.s. A diagram of the mummification process on 8.5X11 paper or several facts, accompanying pictures, about the mummification process of the Ancient Egyptians...)
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Chapter 4 DDC or Flashcards for 27 words that can be found in the right column on page 87. These are not due for another 10 days or so so do a few words a day to get it done!
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Print out the following pages from the attached document: pp.1-8, 13-20 and bring it with you to Social Studies class every day for the next couple weeks starting Tuesday!
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Don't be overwhelmed by this document! It's really long and includes lots of questions that are in the style of the new Common Core Assessments they are using at the end of the year to chart student progress. I will probably pick one of the first two examples of short answer questions for our Mesopotamia Test coming up on Thursday October 27. You have the questions ahead of time so you can look them over and start thinking about how you would answer these questions. Again, I'll choose from the Flooding Question (the first one) or the Code of Hammurabi (the second one). I may also give you a choice of either one to answer.
For these types of questions, the goal is to support your answer with textual support, or evidence (often quotes) from the texts that are selected for you to read. Your answer will include language like:
I'm convinced of this because in the second paragraph it says, "Direct Quote here..."
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Ch. 3 Review Work, Pages 80-83: p.80, Q.1-3 (last ones) & p.81, Q. 1-10 & p. 83, Q. 1-7 (Short answer [1.-d.])
This work is due by Thursday. It is part of our review. Students should be able to get it done by the end of class on Tuesday, October 25. That way everyone is ready for our Jeopardy game review! I'm so excited for Girls against Boys Jeopardy Review! Let's see who wins! Any guesses?
Week Long Snapshot:
Monday, Ch. 3 Review Work
Tuesday, Ch. 3 Review Work
Wednesday, JEOPARDY Review Game
Thursday, Test
Friday, Test (Finish up?) Introduction of Egypt Unit
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Sorry for the confusion on Chapter 3 vocabulary. I do not want a DDC (I may have told one class we were going to do one so if you already did a DDC for Chapter 3 then I will accept that instead of Flashcards - no worries!)
This time, yup, you guessed it! I want flashcards! You can do them in quizlet app on your phone or another app for flashcards on your phone. They just need the word on one side and the definition on the other for ALL WORDS TO KNOW (there are 28 total!) on page 55 in the Ancient Civilizations textbook! This is not due until a week from this coming Wednesday. There will be plenty of time to get this done in class - not to worry! Just be good task masters!
Again, if you already did a DDC, you do NOT have to do flashcards too!
-Ms. Weiss
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Additional Mesopotamia Activities - I will explain what we will do with this document soon but I thought some of you might be interested in previewing it! I hope you are all having a great week! - Ms. Weiss
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Please consider signing up for the Sketchers Friendship Walk this Sunday, October 23rd. Here is a link to the website:
This is an important fund-raiser for us! Thanks to those who have already signed up!
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Study the voter information attachment so that you can be an informed voter this Thursday in our Ridgecrest Mock Election!
I'm excited to see who and what you select!
-Ms. Weiss
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Ch.1&2 Test Tuesday, October 4
STUDY GUIDE FOR CHAPTER 1 & CHAPTER 2 TEST for Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Study your notes for Ch. 2.1, Ch. 2.2, and Ch.2.3
Study the words to know for Ch. 1 (the DDC words) and Ch.2.1 (the other DDC words!)
Watch the Agricultural Revolution (a.k.a. Neolithic Revolution) Brainpop video again!
Watch the Human Evolution Brainpop video again!
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Here are the links to the clips we saw Monday: [Don't forget that our username is ridgecrestis and our password is brainpop.]
ELD Students ONLY: Preview these two articles if you want for Tuesday and then write a summary by Friday (5-7 sentences only) for one of these articles.
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6 Students from each class volunteered to debate tomorrow. It is just a learner round so don't worry about it. We are all just learning what each speech should contain! For those of you who would like to look over the different speaker roles to see what each speech is supposed to accomplish in this style of Parliamentary debate, I've attached the document here. Thanks to our volunteers. Everyone will be "flowing" the round, listing the arguments that the speakers bring forth. I'm so excited to share my love for this activity with you. We can have mock debates throughout the year on different topics, both fun and serious.
If you want to look over the magazine article, it's at Upfront Magazine Login as a student with upfrontmag506 password! It's the last article...on plastic bags...
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Have a look at Ryan's terrific DDC. Many of you are doing a wonderful job on these vocabulary building exercises. I am seeing accurate definitions, lively pictures, and sophisticated sentences. Here is a great example and thanks to Ryan for letting me share his work! Keep up the fantastic work Raiders!
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Loose Ends! Make sure the following is complete by Friday:
Crossword Puzzle Paper (BOTH SIDES)
Map of Agriculture in the Stone Age
Page 14-15: 4 Questions about the Physical and Human Geography of California
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DDC on the vocabulary words from Ancient Civ., page 28 (all 7 words) due Thursday on separate paper (not in notebook)
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Short matching quiz on the Ch. 1 Vocabulary from the Ancient Civilizations textbook. Study the 15 italicized words from page 5.
Hint: You will also need to know that an archaeologist is someone who practices archaeology and a historian is a person who studies history. Don't forget to study those words Monday night!
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Dear Students,
When I turned 13 years old, my family held my Bat Mitzvah at Windows on the World Restaurant in the World Trade Center, at the top of one of the towers that was destroyed in the 9-11 attack in New York City.
This attack on 9/11/01 is an important and pivotal event in the history of the United States of America. I'm attaching a very moving slideshow montage that I'd like you to watch and respond to in your journals. The slideshow focuses on the destruction in New York City but it is worth noting that the attack happened in Washington D.C., at the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania also.
You may want to do a little research about what happened to understand the slideshow. The title in your notebooks should be JE: The Attack of September 11, 2001.
-Ms. Weiss
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I'm attaching the instructions for how to do the DDC Vocabulary assignments and a blank template. The words that are due Friday can be found in Ancient Civilizations, on page 5. There are 15 words total. Don't forget the two at the bottom.
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Cultural Collage Flags! We will work to make these look great! There will be time in class but I'd like you thinking about the flags at home and you'll need to print out symbols at home.
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Students will take notes in class this week. The file they will be taking notes from is uploaded here. This does not mean that students should not be actively taking notes in class when requested to. I provide these notes for students in case they missed anything or they are absent. Students should write as neatly as possible in their notebooks. Students who take good notes will retain the information better.
*Students who struggle with hand-writing or fine-motor issues will work with me to find an acceptable amount of hand-written notes. The remainder of the notes may be printed from the attachment. We will work together to improve the skill but I want these notes available for them to use.
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These instructions are some tips for having great notes in your notebooks. This format will help you all year to find your notes and your assignments quickly. Students who get in the habit of taking notes this way right from the start are more likely to get credit for their work because it will all be easy to find.
Hint: EVERYTHING is in chronological order. In other words, everything you do will go in order of when we do it. If you don't finish something, and you need extra time, but we have moved on to something else, then try to leave a little room to finish up.
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Please have key supplies that I will go over with you on Tuesday or Wednesday by Friday. I will update this list if it changes. These are all strongly recommended so that you can have a successful year in my class.
SUPPLIES
1a) A general binder with one section for Language Arts 6 and/or Social Studies 6.
1b) College ruled lined paper
2) A composition notebook, college ruled.
3) Pen (black or blue ink) & red or purple for correcting.
4) Highlighter
5) Colored pencils (10 or 12 colors is fine)
6) Glue stick
6b) Calendar/Planner
7) LA6 ONLY: Free-Choice Book
Recommended but won't be checked:
7) Ruler
8) White out tape
9) Mini-post-its
10) Kleenex
LANGUAGE ARTS 6 ONLY: Please bring a free-choice book, at grade level or better, that you'll enjoy reading during "down-time" to class with you every day.
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Please turn in your course description signature portions by Wednesday :)
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Write a paragraph about yourself! Use the instructions from the handout you got in class today. It's also attached here if you need another copy. I can't wait to read about each and every one of you! Students who have me twice in one day need only do the autobiographical paragraph once, by the way.
Parents: I'm so happy that I get to be a part of your child's education!