SOCIAL STUDIES 7th grade: This Week in Social Studies...

8/18/10

This Week in Social Studies...

We are currently studying Geography and Map Skills : Direction, Distance, and Relative location.
Our first quiz? Next Wednesday August 25th
Know What to Study? How to use the compass rose, how to find distance on a map, how to find relative location on a map,locating places using a grid, and finding places using latitude and longitude.

Homework March 21st

Investigate the following,
7(1) Which Caribbean Islands are Dutch colonies today? locate them on a map.
7(2) Which Caribbean Islands are French colonies today? locate them on a map.
7(3) What's the current population of Puerto Rico? Who's the governor? How is he/she elected?
7(4) Read the information on this link
http://www.mrdowling.com/710-slavery.html and write five facts about slavery in the Caribbean Islands.

NOTE: Don't forget to write the sources of your information, maps need to be clear, easy to read.

FAMILY DAY

FAMILY DAY # 3 is SATURDAY, APRIL 2nd, 2011

Family Day T-Shirt Order Form
Please return this form with Lps. 150.00 per t-shirt ordered by Friday, March 18th and circle the size of shirt you want. The numbers are children’s sizes; the letters are adult sizes. Sizes are similar to those as in last year’s Family Day.
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Electronic Notecards

Format for an Electronic Notecard
Source: Author, Title, Date, Volume, Issue #, URL
Subject: Consists of main ideas and can assist in organizing your findings
Keywords: Offer a greater level of detail and subcategories within your subject words. Keywords can also be very useful in constructing online searches.
Abstract: This is where you save pertinent information.

Use different color fonts to differentiate between ideas collected from others and original ideas that have emerged in reaction to others
-Red ink for others' ideas
-Green ink for your own

Sample Electronic Notecard
Source: May, 1998, From Now On, Jamie McKenzie, "The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic
Age." http://fno.org/may98/cov98may.html

Subject: research, plagiarism, strategies
Keywords: incentives, rewards
Abstract: McKenzie suggests the use of green ink to help student differentiate between the ideas they have collected and the new ideas they have built in reaction to those inspirations (this is a paraphrase of McKenzie's words and should be credited to him).
Reminds me a bit of art with "found objects." Here we have "found ideas" and "fresh ideas." I like students having to keep them separate. I could then look over their shoulders while they did research to see what kinds of balance might emerge. It might change how I did assessment?

HOMEWORK Jan. 10th

Visit the following website https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html and answer these questions in your homework notebook.

Due on Thursday.

7(1) What are the Geographic Coordinates of Mexico? Elevation Extremes: What is the lowest and highest point in Mexico?

7(2)What is the country's area in km? to what U.S State can you compare it to?

7(3) What is the name of Mexico's current President? What is the current population of the country?

7(4) Draw or Print a picture of the National flag and Describe it. (color meanings, etc)

HOMEWORK Oct. 18th

* Needs to be done in homework notebook.

* Write the source of the information.

* Due Date: Thursday Oct. 21

** All these places are located in Guatemala.

7(1) Santiago, Chimaltenango : location, population, name of an indian group in the region, print a picture that shows the indigenous people there.

7(2) Santiago de Atitlan : location, population, name of an indian group in the region, print a picture that shows the indigenous people there.

7(3) Almolonga: location, population, name of an indian group in the region, print a picture that shows the indigenous people there.

7(4) San Juan Sacatepequez : location, population, name on an indian group in the region, print a picture that shows the indigenous people there.

SOCIAL STUDIES 7th grade

VACATION IS NEAR!!!!

8/18/10

This Week in Social Studies...

Geography of Guatemala

Toussaint Louverture