Social Studies
August 17-18 School Procedures
August 21 - 23 Landforms in North America
August 24 - 28 Natural Resources in North America
August 29 - 30 Trace the 7 continents to make a world map
September 5 Compare and Contrast North America Political and Physical Maps
September 6 - 8 and 12 The 5 Themes of Geography Video; Illustrate the 5 Themes (Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region
September 11 Remembering 9/11, Video of Operation Yellow Ribbon in Canada
September 13 - 15 The French and Indian War
September 18 Answering questions using historical maps
September 19 Timeline
September 20 Silent Reading in all Social Studies Classes
September 21 - 22 Causes Leading to the American Revolution
September 24 - 29 Americans Fight for Freedom, School House Rock, Review, Quiz
October 2 - 13 A New Country, Identifying the main idea
October 16-17 The U.S. Constitution - The Three Branches of Government, School House Rock - The Ring Circus
October 23 to 27 Benjamin Franklin Contributions to the Colonies and to Philadelphia; Cause and Effect; Bar Graphs
October 30 - November 3 George Washington's Leadership during and after the American Revolution; Timelines; Visit Ms. Wilson's Class
November 6 - 10 Continents & Oceans (Brain Pop, Jr. and other activities), Landforms
November 13 - 17 Landforms - Start the Dictionary of Geographical Terms (archipelago, basin, bay, dam, delta, desert, glacier, gulf) Silent Reading on Wednesday
November 20 - 21 Landforms (harbor, icecap, island, isthmus)
November 27 - December 1 Landforms (lake, mountain, oasis, ocean, peninsula, plain, plateau, reservoir, river, sea, valley, waterfall)
December 4 - 8 Landforms (Brain Pop, Jr.), Rural, Urban, and Suburban (Brain Pop, Jr.)
December 11 - 15 Reading Maps (Brain Pop, Jr.), Review
December 18 - 19 Semester Test
January 3 - 5 Select items to take if you were Lewis or Clark and explain why you need them (small group); Timeline
January 8 - 12 Meet with Ms. Lambe to complete a questionnaire on the computer; Read, discuss, and answer questions about Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, and Massachusetts
January 16 - 19 The United States Doubles in Size (Thomas Jefferson, Louisianan Purchase, Lewis and Clark); Brain Pop, Jr. Lewis and Clark