Additional Information
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General Overview
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Grading Scale
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Syllabus
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FAQ
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7th Grade Social Studies focuses on American History from 1800 through Present. Throughout this year, we will target the following concepts:
Map Skills:
- Students will learn how to read a map and use those skills to identify the significance of locations around our the U.S.
Conflict:
- Students will learn how conflict has helped shape our country's past and present.
Change:
- Students will learn how changes in our country have effected the people living here both past and present.
Communication:
- Students will learn to formulate and justify their own ideas and perspectives on various topics.
Historical Thinking:
- Students will learn to view history from both a modern perspective as well as work to understand events from a historical perspective
Citizenship:
- Students will learn about the rights, responsibilities and duties that come with citizenship in the United States.
Map Skills:
- Students will learn how to read a map and use those skills to identify the significance of locations around our the U.S.
Conflict:
- Students will learn how conflict has helped shape our country's past and present.
Change:
- Students will learn how changes in our country have effected the people living here both past and present.
Communication:
- Students will learn to formulate and justify their own ideas and perspectives on various topics.
Historical Thinking:
- Students will learn to view history from both a modern perspective as well as work to understand events from a historical perspective
Citizenship:
- Students will learn about the rights, responsibilities and duties that come with citizenship in the United States.
Per District Policy:
- 100-90 = A
- 89-80 = B
- 79-70 = C
- 69-60 = D
- <59 = F
Type of Assignment |
Descriptions/Examples |
Percentage of Overall Grade |
Classwork |
This category includes regular assignments that are done in class. This will include items like exit questions, quick writes, warm-up assignments, etc. These assignments are sometimes called 'Daily Grades' even if they are not actually taken daily. These assignments may at times result in work needing to be finished at home. Students will be given the time necessary in class, but if they aren't able to finish in the given time, this will then become homework for them as an individual. |
60% |
Major Grades Listed as "Summative" in Skyward |
This category includes unit quizzes, tests, formal writing samples and projects. Students will be informed when an assignment will count as a major grade in the grade book. Some major grade assignments will be sent home as homework. If this is the case, students will be given at least 3 nights and/or a weekend to complete the work. |
40% |
Although there is value to be found in summative assessments, the reasoning behind this grading scale is that I believe the work done daily in class is more indicative of a student's successful learning in class than their ability to perform on a given quiz or project. Summative assessments will be used to aid in the evaluation of the student's skill set as well as knowledge gained.
1st Quarter:
- Review of Early American History (1492-1800)
- Citizenship and Government
- Westward Expansion (1803-1853)
- Antebellum Period (1812-1860)
- Civil War (1861-1865)
- Reconstruction (1865-1877)
- Gilded Age (1870s-1900s)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Women’s Suffrage and Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
- Great Depression (1929-1939)
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968)
- American Involvement in Vietnam (1955-1975)
- US in the Modern World (1975-Present)
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On a typical day, I will check my email in the morning before school, during my prep time and after school. If I can respond with a quick answer, then you should hear back at those times. Depending on the questions or concerns that you raise, it may take longer, but it is rare that you would not hear back within 1 business day.
What is your class schedule? When is your prep time?
On a typical day, I will check my email in the morning before school, during my prep time and after school. If I can respond with a quick answer, then you should hear back at those times. Depending on the questions or concerns that you raise, it may take longer, but it is rare that you would not hear back within 1 business day.
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