Mr. Garman's 7th Grade Social Studies

East Africa QUIZ will be this Friday, Jan 13th.  It will cover very little information out of the book but instead cover many current events/situations going on in East Africa.  Students have received this information in class with notes.  We have decided to move very fast through this chapter since a lot of the concepts are similar to the rest of sub Saharan Africa.  I am excited to move past African culture and begin to talk about Islamic culture and the Middle East.  I think we are all ready for a change!

Quiz will include the political map of East Africa we made in class and class notes.  Don’t forget South Sudan!!!!

Click Here for the Class Notes Worksheet

Test Thursday of this week will cover Central and Southern Africa.  We are trying to pick up the pace of the class to make sure we cover everything, plus I think the kids have a good handle on Africa in general.  This test will cover pages 209-213 and 289-301 in the textbook.  Your student should be able to tell you who these two pictures are of and what they did.

CLICK HERE FOR STUDY GUIDE

We will be reading the book Journey to Jo’Burg in Social Studies class after break.  Click on the book title to learn more about the book.

West Africa Test will be Wednesday, November 30th.  Test will cover pages 197-202 and pages 237-253.  Concept maps serve as our notes for this section.  Make sure you have your West Africa political map labled and colored.  If your last test was not as high as you would like, here is your chance to raise your grade……so make sure and STUDY!!!!

STUDY GUIDE IS NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR THIS TEST.  Students will get a study guide Tuesday in class.

Early Release day Wednesday, November 23rd and then you the rest of the week off to enjoy football and turkey!  Take a second to read about the history behind Thanksgiving by clicking on the link below!

HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING

10/31—I Did not get as much posted for this test as I wanted to  but hopefully you got the study guide today in Class, 2 days before the test.  We will see if this helps test grades.

Here is the  link to the Study Guide which will let you know everything the test covers!

Chapter 7 Study Guide

We have been trucking along through Chapter 7 as fast as we can.  There are a lot of fun supplemental materials out there on the information we have been covering.  Ancient Egypt is always a student favorite as we tell about how mummies were made or write our names in hieroglyphics.  Find out a lot more about Ancient Egypt by clicking here.

Everyone loves to learn about the discovery of King Tuts tomb.  Here are some great links about…

King Tutankhamun

The Discovery of Tomb KV62

We have also learned about West African Kingdoms and have just started learning about the Islamic Religion.

MUCH MORE AFRICAN HISTORY TO COME!

Sunfish students should have a lot of fun playing 3rd World Farmer this week after our big test.  We are learning that farming in a 3rd world country is not as easy as it sounds.  Most land in Africa is dificult or impossible to farm.  There are many problems and issues that subsistence farmers in Africa are forced to deal with.  Today, Friday October 7th, students are to play 3rd world farmer and post one comment to this post about one hardship of farming they experienced.  

On Thursday, October 6th, we will be having our 2nd test.  It will cover Chapter 6: Physical Africa, pages 137-153.    Use your book, class activities, and concept maps to complete your study guide.  If you know all the information on your study guide, you will be successful on the test.  Click on the link below to download the study guide!  Isn’t technology great?

Chapter 6 Study Guide

Mrs Young will be the sponsor for the 2011-2012National Geographic Geography Bee.  Interestedstudents should listen for information in theirSocial Studies classrooms and on the morning news.In the meantime, interested students can practiceby clicking the link HERE!!!!!

I have had many questions about access to Social Studies textbooks from home this year so I wanted to post the answers real quick.

Our textbook is NOT online.

Extra textbooks are available for students to check out from me and keep at home as needed, or for the entire year.  I told the students at the beginning of the year that they can take a book home for the entire school year if they wanted.  Many students have checked them out and taken them home.

Students are welcome to check a book out at any time this year