Social Studies
In 7th grade social studies, we pick back up with studying different ancient civilizations in the world. Some units that we will be covering during the year are Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, and different empires in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
This class will be organized similar to their 6th grade social studies class. At the beginning of each class, students are expected to define that lesson's vocabulary terms. After that, we read through the section and complete guided notes over what we read. At the end of each lesson, students complete a maximum of five comprehension questions over the information in the section we read.
When we reach the end of the unit, we play a review game that includes the social studies questions straight from the test. This review game gives the students an opportunity to see what information they will be tested over. During this game, I divide the class into two teams to compete to answer the questions. Whichever team wins the review game earns an extra credit. I offer this extra credit opportunity with the hope that students will want to be prepared for the review game and start studying a couple nights before the test. After the review game, I give the students the short answer questions straight from the test, so they know what to prepare for.
This class will be organized similar to their 6th grade social studies class. At the beginning of each class, students are expected to define that lesson's vocabulary terms. After that, we read through the section and complete guided notes over what we read. At the end of each lesson, students complete a maximum of five comprehension questions over the information in the section we read.
When we reach the end of the unit, we play a review game that includes the social studies questions straight from the test. This review game gives the students an opportunity to see what information they will be tested over. During this game, I divide the class into two teams to compete to answer the questions. Whichever team wins the review game earns an extra credit. I offer this extra credit opportunity with the hope that students will want to be prepared for the review game and start studying a couple nights before the test. After the review game, I give the students the short answer questions straight from the test, so they know what to prepare for.