Saturday, September 20, 2008

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Start Here:
Quick view: 1. Complete Wordle 2. hunter-gatherer questions 3. Chapter 2, pages 58-62 put events in the order they happened (DETAILS ON THESE ASSIGNMENTS ARE FOUND AT STEP 2)

Step 1. Write down social studies homework in your planner. You can find your homework listed below:

Homework for Monday, September 22nd, 2008
*Study for test - Test is on Friday, September 26th, 2008
*Study guide due Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Late work:
*Hunter-Gatherer Main Idea Reading Assignment
*Hunter-Gatherer Graphic Orginizer Assignment

*Complete late work -
1. Primary Source, Secondary Source, Oral History assignment, 2. syllabus questions, 3. cover textbook

What to study for your test:
Archaeologist/Historian PowerPoint
Pages 27-28; Pages 39-42
Hunter-Gatherers PowerPoint
PQ3R from Chapter 2, lesson 1
Chapter 2; Pages 51-69
Nomads to Farmers PowerPoint
Complete study guide and study it
Study pages taped into Social Studies Notebook

Step 2.
You should have your Wordle Assignment from last week completed. Directions are listed below.
Archaeologist/Historian Powerpoint

You should have completed the hunter-gatherer questions from last week.
Hunter/Gatherer Questions
Hunter-Gatherer Powerpoint

Wordle Directions:
*Make a Wordle document for Archaeologist (Archaeologist must be in larger font, use the ~ to group words together)
*Take a screen shot (picture) of it
*Change the name to Hr_Archaeologist_Wordle_Name_Name
*Drag it into iPhoto
*Make a new folder in your social studies folder titled Archaeologist/Historian
*Drag your Archaeologist Wordle into your Archaeologist/Historian folder
*Make a Wordle document for Historian(Historian must be in larger font, use the ~ to group words together)
*Take a screen shot (picture) of it
*Change the name to Hr_Historian_Wordle_Name_Name
*Drag it into iPhoto
*Drag your Historian Wordle into your Archaeologist/Historian folder


Finish reading pages 58 - 62 in your textbook and put the events on the strips of paper in the order they happened in the book.

Step 3. Done with the three assignments above? Give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done :-) Now, play one of the vocabulary games below to start preparing for you 1st social studies test. The test will be on Friday, September 26th, 2008.

Chapter 2 vocabulary games
Chapter 1 vocabulary games


What are we doing today?
*Write in planner

*Complete Wordle Assignment
*Hunter/Gatherer Assignment
Hunter/Gatherer Questions
*Complete Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Chain of Events Assignment
*Check answers by going to the following website:
Chain of events - Nomads to Farmers
*Nomads to Farmers Powerpoint
*Hand out study guide
*Be the first to tell Mrs. Wilts what domesticate means and win a prize!!!