(including the study of the United States Constitution beginning in November – exam late December or January)

Why study social studies? (from Children and Their World: Strategies for Teaching Social Studies, Welton & Mallan, 1992) to teach future citizens of the world about our cultural heritage—about where we as a world culture have come from, where we are, and where we may be going to teach future citizens to think and process information skillfully and intelligently (using analysis, inference, and synthesis) to teach future citizens about human behavior to develop in future citizens a commitment to act in accordance with what they know and believe

What did you learn in school today, dear? Go to “The Week Ahead” (found at “Classroom” website link on the Herrick homepage, click “Bolton”) Daily plans Links to handouts, videos, etc Schedule should be updated by Monday evening DISCLAIMER: Circumstances may change the schedule at any time

Expectations for Excellence best effort completed by due date Double Column Notes (DCNs)– questions provided by teacher for “first time” comprehension of a section of the book– students should attempt to do more than simply answer the questions—make the notes theirs! (Create a study guide out of a reading guide.) “Mark it Up!” – opportunity for students to bring themselves to the “dance” (between themselves and the ideas and information provided) class participation – strive to verbally advocate for self

Writing expectations Focus – opinion, main idea Support- discussion, explanation, evidence, examples (analysis / synthesis)

Grading The Social Studies department will continue to use letter grades. We are in transition from PowerTeacher to SQUIRREL.

Test Prep reread text review notes from text (just doing this is not enough!) do practice questions at end of each section and chapter review notes from videos or other class activities review handouts visit classzone.com and do interactive review (students do not need to have an account for this feature)

district 58 no longer provides direct online access to the textbook, however.... support materials available from main web page interactive review animations and more

Thank you for coming this evening! (This presentation is on the classroom website.)