1. Mr. Hall’s 7th Grade Social Studies
Welcome Back !!!
Mr. Hall’s 7th Grade Social Studies
Please do not touch anything on your desk…. yet

2. Procedures Line up Boys and Girls for two separate lines outside
Your head and eyes will be facing forward
No speaking, laughing, whispering, winking
When told to do so you will enter the classroom and be seated
Retrieve YOUR American Journey textbook from credenza (shelf) on the side of classroom
Annotate the days objective and CW in your agenda on the correct day
Prepare your desk for class
Text
Folder
Agenda
Interactive Notebook
Pencil (NO PENS)

3. Procedures (con’t) Bathroom Usage Silence in the classroom
4 Restrrom breaks/Hall passes per quarter
No agenda – your not leaving class
Do NOT interrupt me for a bathroom break
Silence in the classroom
Teacher says “Ears!”
Class say “open”
Teacher says “Eyes!”
Class says “on you”
When “on you” is said, all movement, talking discussion is done in the classroom.

4. Procedures (con’t) Exit tickets
You will be expected to summarize your learning everyday. More specifically can you demonstrate that you achieved the learning objective

5. Rules
Please raise your hand and be called on to address the teacher or another student
Please keep your unkind words to yourself and focus on building each other up instead of tearing each other down
Come to class prepared
Supplies
Ready to learn
Do not draw in textbooks or Reading Essentials Notebooks
“I don’t know” is not an answer
Lets have fun in this class!!!

6. Weekly Routine Quizzes Bellwork Homework Channel One News 1-2 per week
This can and usually will be a quiz on the lesson from the day before
Homework
Seldom issued but if given you will be expected to turn it in or you will receive a “0” in the grade book
Channel One News
We will watch 2-3 times per week granted the class can contribute intelligently and openly to discussions on current events.

7. This year at a Glance 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter
Geography, U.S History to 1820, & Pre-Civil War
Essential Question(s)
Why did people colonize the new World?
What events led to the American Revolution
What events led to the South’s secession from the Union
2nd Quarter
Civil War and Reconstruction
How did the Civil War affect our country?
How was reconstruction a success and a failure?
How has the Civil War and Reconstruction affected us today?

8. This year at a Glance (con’t)
3rd Quarter
The West and The Industrial Revolution
Essential Question(s)
How did Immigration and the opening of the West affect the country?
How was America changed through the Industrialization and the big Business?
How has the industrialization of our country affected us today?
What were the reasons behind the American Expansion of Power and how did they achieve this expansion of Power?

9. This year at a Glance (con’t)
4th Quarter
WWI to the New Deal
Essential Question(s)
How did WWI contribute to the U.S becoming a World Power and change Americans way of life?
Why did the economic collapse change the United States?
How did Roosevelts New Deal lead to the end of the Depression?

10. Today…
Please write your last name and first initial on the popsicle stick provided with a sharpie
Pass popsicle stick forward
Place collaboration rubric, Costa Thinking levels and marking text information in your binder directly behind pencil pouch (only 1st hour)
Place label on AJ text book and neatly write first name and last initial then write your name and book number on book sheet on front of class
Please bring back SIGNED student information sheet and parent/student statement of understanding NLT Wednesday 8/9 and place in Blue folder (1st graded event!)

11. Lets have an awesome year together
Have Fun
Lets have an awesome year together
Questions??????