Trimester 1

 

Week #1

Monday-  Class Procedures, Tools for Study in Social Studies (Notebook Week #1- Page 1)

Tuesday- Personal Timeline (Notebook- Page 2), CN Tools for Study (continued, Early Maps Handout (Page 3)

Wednesday- Mapping a Lower School Building using TLDOGSS (page 4)

Thursday- CN on Early Civilizations/Mapping Early Civilizations (page 5),

Friday- Archaeology Activity (page 6) Notebook Week #1 due

 

Week #2

US President Obama's speech to the youth of America 

Tuesday- Introduction to Japan (page 1), Map of Japan (page 2) 

Wednesday- Japan Today, Pen a Journal Entry (page 3) Topic- Imagine that you are on a hike in the Japanese Alps.  Write a journal entry that describes your experiences in these mountains.  Include such things as sights, weather, vegetation and wildlife.  Use Google Images for inspiration-search Japanese Alps.

Thursday- Illustrated Japanese History Timeline (page 4), Vocabulary- Japanese History (page 5)

Friday- September 11 Commemorative Lesson

 

Week #3

Monday-  Japanese History Timeline Project- Illustrated Timeline (due Friday 9/18)

Tuesday- Graphic Organizer- The Influences of Neighboring Countries on Japan (page 1)

Wednesday- Shinto and Buddhism (page 2)/ Describe Nara-Japan's first capital city and a shrine, temple or pagoda that you would find located in Nara.  Include a sketch, if desired (page 3)

Thursday- Intoduction to Japan's Classical Period- Heian-Kyo

Friday- LIving History-"Heian Days"

 

Week #4

Monday- Review notes- Early Japan (page 4)  Use notebooks from Weeks 2 and 3 to prepare.

Tuesday- Test #1- Early Japan/ After test- Japanese Literature The Pillow Book-Write 3 entries (page 5)

Wednesday- Heirarchy of Heian and Samurai Period/ Samurai Wanted- Advertisement (page 6)

Thursday- Feudal Japan (continued) - Code of Bushido/Meditation

Friday- Japanese Tea Ceremony/Notebooks Weeks #3 and #4 due today

Week #5

Monday- Bushido and Zaibatzu (page 1) (Use www.japandiscovery.com to define terms)

Tuesday- Japan Modernizes (page 2)

Wednesday- Japan Modernizes (page 2 continued)

Thursday-  No SS  HW:  Google search: Ensign Takeo Yoshikawa and take notes on his role in WWII

Friday- Japanese Involvement in World War II (page 3) Hiroshima DVD (part 1) in preparation for Atomic Bomb Debate

        Atomic Bomb Debate- Thursday, October 8

 

Week #6

Monday- Hiroshima DVD

Tuesday- Hiroshima DVD-Aftermath/Atomic Bomb Debate Instructions

Wednesday- Atomic Bomb Debate Research and Preparation/Get GRS signed

Thursday- Atomic Bomb Debate

Friday- Student Holiday

 

Week #7

Monday- School Holiday - Columbus Day

Tuesday- Debate Review/US Occupation of Japan (page 4)/Compare and Contrast US vs. Japanese Autos (page 5) 

ABSENT STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS FOR SS TUESDAY:  Using the internet, write a brief paragraph about the US Occupation of Japan (page 4)/Compare the Japanese made Toyota Sienna with the US made Dodge Caravan for price, quality, safety, comfort and gas milage.  Which one would you choose? Also, research Minamata Disease and write a paragraph about the cause and effect of this disease in Japan. (page 5) 

Wednesday- Japan Today/Using notecards for research and citing sources using MLA format (page 6)

ABSENT STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS FOR SS WEDNESDAY:  Use the internet to access www.japantoday.com (an online newspaper).  Find 3 news articles relating to Japan to summarize.  Answer Who? What? When? Where? Why? for each article. (page 6)

Thursday- No SS/ Service Learning- Perspectives on Poverty

Friday- Field Trip to Urban Ministries

 

Week #8

Monday-  North and South Korea-Venn Diagram (page 1)

Tuesday- Introduction to China- "China Revealed " DVD (page 2)

Wednesday-  Introduction to China "China Revealed " DVD (page 2 continued)

Thursday-  7th Grade Overnight Field Trip

Friday- 7th Grade Overnight Field Trip

 

Week #9

Monday-  China Today Group Research and Reports

Tuesday- Geography of China Research/Map of China (page 3)

Wednesday- Reflection: The Perfect Country (page 4)/ Outline Notes:  China Since 1949 (page 5)

Thursday- Portfolio Project Introduction/ Propaganda in China

Friday- No SS class- Individual Research- Chairman Mao and Deng Xiaoping (page 6) 

Week #10

Monday- Outline Notes: China Since 1949 (page 5 continued)/Portfolio Project Preparation/Hand in Notebooks

Tuesday- Portfolio Research- Propaganda Topic Ideas

Wednesday- Examples of Propaganda and Persuasion-North Korea and "The Story of Stuff"

Thursday- Portfolio Project Research

Friday- No SS Class-Review for Test/ Portfolio Project

 

Week #11

Monday- Test Review/Portfolio Project Research-The Power of Persuasion

Tuesday- Power of Persuasion Research/Test Review

Wednesday- Test on China covering Notebooks #8 and 9

Thursday- Propaganda Poster Preparation

Friday- Service Field Trip/ Propaganda Poster due Monday, 11/16

 

Information for the back of your Propaganda Poster (due Monday, 11/16)

- List the propaganda technique(s) you used in your poster (ex. bandwagon, fear, glittering generalities)

- List the web addresses for 3 online sources you used in your research.

- Identify the sponsor of each of the 3 online sources you used.  (Example:  www.nra.org = National Rifle Association, a United States non profit organization started in 1871 whose members are committed to training, education and marksmanship of firearms.)

   *** If you cannot find the sponsor, write "Sponsor Unknown" in that space.

 

Week #12

Monday- Presentation of Propaganda Posters

Tuesday- China Today-Tibet/ Portfolio Preparation

Wednesday- Guest Speaker- Mr. Helfrich on Tibet

Thursday- Prayer Flags/China Today- Human Rights Issues

Friday- China Today- One Child Policy

 

Week #13

Monday- China's Human Rights Issues/One Child Policy and Population

Tuesday- 5 Things We Can Learn from China/Chinese culture today

Wednesday- School Holiday

Thursday-  School Holiday

Friday-  School Holiday

*** Over the holidays, try to keep up with interesting current events occurring in China and/or Japan.

                                              Have a nice Thanksgiving break!