Sunday, October 25, 2009

Final Week of Trimester 1

Hello 7th Grade Social Studies!

This week we will be wrapping up CHINA (Ch. 7).

Students will have a chapter test on Monday/Tuesday (depending upon how far along your class is).

The remainder of the week will be designed around projects and introducing your HISTORY DAY information.

To be helpful and to reward students for checking the website, here are some questions you'll probably get asked this week on your test!

...you've got to find the answers!

  • List the correct order of the Chinese dynasties (old to new)..there are 3!
  • During the Period of Disunion, what often happened when different cultures came into contact with each other?
  • Why did so many people turn to Buddhism in the Period of Disunion?
  • The capital of the Tang dynasty and the largest city in the world at the time was?
  • The Grand Canal was built primarily for what reason?
  • Why did the Chinese keep the silk and porcelain making processes secret?
  • In what way do Confucianism and Buddhism differ?
  • Confucius taught that people should follow two basic principles in their lives. What are the two principles?
  • How did Neo-Confucianism differ from Confucianism?
  • What effect did having a bureaucracy of scholar-officials have on the Song dynasty?
  • What did Europeans learn from Marco Polo?
  • What was the primary result of Zheng He’s voyages?
  • Why was the Great Wall built?
  • What leader ruled over the largest empire in world history?
  • What effect did the policy of isolation have on China?

Saturday, October 17, 2009

CHINA: Ch. 7 Sections 3 & 4

Homework for this week is:
  1. Read pages 176-186
  2. Answer page 179 (1-2)
  3. Answer page 186 (1-2)
  4. Q/Ws

Extra Credit:

Watch this short film and write 7 important facts :)



Weekly Overview:

Monday: 7.3 Intro
Tuesday: 7.3 Overview/Review
Wednesday: 7.4 Intro
Thursday: Quiz Show
Friday: Collect H/W and Ch. 7 Test

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
You've found me
!

Keep reading for the released test questions for this Friday :)
Remember, you can take notes and use them on your exam....but no books!!!

Mr. S.

Many of Ch. 7's Test Questions...you've got to find the answers!

  • List the correct order of the Chinese dynasties (old to new)..there are 3!
  • During the Period of Disunion, what often happened when different cultures came into contact with each other?
  • Why did so many people turn to Buddhism in the Period of Disunion?
  • The capital of the Tang dynasty and the largest city in the world at the time was?
  • The Grand Canal was built primarily for what reason?
  • Why did the Chinese keep the silk and porcelain making processes secret?
  • In what way do Confucianism and Buddhism differ?
  • Confucius taught that people should follow two basic principles in their lives. What are the two principles?
  • How did Neo-Confucianism differ from Confucianism?
  • What effect did having a bureaucracy of scholar-officials have on the Song dynasty?
  • What did Europeans learn from Marco Polo?
  • What was the primary result of Zheng He’s voyages?
  • Why was the Great Wall built?
  • What leader ruled over the largest empire in world history?
  • What effect did the policy of isolation have on China?

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Chapter 7

Welcome to China!!!

This week's homework WILL BE COMPLETED IN CLASS!!!:
  1. Read pages 166-175
  2. Answer page 175 (1-3) --Section 2
  3. Answer page 169 (1-3) --Section 1
  4. Q/Ws
The quick weekly overview

Monday
  • Copy Homework
  • Q/W 7.1
  • Vocab 7.1
  • Sui/Tang/Song Dynasty Discussion/Notes
  • Closure
Tuesday
  • Q/W (7.1 review)
  • Review key terms
  • Buddhism Activity
  • Vocab Builder/Practice Quiz
  • Closure
Wednesday
  • Q/W 7.2
  • Flip Book/Hanging Boxes Activity
  • Closure
Thursday
  • Ch. 7 Section 2 Builder (vocab) & Quiz
  • Continue Projects
  • Closure
Friday
  • Collect Homework
  • Review CHINA Vocabulary with a GAME!!!
The Boring/Legal Stuff

  • Ch. 7 CHINA covers ancient China from 589-c. 1450.
  • We will learn about HSS 7.3 (7.3.1, 7.3.2, & 7.3.5)
  • We will also supplement our learning by covering the following additional standards:
    -HI 6 (Analysis Skills)
    -ELA 7.2.0 (Writing) & 7.2.0 (Reading)

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Ch 6: Sections 3 & 4 (TEST WEEK)

PARENTS/GUARDIANS!!!!

Progress Reports will go out Tuesday!!!!



Chapter 6 Sections 3 & 4

This week students will discover
CA Standards
7.4.4 & 7.4.5

The Section 3 Info Is:

Objectives
Students will learn that …

1. The Songhai built a new empire in West Africa.

2. Askia the Great ruled Songhai as an Islamic empire.

3. Songhai fell to Moroccan invaders, ending the great era of West African empires.

Vocabulary

  1. Sunni Ali
  2. Askia the Great
The Section 4 Info Is:

Objectives
Students will learn that …

1. Storytellers helped maintain the oral history of the cultures of West Africa.

2. Visitors to West Africa from other lands wrote histories and descriptions of what they saw there.

3. Traditionally, West Africans have valued the arts

Vocabulary

  1. oral history
  2. griots
  3. proverbs
  4. kente

This Week's Homework
  1. Read Pages 142-151
  2. Complete Page 146 (1-3)
  3. Complete Page 151 (1-3)
  4. Turn in Q/W's
  5. Signed Progress Report
Weekly Overview

MONDAY
-Section 3 Q/W
-Section 3 Vocabulary
-Overview of Questions

TUESDAY
-Vocabulary Builder 6.3
-6.3 Quiz
-Review Quiz Responses
-Closure

WEDNESDAY
-Q/W 6.4
-6.4 Vocabulary
-Value Arts Projects (in class only)
--Sculpture/Masks/Music--

THURSDAY
-Quiz Sections Practice
-Quiz Show

FRIDAY
-Chapter 6 TEST
*Closed Book!!!