students will be active participants instead of a passive observer, experiencing history through...

7th Grade Social Studies

Course Description

Students will be active participants instead of a passive observer, experiencing history through innovative teaching practices that include dramatic role playing, creative simulations, dynamic group projects, and writing from a historical perspective.

What will we cover?

ancient and modern times, or the medieval world:

Grades

60% Tests 20% Projects 10% Classwork (Notes) 10% Homework (Processing Assignment)   There is no Extra Credit in this class!!!

However…any time you score below a 70% on a test you can complete “Test Corrections” to possibly improve your score to a 70%.

Middle School Policy:

No late work, but the 2 lowest homework scores each trimester will be dropped.

A paper or project 1 class period late will receive no higher than 75%, after that 0.

Test corrections can be made for test below a C- to bring a test up to a C- level, test corrections need to be made within 1 week of being returned

Homework and Classwork

Each chapter the students receive an ISN (Interactive Student Notebook)

ISN (Interactive Student Notebook)

Includes:› Chapter notes› Processing Assignment

Applying what you have learned.› Chapter Study Guide

What does class look like?

Each chapter the students receive an ISN (Interactive Student Notebook)› We read the chapter together in class› Take notes together in class› We try to have at least one activity per

chapter.

Chapter Test

Multiple Choice (usually 8 problems)› Example: What did most peasants do for

their lords? Educated children Raised crops Collected taxes Trained soldiers

Fill-in Short Answer

Chapter Test

Multiple Choice (usually 8 problems) Fill-in

› Compare and Contrast the lives of nobles and peasants on a feudal manor.

Short Answer

Chapter Test

Multiple Choice (usually 8 problems) Fill-in Short Answer

› Pretend you are a knight in Medieval Europe. You would like to let your future generations of your family know what life was like on a feudal manor. Write a letter to them.

Is there a BIG project this year?

NO!!!!!

Contact Info:

Phone Number: 650-968-9952 x27 Email: ajohnson@stsimon.org