Welcome to Mrs.
Dziwura’s P.R.O.B.E.
Social Studies class!
Website (updated daily)
gcps-cindydziwura.onmycalendar.com
E-mail:
cindy_dziwura@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Teaching Experience:
is my 22nd year of teaching; my 15th
year of teaching gifted
 I taught 9 years in Dekalb County
 I am in my 13th year of teaching at Hull
 I also serve as the S.S. Department Chair
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Expectation of Students:
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Utilize agenda every day
All vocabulary quizzes are open note
SPELLING COUNTS!!!! (for vocabulary,
countries, and capitals)
Bring I.N. (Interactive Notebook) to class every
day
Be organized
Work must be of high quality
Effort is key to being successful in class
Review work done in class nightly!
When absent, always check with me to see what
was missed along with checking my website
S.S. Curriculum:
– Eastern World by Holt (accessed
on-line or check a textbook out from me)
 Curriculum sequence: SW Asia, Africa,
Asia
 On-line support: Eclass has entire
textbook
 7th Grade S.S. PROMOTION
REQUIREMENT: passing 4 out 5 classes
– LA & MA are required
 Text
Interactive Notebook
(I.N.)
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be organized exactly as Mrs.
Dziwura’s notebook
 Notebook is graded on the day of the test
– I look for the pages in the notebook that
pertain to that test
Grades
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sure you are checking your parent
portal account
 Grades are updated at midnight after a
teacher enters them that day
 Please let me know if you believe there
was a grade input wrong (i.e 8% instead of
88%)
Political Map Tests:
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Students will be tested over the physical
features and the capitals and countries of SW
Asia, Africa, and Asia when these units are
studied
Helpful websites…
www.maps101.com (username: Gwinnett,
password: media)
www.studystack.com
www.ilike2learn.com
Lizardpoint (you will need to Google the website)
National Current Events League
 Administered
in November, January
February, and March
 No preparation except for watching the
national news on various websites,
television channels and the radio
 I love to show the students student news
through www.cnn.com/studentnews and
www.channelone.com in class (or they can
view at home)