Outline of student Activities for Social Studies: 1 starting on August 31, 2012
With Mr. Andrews
 Outline of Social Studies: 1 Lesson Activities
o Finish Packet
o Review Packet
o Discussion
 9/4/2012
1. Review Packet
2. Hand out Class Materials
3. Homework Folder
4. Portfolio Folder
5. Elections and Voting Notes
 Current Event Article and Summary
1. Article
2. Source
3. Title
4. Author
5. Date
6. Summary:
 Introduction
 Body
 Conclusion
 9/10/2012
1. Packet for the week of 9/10/2012-9/14/2012
2. Reminder
 Student Achievement / Current Event Article Summary Due: Friday 9/10/12
 Packet for the week is Due 9/17/2012
 9/11/2012
o Remember : September 11, 2001
o Handout: Read to class “The War on Terror”
o Thoughts and Discussion
o Write thoughts in Journal
o Packet 9/11 Extra Credit
 Due: 9/13/2012
o Finish Pre-Assessment
 US-History Pre Assessment for (SGM)
 Due: Friday 9/14/2012
 9/12/2012
o Hand out and Review upcoming notes for the week
o Work on Packet 9/10 – 9/14 in class
 Due : Monday, September 17, 2012
 Finish Current Event Article Summary Due: September 14, 2012
 Finish Extra Credit Packet ((9-11 Search Dogs)) Due: 9/14/2012
Outline of student Activities for Social Studies: 1 starting on August 31, 2012
With Mr. Andrews
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Highlight or Underline passage or important vocabulary found within reading for
reading awareness strategy
 This is something that is to be done with all packets and is a
requirement
9/13/2012 Class Communication Questionnaire and Contact Information
Thank you for the helpful information
9/14/2012 Collect Items that are Due: Student / Teacher Q&A / Finish any loose ends
o Current Event Article Summary
o Student Achievement Form
o Any packets that are finished
o Question / Contact Form from Parents
o Extra Credit ((9/11 Rescue Dog))
o Read Notebooks to see if any information has been documented
9/17/2012 CONSTITUTION DAY
o Cooperative Activity where check each other’s packets for the correct answer on packet
o Constitution Day Review Activity and Discussion
 Federal Government established
 Bill of Rights: Thomas Jefferson
 Laws that Govern the Land
 Living Document
 Amendments: where there are now 27
 Interpretations
9/18/2012
o Handed out New Packets and Assignments for the week
o Walk through on how to navigate web site for resource in class
 Go to www.cacsk12.org
 Tab Faculty Staff
o Teacher Web Sites
o Andrews, Michael
 Social Studies Intervention
 Social Studies: 1 Folder
 Worksheets / Notes
 Assignments and Upcoming topics
 Notes
 Vocabulary
 Templates for Weekly Assignments
Vocabulary Discussion
Q/A Review for Assessment
9/21/2012 Assessment Cooperative Review Activity
o Station: 1 Check Answers to packet 9/10 – 9/14 with partner
Outline of student Activities for Social Studies: 1 starting on August 31, 2012
With Mr. Andrews
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Station: 2 Look and See if underlined information matches with rubric and add if needed
for vocabulary and important information in text of packets
o Station 3: Partner to quiz by checking vocabulary and making sure answers were correct
from firs class assessment over election and voting
o Station 4 / 5: Check Responsible Citizen Packet, and Voting answers and Highlighted
text from the week
o Station 6: Look at test and see if there is anything that you should study for Monday
Study for Pre-Assessment Citizen, Voting, Candidates, Procedure, and Responsibilities
9/24/2012
o Pre –Assessment
 Class period to take the Test
o If students finish early they will work on CEAS or Student Achievement
9/25/2012
o Worked on Vocabulary
o Passed back test for students to work with other students using a cooperative activity to
find the answers with students who answered the questions correctly.
 Students were to discuss what was written in the question that directed them to
the correct answer.
o Extra Credit if student completed number missed to the number of vocabulary to
complete.
9/26/2012
o Discussion on what students found helped get questions correct on test through key
words in text.
o Question & Answer session Discussion 5 minutes
o Review: Election Process
9/27/2012
o Last day for Review
 Vocabulary
 Ideas and forming opinions
 Reminder that Current Event Article Summary and Achievement Rubric
o Study ideas and reminder to check website
9/28/2012
o Student Growth test from Intervention during the week.
o Collect CEAS and AR
10/1/2012
o Introduction
 Journal: What is a timeline in your own words?
 Introduction to what we will be working on for the next month
 Starting with Columbus we will focus on Government and the beginning of our
Constitution through the 27th Amendment with a description that describes
each event.
Outline of student Activities for Social Studies: 1 starting on August 31, 2012
With Mr. Andrews
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Students will form opinions and conclusions of what they think will
happen
Students will build an understanding of how time has evolved since the
beginning of the original Constitution to how Amendments have shaped
today’s laws and society
 Continue 10/2/2012
 Conclude with the Introduction with Articles of Confederation and Declaration of Independence
with a focus of Government and Change from one to another.
 10/5/2012
o Main Contributors to the ideas, writings, and signers of the Constitution.
 10/8/2012
o Conclude with Contributors
o Point of View…
 10/9/2012
o Begin Breaking down the Constitution
 Preamble
 What it said
 Main points of view
o 10/10/2012
 Articles
 1-7
 What each said
 Explain with importance
 Checks and Balances
 The outline of our governmental make up
o Worksheet
o Review
o 10/12/2012
 Amendments
 What do they do
o 10/15/2012
 First ten are the Bill of Rights
 Federalists vs Anti Federalists
o What Each Amendment in Bill of Rights focused on
o Have Students learn each of the first 10 Amendments
o 10/17/2012
 Continue Amendments