SS6th WEEK ONE MP I Sept 3
Day One
Tuesday September 3 4th hour
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Attendance seating chart
Name tags to use all week
Procedures sign out
Drills explanation
Discuss Cost of books
Expectation cards RULES/HOPES to do or learn
Time Capsule due after first 5 minutes of class Wednesday
Wednesday Sept 4 Day two
• Thought of the day
• Assign the Thought of the Day… students type
names & HOT HISTORY TOPIC
• 5 minutes for time capsules ~ collect
• Hand out books assign numbers
• Narrow contracts~
• Scavenger Hunt ~ discover your book~ page 18
• What are the 5 themes of geography?
• Why is it important to have geography skills?
• What are ways humans have influences the
environment?
Hot Topic School Menu Hot Dogs 
Fun Facts
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Top Hot Dog Consuming Cities 2012
Top Hot Dog Consuming Cities (by volume)
1. Los Angeles
2. New York
3. Baltimore/Washington
4. Chicago
5. Philadelphia
6. South Carolina
7. Atlanta
8. Detroit
9. Houston
Source: Information Resources Inc.
Based on total retail sales, excluding Wal-Mart, for the 2012
calendar year.
Thought of the Day/ HOT History Topic
• Thursday 5
• Friday 6 Bryce
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Monday 9th Dennis
Tuesday 10th Avery
Wednesday 11th Ansley, Gwenna
Thursday 12th Caleb, Logan
• Friday 13th maddie and Anna
Thursday Sept 5
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Thought of the Day
HOT HISTORY TOPIC
Current Event
Library Rules procedures
COMPLETE BOOK SCAVENGER / SURVEY
Fifty States??? 
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Why is it important to have geography skills?
What are ways humans have influenced the environment?
Friday Sept 6
• Book #s
• What is quality work? Examples…
• Scavenger Hunt due Monday : gone over in class
• Read Chapter One: Flash cards for the
vocabulary in chapter one
• Learn the 5 themes:
• 5 Themes of Geography~ quiz on Monday 
Week 2 6SS
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6th Grade -World Geography and Culture
Ms. Atkinson & Mrs. Seyferth
Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to geography and cultures around the world in alignment with the Michigan Department of Education
sixth grade content expectations, and targets the Common Core standards. Within this course, students will investigate unique aspects of global societies
and gain an understanding of their spatial environment.
Course Outline:
The course will focus on the five themes of geography; location, place, regions, movement and human-environment interaction. We will begin our
exploration by examining our local environment and expand outward to a global perspective, finishing with a culminating project.
Textbook:
Exploring Our World: People, Places, and Culture, 2008.
Materials:
The following materials must be brought every day to class
Three ring binder with dividers and college ruled loose leaf paper used only for this class
Text book
Pencil/pen
6 packs of 3x5 index cards and box to hold them
Student planner/calendar
Optional Items : markers, ruler, highlighters
Requested donations: Poster board, large (poster size) post it notes, page tabs, sticky notes, markers, Clorox Wipes, tissue
Classroom Behavior Expectations:
Just as our nation is founded on individual rights, justice, and checks and balances so too is our classroom. Students will be expected to implore the core
democratic values as citizens within our classroom society. Together we will create a classroom contract that all students will sign and be held
accountable to. Our foundations will be…
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Respect the teacher and classmates right to learn
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Respect the materials, property and space provided
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Carry yourself in respectable manner as determined by the greater good
Monday Sept 9
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Homework Policy:
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Homework that supports and enhances the concepts we are learning within our classroom will be given regularly. It is expected that all students complete homework on time and in an
acceptable manner. Length of time allowed for assignments will vary.
Make-Up Work:
Students with an excused absence will be allowed one day per day absent to complete make-up work.
It is the student’s responsibility to request make up work from the teacher before or after class, and in a timely manner.
Late work is as follows:
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Late one day – reduction of 50%
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Late two days – Zero points
Tardy Policy
Any student who is late ( 3 ) or more times will be assigned SATURDAY SCHOOL by administration. Do not be late to class. An unexcused absent will be issued to any student that is 10 minutes
late to class.
Grading:
My grading is based on a cumulative system. Possible points divided by points earned will determine your grade.
TEST
PROJECTSPARTICIPATIONHOMEWORK100 – 93
92 – 90
89 – 87
86 – 84
83 – 80
79 – 77
76 – 74
73 – 70
69 – 67
66 – 64
63 – 60
59 or Below
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DF
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100 – 150 Points
30 Points (unless otherwise specified)
10- 20 Points (will be awarded at end of marking period)
10 Points (unless otherwise specified)
Pollinate Peace in the World
• The Pollination Project, in partnership with the Institute for Humane
Education, is offering up to 20 grants in fall 2013 for educators to create
projects that support their students in making a positive difference in the
world. The institute is seeking educators who are committed to bringing
forward a just, peaceful and healthy world through projects that directly
promote environmental stewardship, social justice, human rights or animal
protection. Applications will be accepted from any educator, at any level
(preschool through postgraduate), anywhere in the world, with priority
given to educators working in traditionally underserved communities. The
award includes $1,000 from the Pollination Project to launch or expand a
social change project in your school; paid tuition in the Institute for
Humane Education’s six-week online course “Teaching for a Positive
Future” (CEUs available in most states); and peer support from likeminded
educators.
• Deadline: Rolling, through September 22, 2013
• Click Here for More Information
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Monday Sept 9
create index card with…
• name
• date
• hour
•List the 5 themes of geography
Monday Sept 9
• 50 states: memory???
• Survey/Scavenger Hunt
• Chapter One flash cards for all yellow
vocabulary as we go 
• Answer questions page 17 #s 2-5 with complete
sentences. 
Tuesday September 10
• Clear your desk: 
• Begin Chapter One Section 2 Review The Earth in
Space
• Questions 2-6 page 38
• Go over and collect chapter Two. 
• Complete Standardized Test Practice ~ page 40-41
• Questions 1-11/ open book complete sentences collect
end of hour
Wednesday Sept 11
• Attendance & thought of the day
• Outside  5 themes
• Begin Chapter TWO
Tuesday, Wednesday Think
“I am going to
teach a friend the 5 Themes”. Thursday or Friday?
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5 Themes Power Point
Minimum number of slides =6
You may make two or three slides per theme
Always List and define the theme on first slide of
new theme presented
• Use photos, maps, graphs to support and explain
• Make personal folders for saving 1.) Your Name2.) SS6- 3.) 5 Themes
5 Themes using the states
• Slide #1 Opening slide NAME STATE : general
pictures of state
• #2 Location: define… absolute location state’s
capital
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Relative location list and have pictures
• #3. Place: define… what makes it different
use words and pictures
• #4. Movement: define…
• # 5. Region: define…
• # 6. Human Environment Interaction
define…