PLEASE FIND A SEAT ANYWHERE. WELCOME TO YOUR 7 TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS!
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P L E A S E F I N D A S E AT A N Y W H E R E .
WELCOME TO YOUR 7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS!
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OBJECTIVE AND CONTENT STANDARDS:
• Objective: Students will be given an introduction in 7th grade Social Studies and begin to analyze the geographical make-up of the world.
• Content Standards: 7 – G1.1.1 Explain and use a variety of maps, globes, and web based geography technology to study the world, including global, interregional, regional, and local scales.
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FIRST THINGS FIRST…
• Let’s start with the syllabus:• This is what details the
expectations of the class.• Many of you already
received this on Open House night.
• I made extra copies for each of you though.• Please don’t write on
them, I’m going to keep using the same ones for every class.
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NOW LET’S LEARN ABOUT YOU…
• How many of you in here are new to Homer this year?• How many of you are new here in the
past 3 years?• How many of you
have gone to school here your
entire life?
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NAME GAME:
• Here’s the deal: I want to learn your names.• I have found the
easiest way to do this is play a simple name game.
• So please listen up and see if we can follow along.
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NOW ONTO ME:
• I grew up in…• I am married to…• I have two
awesome…• My hobbies are…• Any questions for
me?
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LET’S MOVE ONTO OUR FIRST ACTIVITY OF THE YEAR:
• Please have out a pencil.• A piece of scrap or good paper (it doesn’t really
matter).• Here’s what we are going to do:• Please write down five things you can learn from the
picture shown to you.• You have 5 minutes…
• Please write down one question you have about the picture.• You ready?
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WELCOME TO GEOGRAPHY:
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MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU…
• Please try your best to answer the following:• If the continent of Africa has more people than the United
States, why is the United States more lit up?• If China has 3 times more people than the United States,
then why isn’t it 3 times brighter?• Can you find 3 physical landforms on the map?• Which continents seem to be the most technologically
advanced? How do you know?