7th Grade Social Studies

with Mrs. Hiller and the Patos Island Team

·        1^ST Semester......The Middle Ages

·        2^nd Semester)...Washington State History

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This Day in History Link

History Link (Washington State History only)

News Sources:  What is happening in the news this week? Choose your news source and be prepared to share using the five journalistic questions: Where? When? Who? What? Why? How? Add any cause-effect relationships you noticed.

Is there HOMEWORK?  Yes! 

Read the Newspaper. View the news online.  Watch the local news. Track the weather.  Bring in news articles about what's up in Washington.

Watch the news and talk about the concepts covered in class. Ask your child to read the sections covered in class aloud to you.  Discuss the concepts covered and make connections to Bellingham, current issues, and ideas. Watch the effect of the ocean to Washington's climate.

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What's Happening?

Writing a final draft of the Ice Age Floods Summary.  The links for the assignment can be found on KMS S:\Drive\Hiller\History\Lessons\Ice Age Floods.doc. 

Washington State History: Chapter 3: Native People of the Pacific Northwest Compare and Constrast the way of life of the Native People's of the Pacific Northwest

Objectives: 

• Read the chapter to compare the Coastal Indians to the Plateau Indians.
• Collect notes from the chapter for each category in the graphic organizer.
• Explain why geography affected the way of life of the Coastal and Plateau Indians.
• Write a comparison and a constrast paragraph about the two Native groups.
• Follow the writing process to create an answer to an extended response to a question using R.A.V.E. with accurate information from the chapter.

Cool Sites:

Makah Museum

Northwest Indians

Photographs of Native People taken by Edward S. Curtis

PBS Nartive Stories

Totem Poles and their meanings...scroll down until you see the topic Totem Poles and their meaning

Collection Connections-American Indians of the Pacific Northwest

Northwest Coastal Indians

Skills

Take the quiz at SkillsWise Words sit to test your skimming and scanning skills. 

• Scan-to obtain specific information.
• Skim- to obtain the gist, overall sense of a piece of text. Usually used when previewing text before reading to set a purpose and make connections before reading.
• Compare and Contrast
• Support ideas with concrete details followed by elaboration using the elaboration strategies taught in class.
• Follow the R.A.V.E. process when answering  a question.
• Demonstrate understanding of the writing process.
• Write a summary to show understanding of main idea and important supporting details.
• Creating PowerPoint that shows logical and reasoned evidence of decision-making and problem-solving skills within a research group task.
• Identifying a main idea of a paragraph and a section.
• Determine important details.
• Reading a text book to scan for specific information.
• Using context clues to understand the meaning of a word.
• Understanding cause and effect relationships.
• Writing a response to a question that contains sufficient concrete details to answer the question and elaborations, using a variety of elaboration strategies.
• Analyzes the text to identify main idea, concreted detail and elaboration/commentary.

Concept(s)

Geography effects the land and people of Washington State.

Geography effects the way of life of the people.

Because Washington has a varied and diverse geography it creates opportunity for different lifestyles and ways of life.

Questions for Extended Response

1. What were the positive and negative aspecgs of the Indians people's acquisttion of the hourse?  Think aof a modern item that affects people's lives today in both positive and negative ways.  Would you give up using the item becuse of the negative impact?
2. Compare the ways the Native American people lived off the land withour use of natural resources today.  How are they alike? HOw are they different? Which lifestyle appelas most to you and why?
3. How did living near the Pacific Ocean influenc the lifestyle of the Coastal Indians?  Give three examples and explain its effect.
4. Explain why the river system was the most important geographical feature to the lifestyle of the Plateau people.  Give three reasons and explain why.

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Social Studies Links

PowerPointGuidelines PowerPointGuidelines: Rules of the Road NetSmartKids Research and Study Tools Washington State History Links Middle Ages History Links News Sources Picture of the Day Writing and Reading Links Maps Class Projects

District On-line Research Projects Kennewick Man Washington’s Best Vacation Path to Peace: Tumult in the Middle East

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Where in Washington...Great Washington Site

This project has three parts.  In Part 1 students will develop a background knowledge about geography and research skills focused around a research question by learning about Bellingham.  Students will use the research tools, resources, graphic organizers and develop a concept of geography.  Part 2 will be to research a location in the state and prepare a Where in Washington presentation.  With the help of the district's technology department and current equipment, students may have opportunity to video conference Where is Washington challenging Mr. Beymer's students.  Mrs. Hiller is also investigating a video conference with another 7th grade classroom at either or both Fairhaven and Shuksan as Part 3.

Project Description

Steps

Resources

Past Projects

Timeline Assignment: Timeline Assignment Directions (intranet connection only)

Assignment Links:

· PBS Islam: Empire of Faith Timeline

· PBS Islam: Empire of Faith Muhammad Profile

· Timeline of Muhammad’s Life

· HyperHistory Interactive Timeline

· Metropolitian Museum Historic Timeline

· How to Make a Timeline

· Ehistory Timeline

· Islamic Timeline

· Muslim Interactive Heritage Timeline

SAMPLE electronic TIMELINE of Muhammad with extra feature of pop-up comments made by Matt L. of Block 1.

· The Castle, Manor, Town and the role of each

· Coat of Arms The very best collection of links, examples, and requirements.

Making a Coat-of-Arms. Very detailed information.

Easy directions for making a coat of arms

Find a template on the school’s S\:Drive\Hiller\Coat of Arms template

Examples of Coat of Arms Click on the ABCs and see examples