Monday:

Begin chapter 23  Africa South of the Sahara

Complete vocabulary

Tuesday:  Field Day

Wednesday – Thursday:  Complete chapter 23.

Friday: Last Day of School!!!

Social Studies week of 5/12/08

Monday: Begin “World Leaders”

assignment.

Tuesday:

Complete “World Leaders” assignment.

Wednesday: Read ch. 21 L3

Discuss review questions.

Social Studies: Week of 4/28/08
Monday: Begin chapter 20
Tuesday:
Chapter 20 discuss Lesson 1.
Wednesday:
Spanish
Thursday:
Guidance
Friday:
Continue Chapter 20 lesson 2, 3
Lesson Plans week of 4/14/08

Monday: T-Cap review

Tuesday-Friday: T-Cap Testing

Social Studies: Week of 3/31/08
Monday:
Read and discuss Ch 12. Lesson 1 and 2
Complete Activity Pages
Tuesday:
Read and discuss Ch. 12 Lesson 3 and 4
Complete Activity Pages
Wednesday: Ch 12. Vocabulary Due
Spanish
Thursday:
Guidance
Friday:
Complete Chapter 12
Social Studies: Week of 3/24/08

Monday:
Read Ch. 11 Lesson 3
Tuesday:
Complete Silk Route Project
Wednesday:
Read and discuss Ch. 12. L1
Thursday:
Complete L1 project
Friday:
Read and discuss Ch. 12. L2
Lesson Plans week of 3/10/08
Social Studies
Monday:
Read and discuss ch. 11 Lesson 1
Complete Activity pages.
Tuesday:
Read and discuss ch. 11 Lesson 2
Complete activity
Wednesday:
Spanish
Thursday:
Guidance
Friday:
Study Island – Computer Lab

Lesson Plans week of 3/10/08
Social Studies
Monday:
Read and discuss ch. 11 Lesson 1
Complete Activity pages.
Tuesday:
Read and discuss ch. 11 Lesson 2
Complete activity
Wednesday:
Spanish
Thursday:
Guidance
Friday:
Obj: Use scales to read maps.
Social Studies week of 2/25/08
Monday:
Ch 10. L2 read and discuss
Tuesday:
Ch. 10. L3
Wednesday:
Spanish
Thursday:
Guidance
Friday:
Quiz Chapter 10 (vocabulary and chapter)

Social Studies week of 1/28/08
Monday:
Chapter 8 Lesson 2.
Read and discuss.
Tuesday:
Chapter 8 Lesson 3
Read and discuss

Wednesday:
Spanish class/Mrs. Smith
Thursday:
Guidance/ Ms. Willingham
Friday:
Chapter 8 Lesson 4.

Social Studies:
Monday:
Quiz: Silk Route.
Begin vocabulary review.
Social Studies week of 1/7/08

Monday:

Spi: 6.2.1

Recognize an example of a barter economy.

Tuesday:
Spi: 6.2.2
Obj: Identify major trade routes including the Silk Route.
Draw a map of the route p. 164, 165
Read and discuss The Silk Route p. 382
Social Studies week of 12/17/07
Monday:
Review Chapters 1-2
Tuesday:
Review Chapters 3-4
Wednesday:
Review Chapters 5-6
Thursday:
Holiday Party

Social Studies 12/10/07
Monday:
Read and discuss Ch.7/L1
Complete Show What You Know p. 233
Tuesday:
Read and discuss Ch.7/L2
Complete Activity Pages for lesson 1 and lesson 2

Wednesday:
Read and discuss Ch. 7/L3
Complete Activity Pages
Thursday:
Study Island
Friday:
Social Studies 12/03/07
Monday:
-Read and discuss Chapter 6, L3 in class.
-Complete L3 activity pages.
Tuesday:
-Read and discuss Chapter 6, L4
-Complete activity pages.
Wednesday:
-Vocabulary quiz Chapter 6
-GUIDANCE/Ms. Willingham
Thursday:
Review for Chapter Test
Friday:
Chapter 6 test.

Social Studies week of 11/26/07
Monday:
Obj: How does the movement of people into an area
Affect those already there?
-Complete Chapter 6 vocabulary (Lessons 1-4)
-If time allows read lesson 1.
Tuesday:
-Read lesson 1 together in class.
-Complete activity pages lesson 1.
Wednesday:
-Draw Path of Buddhism page 195.
Guidance/Ms. Willingham.
Thursday:
-Complete Use a Cultural Map p.196, 197
Friday:
Read “Two Fables” and complete Review.
-Write a Fable about a quality that is important to you.
Social Studies: Week of 11/19/07
Monday:
Complete Egypt project.
p. 132 “Write More About It”
Tuesday:
Complete Egypt worksheet.
Wednesday-Friday: NO SCHOOL

Social Studies week of 11/13/07
Monday: Veteran’s Day
Tuesday:
Egypt Project:
Assign sections of project to groups.
Wednesday:
Continue Project.
Thursday:
Complete Project.
Friday:
Review test on Egypt.
Lesson Plans week of 11/5/07
Social Studies
Monday:
Obj: What ideas first arose during the Zhou
Dynasty and still define Chinese civilization.
-Read Shi Huangdi’s Tomb.
-Read and discuss CH. 5 L1
-Complete lesson review.
-Activity pages.
Tuesday:
Obj: Discuss the way the ruler of Qin united
people and created the first Chinese empire.
-Read and discuss Ch. 5 L2.
-Complete Poster Actvity.
Wednesday:
Finish Poster Activity
GUIDANCE
Thursday:
Obj: Think about the achievements that made the
years of Han rule an outstanding times of achievement.
-Read and discuss L 3
-Complete activity pages.
Friday:

Social Studies week of 10/29/07

Monday:

Review Chapter 4 lesson 3

Complete workbook pages for lesson 1,2,3
Tuesday:

Vocabulary quiz – Chapter 4

Draw and label elevation map.

Wedneday:

Complete unit 2 review p.160.

Read “Shi Huangdi’s Tomb” p.166-169

Thursday:

Complete CH 5 L1 voacabuary.

Read and discuss L1.

Friday:

Complete CH 5 L2 and L3 vocabulary on index cards.

Read lesson 2 independently.

Complete Poster Activity on page 181.

Social Studies week of 10/22/07

MONDAY-Chap 4 CIVILIZATION in the VALLEY pg 135 complete the review questions and the vocabulary 6.5
TUESDAY-complete the Diary Activity pg 139 pretending you are an archaeologist exploring the ruins of an ancient civilization–illustrate your diary 6.5
WEDNESDAY-study the early Chinese civilization in lesson 2 pg140-write an essay on China’s culture-HOMEWORK-essay due Thurs 6.1
THURSDAY-compare and contrast using a Venn diagram the Shang and the Xia dynasties 6.1
FRIDAY-map skill–reading an elevation map pgs146-147 6.3

Lesson Plans week of 10-15-07
Social Studies
Monday:
Obj: Learn history through literature.
Read and discuss “His Majesty- Queen Hatshepsut”
-Complete Literature Review
-Complete Lesson 4 vocabulary.
Tuesday:
Obj: Look for ways that the peoples of Nubia and the people of Egypt influenced each other.
-Read and discuss Lesson 4.
-Draw the time line on page 128.
Wednesday:
Obj: Read and discuss p. 130 Nubia or Egypt?
“Compare viewpoints”
Thursday:

Lesson Plans week of 10/08/07
Social Studies
Monday/Tuesday: FALL BREAK
Wednesday:
Spi: 6.2.3, 4
Obj: Discuss how people today might be affected by their physical
Environment.
1. Complete vocabulary exercise for lesson 1.
2. Read and discuss Chapter 3, lesson 1.
Thursday:
Spi: 6.2.3, 4
Obj: Illustrate the double crown of unified Egypt. Why do you think the crowns of Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt were combined?
- Complete vocabulary exercise for Chapter 3, lesson 2.
Friday:
Spi: 6.2.3, 4
Obj: What causes some societies to change over time and others to stay the same?
- Read and discuss Chapter 3, lesson 2.
- Draw and diagram Egypt’s Social Pyramid.

Lesson Plans Social Studies: Week of 10/01/07
Monday:
Obj: Review basic social studies terms, and skills.
Complete matching worksheet for review.

TUESDAY:
Obj: Follow routes on a Map.
WEDNESDAY:
Guidance
THURSDAY:
Review Chapter 2 vocabulary.
FRIDAY:
Vocabulary Test
Chapter 2 review.

LESSON PLANS WEEK OF 9/24/07

SOCIAL STUDIES
Monday:
Review Time Line worksheet/
make corrections.
Present Time Line Projects.
Tuesday: Map Exercise/practice.
Wednesday:
Chapter 2, lesson 3
Obj: Discuss how Israelites, Phoenicians, and
Lydians contributed to change long ago.
Complete Vocabulary exercise Lesson 2 and 3.
Thursday:
Read and discuss lesson 3.
Complete p.89 Speech Activity.
Friday:
Complete Map and Globe skills page 90.
Lesson Plans week of 9/17/07
Social Studies:
**Poster and research due on Tuesday for Parallel Time Line Project. Please do not complete this project at home. We will be completing it in class. Students brought home a green sheet explaining the project. Please don’t forget to sign the bottom of the sheet.
Monday:
Obj: Use and analyze a Parallel Time Line.
p. 60/61 Complete Think and Apply.
Tuesday:
Introduce Chapter 2 and vocabulary Lesson 1. Complete vocabulary exercise.
Wednesday:
Obj: Begin Parallel Time Line Project.
Guidance at 3:30.
Thursday:
Complete Parallel Time Line Project.
Friday:
Ch. 2 Lesson 2
Obj: Discuss how early civilizations protected themselves and kept order within their societies.

Lesson Plans week of 9/10/07
Social Studies:
Monday:
TSW view the film “Walking with Cavemen”.
Film will be followed by class discussion and a written
assignment.
Tuesday: Spi: 6.4.1
Obj: Classify causes and effects of conflict in the Fertile Crescent.
Introduce chapter 2.
Wednesday: Spi: 6.4.3
Obj: Analyze how Hammurabi promoted cooperation within his empire.
Review code, and discuss how laws compare to today’s laws.
Thursday:
Complete chapter 2 vocabulary.
Focus: Why do people today try new ways of doing things?
Obj: Discuss the new lifeways developed by societies living in ancient Mesopotamia.
Friday:
Obj: Prepare and describe a news story that describes an important event that might have happened in Sumer when an innovation was introduced.
Students will share their news stories.

Lesson Plans week of 9/4/07
Social Studies
Tuesday:
Chapter 1 Lesson 2
Spi: 6.2.3, 6.4.2, 6.5.1, 6.5.2
Obj: How does change affect your life today?
Wednesday:
Chapter 1 Lesson 3
Skara Brae
Thursday:
Review for Test Chapter 1
Friday:
Test: Chapter 1

Lesson Plans week of 8/27/07
Social Studies

Monday:
Obj: Understanding the setting of a story in Social Studies.
Read and discuss pages 35-37.
What are the five themes of Geography?
Make a foldable and define and draw a picture for each theme.
Tuesday:
Obj: Read and interpret a Map.
Read and discuss pages 38-40.
Complete p.40 (1-8) Complete Think and Apply.
Wednesday:
Unit 1 Early People and Lifeways
Set the Scene with Literature: Boy of the Painted Cave
Read and discuss. Make a cave painting.
Thursday:
Obj: Discuss why early people lived and worked in groups.
Define and illustrate lesson vocabulary.
Read lesson 1.
HW: Finish vocabulary.
Friday:
Lesson 1 Review
Complete Review questions.

Week of 8/20/07 SOCIAL STUDIES (period 5)

Monday: Geography Terms
Obj: Draw and Label the Atlas on page A20.

Tuesday: The Themes of Social Studies
Obj: Read and discuss pages 22-25.
Take notes using a graphic organizer.
Students will work in groups to create
posters depicting the Themes of Social Studies.

Wednesday:
Obj: Students will continue working on posters.

Thursday:
Obj: Read Social Studies
Read and discuss pages 26-29

Friday: Presentation of Themes
of Social Studies posters.