Transcript Social Studies Warm-Ups

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You will have a warm-up every day.
At the beginning of every week, we will glue in
a weekly warm-up sheet to our interactive
notebooks.
You must write at least three sentences every
day.
You do not have to write the question.
If you are absent, you must write “absent” and
have the teacher initial or you will lose credit
for that day.
These will be checked for a grade at the end
of every week.
Quickly glue in your weekly warm-up
sheet to your Interactive Notebook.
 Write “N/A” in the block for Monday
since we did not do a warm-up
yesterday.
 How would you define the word THEME?
There are 5 THEMES of Social Studies.
What do you think they might be?
 Remember to write at least three
sentences!
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Today’s warm-up: A physical feature is a
landform like a mountain or ocean.
What physical features exist close to
where you live?
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How do you think physical features
(landforms) affect WHY people choose
to live where they live?
 For example, WHY might someone choose to live
near a river (think basic survival needs, not things
like “because rivers are pretty”)
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We talked about the five themes of
Social Studies. Geography was one of
the five themes. There are also five
themes of geography. What do you think
some of these might be? Explain!!!
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If you could live ANYWHERE in the world,
where would you live? Explain why you
would live there.
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Give an example of relative location
and an example of absolute location.
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What do you think of when you think of
an artifact? Give two examples of
artifacts.
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If you could create your own civilization
with no rules (or only the rules you
chose), what would it be like?
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As you are working with your group to
create a civilization, what ideas have
you contributed? What is your favorite
aspect (part) of the civilization that you
have created? Answer both!
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We have been creating our own
civilizations in class. Would you want to
live in the civilization you created? Give
one reason why you would and one
reason why you would not.
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Describe what you think life was like for
the earliest humans. Remember to write
three COMPLETE sentences.
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Imagine that you are an “early human”.
You can pick one tool (from that time
period). What tool would you choose?
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Today is the 13th anniversary of the
terrorist attacks on 9-11-01. What do you
know about the terrorist attacks?
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Yesterday we talked about the
Paleolithic Era and how there were no
real “social classes”. Describe the social
classes in OUR society today in the
United States.
Glue your warm up sheet into your
notebook and add it to the table of
contents.
 How were the lives of early humans
made easier with the ability to make and
control fire? What do we use fire for
today?
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Yesterday we talked about the
Paleolithic Era and the Neolithic Era.
How were they different? Remember to
write three complete sentences!
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Choose three of your vocabulary words
(choose the ones that you think are the
hardest) and use them in a sentence.
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Think about all the things we have today
that early humans did NOT have. If you
had to go back in time and be an “early
human”, what thing would be hardest
for you to live without?
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Today in your clan group activity you are
going to come up with a list of “rules” for
your clan. List a couple rules that you
think are important for your clan to
follow.
What did your group include in your
map?
 Why did you include these things?
 Don’t forget to write three complete
sentences!!
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Do # 1 for today’s warm up.
Do #2 for today’s warm up.
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Tomorrow is our first Social Studies test.
What are three ways that you could
study? List three different ways in three
different sentences.
What do you think is the most important
thing about the Paleolithic Era?
 What do you think is the most important
thing about the Neolithic Era?
 What do you think is most important
about the “Stone Age” (Old & New)?
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Today we are going to start our unit on
Mesopotamia, one of the first actual
civilizations.
 In order to have a civilization, what
things do you think people would have
to settle near in order to survive?
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For the warm up today, draw and color
the pictures on your vocabulary frayer
charts from yesterday.
 On the warm-up sheet, write “drew
pictures for vocab words”.
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What are the five characteristics of a
civilization?
 List them and give one DETAIL for each.
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From what little you know about
Mesopotamia, how do you THINK it was
different than the hunter-gatherer clans
from the Paleolithic Era?
 Remember to write three complete
sentences!
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Write three sentences using three vocab
words.
On Friday we read about the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers and how they both
helped and hurt Mesopotamian farmers.
 How did the floods HELP Mesopotamian
farmers?
 How did the floods HURT Mesopotamian
farmers?
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The first government structure in
Mesopotamia was a small group of
leaders with one chief leader.
 Explain why you think that this did not
work in two sentences.
 What kind of government did they end
up with?
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Describe the Code of Hammurabi.
 Do you agree with his laws?
 Why or why not?
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Last night for homework, you compared
Hammurabi’s code to the modern laws
we have in our country today.
 After doing this, which system do YOU
think is better?
 Why?
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***After watching the skits about
Hammurabi’s Code yesterday, which one
was your favorite? (You can’t pick your
own)
***Why was this one your favorite?
***Give a GOOD reason, other than “it was
funny”.
*** We talked about three inventions from
Mesopotamia on Friday.
***Of the three inventions that we talked
about, which do you think was MOST
important?
***Why?
***Think of three MODERN inventions that
we use today.
***How would your life be different if these
three things did not exist?
***Yesterday we talked about how the
Akkadian Empire was the world’s FIRST
empire.
***What is the difference between an
empire and city-states?
***Which do you think would be better?
Why?
***What was the first MONOTHEISTIC
religion?
***How was it different from the
POLYTHEISTIC religions of the time?
***What two other monotheistic religions
came after (or “sprang up from”) the first
one?
***After talking about Judaism, name two
things that you found MOST interesting.
***What is one question that you have?
***Jews typically do not try to convert
people (convince people to become
Jewish).
***WHY do you think they don’t do this?
***How are Jews different from people who
practice other religions?
***Write three complete sentences!!
***Did you enjoy reading the Epic of
Gilgamesh yesterday?
***Why or why not?
***Tell something about Mesopotamia from
each category.
*Religion:
*Government:
*Economics: (think about artisans and traders)
*Culture:
*Geography:
***What was the most interesting thing you
learned about Mesopotamia?
***What was the least interesting thing you
learned about Mesopotamia?
***Are there any questions about
Mesopotamia that you have?
Monday, October 27th
• Today we are starting our
unit on Ancient Egypt!
• What is ONE thing you
already know about
Ancient Egypt?
• What are TWO things you
would LIKE to know about
Ancient Egypt?
Tuesday, October 28th
• What is one thing that
you learned about the
Nile River yesterday?
• Was there anything in the
video that you already
knew?
• What did you find MOST
interesting in the video?
**If you were not here and did not
see the video, what do you already
know about the Nile River?
***What would you LIKE to know?
Wednesday, October 29th
• Of the vocabulary words
that we learned
yesterday, which one are
you MOST excited to
learn about and why?
• Remember to write three
complete sentences!
Thursday, October 30th
• Explain what each of the
five themes of social
studies MEANS in your
own words.
• Religion:
• Economics:
• Culture:
• Geography:
• Politics/Government:
• They do not have to be
complete sentences.
Monday, November 3rd
• Think about the land
where the
Mesopotamian people
settled.
• What would the people
of Egypt need to settle
near?
• Write THREE complete
sentences!
Tuesday, November 4th
• What were some of the
things the Egyptians
used the Nile River for?
• HOW did they use it for
farming?
• Remember to write three
complete sentences!
Wednesday, November 5th
• What does it mean if
something is “isolated”?
• Egypt was isolated by
natural barriers on all
sides. What were these
barriers?
• How could being
isolated be a good
thing?
Thursday, November 6th
• No warm up today!
• Write “field trip” in
Friday’s box.
• Turn your notebook in to
Mrs. Harmon’s computer
desk.
• Use the next ten minutes
to study for your vocab
quiz!
Friday, November 7th
• Field Trip to Black Dog
Athletics!!
Monday, November 10th
• Add the Weekly Warm
Up sheet to your Table of
Contents and label it
#12
• What were the two large
kingdoms of Egypt?
• Where was each one
located?
• Three complete
sentences!
Tuesday, November 11th
• Veteran’s Day- No
School!
Wednesday, November 12th
• In three complete sentences,
explain the difference
between APPOINTED and
ELECTED.
• Double check that you have
the warm up number, “week
of”, and page number on
your warm up sheet… I am
taking points off if these
things are not there this
week!
Thursday, November 13th
• After reading about several
different Pharaohs from
Ancient Egypt yesterday,
which one were you most
interested in?
• Explain why!!
Friday, November 14th
• Today we are going to talk
about the process of
Mummification!
• Why do you THINK the
Egyptians might have
mummified Pharaohs and
other “elite” members of
their society?
• Three complete
sentences!
Monday, November 17th
• Who did the Ancient
Egyptians believe could
have an afterlife?
• What were they trying to
prevent by mummifying their
Pharaohs?
• What kind of religion did they
practice?
Tuesday, November 18th
• In three complete sentences,
explain why the Nile River
was important to the Ancient
Egyptians.
• How do you think their lives
would have been different
without it?
Wednesday, November 19
• After learning about
important rulers from Egypt,
which one do you think you
would like to do your project
on?
• Why?
• Make sure you have three
complete sentences… do
not start a sentence with
“because”.`
Thursday, November 20th
• Why was living near the
Nile River a good thing?
• Why was the FLOODING
of the Nile River a good
thing?
Friday, November 21st
• How is a bureaucracy
different from a monarchy?
• Does the United States have
either of these types of
government?
• Remember to write three
COMPLETE sentences.
• Make sure you have the
“week of 11/17”, #13, and
the page # at the bottom!!
Monday, December 1st
• Glue your warm-up sheet into
your notebook and label it
“Week of 12/1” and #14
• While working on the project
about Egyptian Pharaohs, what
are three things that you learned
about your Pharaoh that you
didn’t know before?
• Write three complete sentences!
• If you were absent, what are
three things you would LIKE to
learn about your group’s
Pharaoh?
Tuesday, December 2nd
• Today we are going to start
Ancient Greece!
• In three complete sentences,
what are things that you know or
would like to learn about Ancient
Greece.
Wednesday, December 3rd
• What is the difference between
a CITIZEN and someone who lives
in a country but is NOT a citizen?
• Look at the definition of citizen if
you need help.
• Remember to write three
complete sentences!
Thursday, December 4th
• After doing the map of Ancient
Greece yesterday, what do you
notice that is different about the
geography of Ancient Greece
and the geography of Ancient
Egypt.
• Do you notice anything that is
the same?
• If you were absent yesterday,
get my initials and use this time to
do your map.
Friday, December 5th
• Why would trade and interaction
with other areas be a good thing
for the Greeks?
• What was a result of the Greek
city-states being separated from
each other?
• Make sure you have three
complete sentences for every
day, the week #, “Week of 12/1”,
and the page number at the
bottom!!
Monday, December 8th
• Write ‘Week of 12/8”,
“#15”, and add the warmup sheet to your table of
contents. It should be page
48. Make sure that you
label it “48” at the bottom!
• Since Greece had very little
fertile soil, most people
made a living by doing
what things?
• The people who did farm
came up with what
technique to be able to
use the small amount of
land they had?
Tuesday, December 8th
• Yesterday we talked
about four different
types of
government;
Oligarchy, Tyranny,
Monarchy, and
Democracy.
• In three complete
sentences, explain
which one YOU think
is best and WHY!
Wednesday, December 10th
• Yesterday we
learned about
Sparta.
• In three complete
sentences, EXPLAIN
what you found
most interesting.
Monday, December 15th
• Add the warm-up sheet to
your table of contents as p. 53
• Label it “Week of 12/15/14”
and #16
• Don’t forget to write the page
number at the bottom of the
page!
• On Thursday you learned
about Athens. In three
complete sentences, what are
the differences in Athens and
Sparta?
Tuesday, December 16th
• Yesterday we talked about
the DIFFERENCES between
Sparta and Athens.
• What were some of the
SIMILARITIES?
Wednesday, December 17th
• Imagine that you have the
opportunity to travel back in
time and visit either Athens or
Sparta.
• Which would you visit and
WHY?
• Remember to write three
complete sentences!!
Thursday, December 18th
• As you are writing your travel
brochure, what do you think it
would be MOST important for
someone to know if they were
going to travel back in time to
visit?
• Why do you think this is most
important?