Transcript open-house-ppt-2015

Welcome to 7th Grade Social Studies!
The Eastern Hemisphere
Mr. Corbett
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Area of Study: The Eastern
Hemisphere
Geography Review
The Middle East
Africa
Asia
Just like in 6th grade—
each unit will include
physical geography,
culture, history,
government, and
economics along with
application of material to
present times (less focus
on GOV/ECON if you
prove that you remember
what you learned last
year).
• Goals: Writing through
the curriculum
(preparation for Honors
and AP courses);
Exceeding standards on
standardized testing
• Current Events
discussions (Student News
is a great conversation
starter for this)
• Stock Market Game
• Global Awareness
• Art/S.S. connection
Physical Geography
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Basic map and globe skills
Map quizzes
Global Awareness
Physical and Human geography
Download TapQuiz if you have
IOS devices
• Use Lizardpoint or Sheppard
Software (links on our blogs &
handout) if you prefer
• Bookmark the CIA World
Factbook page on your
computer (online atlas) or
download from IOS
The Middle East
• Geography, culture,
history, religions
• Historic conflicts
• Oil/Economics
• Common
misconceptions
• Current conflicts
• Model UN-type
debates/activities
Africa
• History, culture,
geography
• Change/ Progress
• Colonialism and its impact
• We will work in groups to
build our own empires
• 4 unique regions:
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North Africa
Eastern/Central Africa
West Africa
Southern Africa
Asia
• Geography
• Focus on India & Pakistan,
China, Japan, North and South
Korea, Vietnam
• Spotlight on famous historic
world leaders from Asia
• We end the year with a big
modern history unit—20th
Century US/Asian relations
• Pacific Theater WW11, Korean
War, Vietnam War, modern
issues (pollution, population,
policies)
Writing Through the
Curriculum…
• SAT/ACT
• College entrance exams
• Preparation for high school
honors or AP history courses
• Life skill 
• Application of language
arts/writing skills to a given
area of study to encourage
future success
• Expect written responses/essay
questions on just about every
test
Stock Market Game
• Students will compete against their
classmates along with other students across
the state of Georgia in the grades 7-12
category.
• Begins the first week of October
• Application of economic terms in realworld situations
• Social Studies/Math/Business Connection
• Fun game with possible prizes!
The Key to Success in Advanced
Social Studies…
• Application of
knowledge
• Motivation/effort
• Work completion
• The “Above and
Beyond” factor
• Organization of your
work and especially
time management are
extremely important!
• Check the blog and write
the agenda daily
• Ask questions if you
need to; don’t wait!
Along with learning many
important skills this year, students
will see that learning about the
world around us is FUN! 
…and a little scary. I encourage all
of my students to talk with you
about anything we cover in class.