Lesson Plans for Social Studies 6
Lesson Plans for each week are listed below.
Week of February 24- 28, 2020
Weekly Goals:
Identify major physical features of Atlantic South America.
Identify important historical and cultural aspects of the Atlantic South American countries
Monday:
Chapter 9: Section 2 - Brazil
Rio de Janero and the handout on it.
Video on Amazonia and the Carnival
Reading: book pages 210- 215
Tuesday: Chapter 9: Section 3 - Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay
Short video and handout
Reading: book pages 216 - 221
** -- Homework: vocabulary builder
Wednesday: Chapter 9: Continue with section 3
- Vocabulary builder- check review
- Work on section 3 questions # 1-5
** -- Homework: reread section and finish questions
Thursday: Chapter 9 Review and problems related to Amazon
- Video and picture activity
- Vocabulary review
Friday: Chapter Overview
Video on the countries of this region
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: Book chapter 9 review : book pages 223-225
Week of January 20-24, 2020
Weekly Goals:
Identify major physical features of Caribbean South America.
Identify important historical and cultural aspects of Caribbean South American countries
Monday:
NO SCHOOL - MLK JUNIOR DAY
Tuesday: Chapter 7: WORKING ON FINISHING UP THE STATIONS
- make sure to have all materials and handouts with you
** -- Homework: work on travel brochure
Wednesday: Chapter 7: Central America and Caribbeans
- Vocabulary review
- Stations extra time to finish all work ( due tomorrow)
** -- Homework: work on your travel brochure
Thursday: Cumulative questionnaire handout ( to be one together in class)
--Due today: Travel Brochure
-- Due today: Packet on stations
Friday: Introduction to chapter 8 Caribbean South America
Video on the counties of this region
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: Read section 1 of chapter 8 : book pages 186-189
Week of January 13 - 17 , 2020
Weekly Goals:
Identify major physical features of Central America.
Identify important historical and cultural aspects of Central American countries
Monday: Chapter 7: Section 3- Caribbean Islands
-Reading Book pages 174-179
- Regional map activity
** Homework: vocabulary Builder
Tuesday: Study guide for Midterm Review
- should be able to finish in class and just take home to study
Wednesday: Midterm Exam - first half of the hour
--- video on Central America and Caribbeans
Thursday: Chapter 7: Stations on Central America
Friday: 1/2 Day Continue with chapter 7
CNN10 and discussion
Central America -work on stations that didn't finish
Homework: Research on the Travel brochure ( make sure to follow with the rubric)
Week of January 06-10, 2020
Weekly Goals:
Identify major physical features of Central America.
Identify important historical and cultural aspects of Central American countries
Monday: Chapter 7: Introduction: video
- Sharing important information about the region
- Map
Tuesday: Chapter 7: Section 1- Physical Geography
- Book pages 162- 165
** -- Homework: Vocabulary builder
Wednesday: Chapter 7: Continue with section 1
- Vocabulary review
- Short video
-- Check homework
Thursday: Chapter 7: Section 2 - History and culture of Central America
Reading: book pages 166-171
- Video/ notes
- Vocabulary builder ( if not done in class, then is homework)
** --Homework: reread section 2 at home
Friday: Continue with chapter 7
Discovery Education: video on Panama Canal
CNN10 and discussion
Central America today
Homework: Graphic organizer on Central America and map
Week of December 16- 20, 2019
Weekly Goals:
Identify where the Mayan and Aztec civilizations established and the importance of these civilization
Identify all the Mayan and Aztec Achievements and the importance they played in their society.
Monday: Chapter 6: CHAPTER STUDY GUIDE
*** Check study guide and go over any questions for tomorrow's test
Tuesday: CHAPTER 6 TEST
Wednesday: Chapter 6: Post test discussion
- Test make up for absent students
-- Handout Activity: Mexico City
Thursday: Check handout with class
reading: passage on pollution in Mexico City
Video on Natural disasters in Mexico
Game: Guess what I am?
Friday: 1/2 Day
School wide Assembly
Happy Holidays!!!!
Week of November 18- 22, 2019
Weekly Goals:
Identify where the Mayan and Aztec civilizations established and the importance of these civilization
Identify all the Mayan and Aztec Achievements and the importance they played in their society.
Monday: Chapter 5: Section 2
- book pages 124-128
- Check the Venn diagramm and discuss outcomes.
Tuesday: Chapter 5: Continue with the Maya and Aztec Civilization
- Video on Tenochtitlan and building of chinampas
-- Homework: Comprehension handout
Wednesday: Chapter 5: Introduction to the Inca Civilization
- Short video
-- Handout: Cusco- City of Gold
Thursday: Chech handout with class
reading: book pages 129-133
Reading about Inca civilization and their development
Friday: Continue with chapter 5
Discovery Education: video on INCA and their descendant of Peru
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: Handout Comprehension Passages
Week of November 11-15 , 2019
Weekly Goals: Identify Early American Civilizations.
Explain the meaning of civilization.
Identify where the Mayan civilization established and the importance of their civilization
Identify all the Mayan Achievements and the importance they played in their society.
Monday: Chapter 5: Section 1
- book pages 118-123
- Handout: Maya achievements
Tuesday: Chapter 5: Continue with the Maya Civilization
- Video on Early Maya
-- Class activity
Wednesday: Chapter 5: Mayan Architecture and Astronomy
- Short video
-- Handout
Thursday: Viodeo on Palenque
Handout: Due tomorrow
Friday: Chapter 5: Introduction to American civilization
Discovery Education: video on Aztecs an American civilizations
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: Handout Venn Diagramm on Maya & Aztec
Week of October 28 - November 1 , 2019
Weekly Goals: Identify what culture means and aspects that make culture.
Explain why population studies are important to geography.
Explain what the concept government means and identify different types of governments.
Explain the concept of economy and identify different types of economic systems
Monday: Chapter 4: Review: Day 1
- Working on book chapter review and vocabulary
- Handout: Study Guide
Tuesday: Chapter 4: Study guide review day 2
- Check our review guide and vocabulary
-- Map activity
- TEST tomorrow - study at home
Wednesday: Chapter 4: TEST
* All hour will be given to test
Thursday: Unit 2: introduction
Map Handout: Due tomorrow
Friday: Chapter 5: Introduction
Discovery Education: Video on Maya
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: AMERICAN Civilization
Week of October 21-25, 2019
Weekly Goals: Identify what culture means and aspects that make culture.
Explain why population studies are important to geography.
Explain what the concept government means and identify different types of governments.
Explain the concept of economy and identify different types of economic systems
Monday: Chapter 4: Introduction to Culture
- Video on: Cultures around the world
- Read section 1 pages 80-84
- Handout: Vocabulary builder for section 1
Tuesday: Chapter 4 Section 2: Population
- Class activity and reading pages 87-90
-- identifying different population maps
- Section vocabulary check and handout
Wednesday: Chapter 4: Section 3 - Government
* Vocabulary words and Questions for this sections
Power point and handout on different types of governments
Homework: Vocabulary builder and reading pages 91-95
Thursday: Chapter 4: continue with section 3: Economic systems
Handout on what economy is and packet on different economic systems
**review of the key terms
Handout: Due tomorrow
Friday: Chapter 4: Section 4: Global connections
Discovery Education: video on global interdependence
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: Handout review
Week of October 14-18, 2019
Weekly Goals: Identify what is weather and climate and the differences between the two.
Identify different climate zones of the Earth and the climates for each zone.
Explain what non-renewable and renewable resources are and how they affect our environment.
Monday: Chapter 3: Section 1- Weather and Climate
- Video on the Weather and Seasons
* Map activity on prevailing winds and ocean currents
- Handout: Vocabulary builder for section 1
Tuesday: Chapter 3: Section 2- World Climates
Identifying climate zones on the world map
- Class activity and reading pages 55-61
- Section vocabulary check and handout
Wednesday: Chapter 3: Section 4 - Natural resources
Video: importance of natural resources to a country's economy
* Vocabulary words and Questions for this sections
Homework: Reading pages 68-72
Thursday: Chapter 3 Review & Study guide
Finish together the chapter review and study guide
* study for tomorrow's test on chapter 3
Friday: Chapter 3 TEST
Week of September : 30 - October 4, 2019
Weekly Goals: Identifying plate tectonics and the movement of the plates affecting Earth's Landforms.
Monday: Chapter 2: Section 3
- Video on plate tectonics and landforms
- Handout: Vocabulary builder for section 3
Tuesday: Chapter 2: Section 3: The ring of Fire
- Class activity and reading pages 42-43
- Section vocabulary check and handout
Wednesday: Review of chapter 2
* Vocabulary review and book chapter review
Homework: finish chapter review on pages 44-47.
Thursday: Class chapter review and study guide.
- to be done together in class
Friday: Chapter 2 Test
Week of September : 22- 27, 2019
Weekly Goals: Identifying how Earth’s movement affects the amount of energy we receive from the sun.
Identify Earth’s seasons and what causes the m.
Monday: Introduction to Chapter 2: Planet Earth
- Read section 1: Book pages 26-29
- Handout: Vocabulary builder for section 1
Tuesday: Chapter 2: Section 1: Earth and the Sun's Energy
- Class activity and video
- Section vocabulary check and handout
Wednesday: Chapter 2: Section 2: Water on Earth
Map activity and vocabulary review
Homework: read section 2 pages 30-34
Thursday: Continue with chapter 2: Section 2: Water on Earth
Video on water cycle and vocabulary builder
Homework: Water Cycle Activity
Friday: Chapter 2: Section 3: Plate tectonics and the land forms on Earth
Map activity and vocabulary
Homework: read section 3 pages 35-41.
Week of September : 16- 20, 2019
Weekly Goals: Identify 5 Themes and branches of Geography.
Monday: Chapter 1: Section 2 ( book pages 10 -14)
- Read section 2
- Handout: Vocabulary builder for section 2
Tuesday: Section 3: Branches of Geography
- Reading Section 3 ( book pages 16-20)
- Section vocabulary and handout
Wednesday: Check handout. Review of concepts and partner work on 5 Themes of Geography
Thursday: Chapter review - guide
Friday: Chapter test 1 Test
Weekly Goals:
Identify major physical features of Atlantic South America.
Identify important historical and cultural aspects of the Atlantic South American countries
Monday:
Chapter 9: Section 2 - Brazil
Rio de Janero and the handout on it.
Video on Amazonia and the Carnival
Reading: book pages 210- 215
Tuesday: Chapter 9: Section 3 - Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay
Short video and handout
Reading: book pages 216 - 221
** -- Homework: vocabulary builder
Wednesday: Chapter 9: Continue with section 3
- Vocabulary builder- check review
- Work on section 3 questions # 1-5
** -- Homework: reread section and finish questions
Thursday: Chapter 9 Review and problems related to Amazon
- Video and picture activity
- Vocabulary review
Friday: Chapter Overview
Video on the countries of this region
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: Book chapter 9 review : book pages 223-225
Week of January 20-24, 2020
Weekly Goals:
Identify major physical features of Caribbean South America.
Identify important historical and cultural aspects of Caribbean South American countries
Monday:
NO SCHOOL - MLK JUNIOR DAY
Tuesday: Chapter 7: WORKING ON FINISHING UP THE STATIONS
- make sure to have all materials and handouts with you
** -- Homework: work on travel brochure
Wednesday: Chapter 7: Central America and Caribbeans
- Vocabulary review
- Stations extra time to finish all work ( due tomorrow)
** -- Homework: work on your travel brochure
Thursday: Cumulative questionnaire handout ( to be one together in class)
--Due today: Travel Brochure
-- Due today: Packet on stations
Friday: Introduction to chapter 8 Caribbean South America
Video on the counties of this region
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: Read section 1 of chapter 8 : book pages 186-189
Week of January 13 - 17 , 2020
Weekly Goals:
Identify major physical features of Central America.
Identify important historical and cultural aspects of Central American countries
Monday: Chapter 7: Section 3- Caribbean Islands
-Reading Book pages 174-179
- Regional map activity
** Homework: vocabulary Builder
Tuesday: Study guide for Midterm Review
- should be able to finish in class and just take home to study
Wednesday: Midterm Exam - first half of the hour
--- video on Central America and Caribbeans
Thursday: Chapter 7: Stations on Central America
Friday: 1/2 Day Continue with chapter 7
CNN10 and discussion
Central America -work on stations that didn't finish
Homework: Research on the Travel brochure ( make sure to follow with the rubric)
Week of January 06-10, 2020
Weekly Goals:
Identify major physical features of Central America.
Identify important historical and cultural aspects of Central American countries
Monday: Chapter 7: Introduction: video
- Sharing important information about the region
- Map
Tuesday: Chapter 7: Section 1- Physical Geography
- Book pages 162- 165
** -- Homework: Vocabulary builder
Wednesday: Chapter 7: Continue with section 1
- Vocabulary review
- Short video
-- Check homework
Thursday: Chapter 7: Section 2 - History and culture of Central America
Reading: book pages 166-171
- Video/ notes
- Vocabulary builder ( if not done in class, then is homework)
** --Homework: reread section 2 at home
Friday: Continue with chapter 7
Discovery Education: video on Panama Canal
CNN10 and discussion
Central America today
Homework: Graphic organizer on Central America and map
Week of December 16- 20, 2019
Weekly Goals:
Identify where the Mayan and Aztec civilizations established and the importance of these civilization
Identify all the Mayan and Aztec Achievements and the importance they played in their society.
Monday: Chapter 6: CHAPTER STUDY GUIDE
*** Check study guide and go over any questions for tomorrow's test
Tuesday: CHAPTER 6 TEST
Wednesday: Chapter 6: Post test discussion
- Test make up for absent students
-- Handout Activity: Mexico City
Thursday: Check handout with class
reading: passage on pollution in Mexico City
Video on Natural disasters in Mexico
Game: Guess what I am?
Friday: 1/2 Day
School wide Assembly
Happy Holidays!!!!
Week of November 18- 22, 2019
Weekly Goals:
Identify where the Mayan and Aztec civilizations established and the importance of these civilization
Identify all the Mayan and Aztec Achievements and the importance they played in their society.
Monday: Chapter 5: Section 2
- book pages 124-128
- Check the Venn diagramm and discuss outcomes.
Tuesday: Chapter 5: Continue with the Maya and Aztec Civilization
- Video on Tenochtitlan and building of chinampas
-- Homework: Comprehension handout
Wednesday: Chapter 5: Introduction to the Inca Civilization
- Short video
-- Handout: Cusco- City of Gold
Thursday: Chech handout with class
reading: book pages 129-133
Reading about Inca civilization and their development
Friday: Continue with chapter 5
Discovery Education: video on INCA and their descendant of Peru
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: Handout Comprehension Passages
Week of November 11-15 , 2019
Weekly Goals: Identify Early American Civilizations.
Explain the meaning of civilization.
Identify where the Mayan civilization established and the importance of their civilization
Identify all the Mayan Achievements and the importance they played in their society.
Monday: Chapter 5: Section 1
- book pages 118-123
- Handout: Maya achievements
Tuesday: Chapter 5: Continue with the Maya Civilization
- Video on Early Maya
-- Class activity
Wednesday: Chapter 5: Mayan Architecture and Astronomy
- Short video
-- Handout
Thursday: Viodeo on Palenque
Handout: Due tomorrow
Friday: Chapter 5: Introduction to American civilization
Discovery Education: video on Aztecs an American civilizations
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: Handout Venn Diagramm on Maya & Aztec
Week of October 28 - November 1 , 2019
Weekly Goals: Identify what culture means and aspects that make culture.
Explain why population studies are important to geography.
Explain what the concept government means and identify different types of governments.
Explain the concept of economy and identify different types of economic systems
Monday: Chapter 4: Review: Day 1
- Working on book chapter review and vocabulary
- Handout: Study Guide
Tuesday: Chapter 4: Study guide review day 2
- Check our review guide and vocabulary
-- Map activity
- TEST tomorrow - study at home
Wednesday: Chapter 4: TEST
* All hour will be given to test
Thursday: Unit 2: introduction
Map Handout: Due tomorrow
Friday: Chapter 5: Introduction
Discovery Education: Video on Maya
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: AMERICAN Civilization
Week of October 21-25, 2019
Weekly Goals: Identify what culture means and aspects that make culture.
Explain why population studies are important to geography.
Explain what the concept government means and identify different types of governments.
Explain the concept of economy and identify different types of economic systems
Monday: Chapter 4: Introduction to Culture
- Video on: Cultures around the world
- Read section 1 pages 80-84
- Handout: Vocabulary builder for section 1
Tuesday: Chapter 4 Section 2: Population
- Class activity and reading pages 87-90
-- identifying different population maps
- Section vocabulary check and handout
Wednesday: Chapter 4: Section 3 - Government
* Vocabulary words and Questions for this sections
Power point and handout on different types of governments
Homework: Vocabulary builder and reading pages 91-95
Thursday: Chapter 4: continue with section 3: Economic systems
Handout on what economy is and packet on different economic systems
**review of the key terms
Handout: Due tomorrow
Friday: Chapter 4: Section 4: Global connections
Discovery Education: video on global interdependence
CNN10 and discussion
Homework: Handout review
Week of October 14-18, 2019
Weekly Goals: Identify what is weather and climate and the differences between the two.
Identify different climate zones of the Earth and the climates for each zone.
Explain what non-renewable and renewable resources are and how they affect our environment.
Monday: Chapter 3: Section 1- Weather and Climate
- Video on the Weather and Seasons
* Map activity on prevailing winds and ocean currents
- Handout: Vocabulary builder for section 1
Tuesday: Chapter 3: Section 2- World Climates
Identifying climate zones on the world map
- Class activity and reading pages 55-61
- Section vocabulary check and handout
Wednesday: Chapter 3: Section 4 - Natural resources
Video: importance of natural resources to a country's economy
* Vocabulary words and Questions for this sections
Homework: Reading pages 68-72
Thursday: Chapter 3 Review & Study guide
Finish together the chapter review and study guide
* study for tomorrow's test on chapter 3
Friday: Chapter 3 TEST
Week of September : 30 - October 4, 2019
Weekly Goals: Identifying plate tectonics and the movement of the plates affecting Earth's Landforms.
Monday: Chapter 2: Section 3
- Video on plate tectonics and landforms
- Handout: Vocabulary builder for section 3
Tuesday: Chapter 2: Section 3: The ring of Fire
- Class activity and reading pages 42-43
- Section vocabulary check and handout
Wednesday: Review of chapter 2
* Vocabulary review and book chapter review
Homework: finish chapter review on pages 44-47.
Thursday: Class chapter review and study guide.
- to be done together in class
Friday: Chapter 2 Test
Week of September : 22- 27, 2019
Weekly Goals: Identifying how Earth’s movement affects the amount of energy we receive from the sun.
Identify Earth’s seasons and what causes the m.
Monday: Introduction to Chapter 2: Planet Earth
- Read section 1: Book pages 26-29
- Handout: Vocabulary builder for section 1
Tuesday: Chapter 2: Section 1: Earth and the Sun's Energy
- Class activity and video
- Section vocabulary check and handout
Wednesday: Chapter 2: Section 2: Water on Earth
Map activity and vocabulary review
Homework: read section 2 pages 30-34
Thursday: Continue with chapter 2: Section 2: Water on Earth
Video on water cycle and vocabulary builder
Homework: Water Cycle Activity
Friday: Chapter 2: Section 3: Plate tectonics and the land forms on Earth
Map activity and vocabulary
Homework: read section 3 pages 35-41.
Week of September : 16- 20, 2019
Weekly Goals: Identify 5 Themes and branches of Geography.
Monday: Chapter 1: Section 2 ( book pages 10 -14)
- Read section 2
- Handout: Vocabulary builder for section 2
Tuesday: Section 3: Branches of Geography
- Reading Section 3 ( book pages 16-20)
- Section vocabulary and handout
Wednesday: Check handout. Review of concepts and partner work on 5 Themes of Geography
Thursday: Chapter review - guide
Friday: Chapter test 1 Test
Week of September : 09- 13, 2019
Weekly Goals: Identify coordinates using latitude and longitude.
Monday: Ocean and continents map review. discuss different types of maps: political, physical, regional, elevation, population, etc.
Tuesday: Introduction to Latitude and Longitude: Section H2-H4 of our social studies book - handout activity
Wednesday: Check handout. Review of concepts and partner work on latitude and longitude
Thursday: Introduction to Unit 1: chapter 1 - A Geographer's World * Read pages 4-9
Friday: 5 Themes of Geography section 2 of chapter 5. * Read pages 10-14
Weekly Goals: Identify coordinates using latitude and longitude.
Monday: Ocean and continents map review. discuss different types of maps: political, physical, regional, elevation, population, etc.
Tuesday: Introduction to Latitude and Longitude: Section H2-H4 of our social studies book - handout activity
Wednesday: Check handout. Review of concepts and partner work on latitude and longitude
Thursday: Introduction to Unit 1: chapter 1 - A Geographer's World * Read pages 4-9
Friday: 5 Themes of Geography section 2 of chapter 5. * Read pages 10-14
WWeek of September 03-06, 2019
Weekly Goals: Getting to know each other. Having an overview of the material that we will cover during this semester.
Monday: Labor Day - No school
Tuesday: Introduction to teacher and students ( only 1/2 hour class)
Wednesday: Cooperative Group Activity
Thursday: Introduction to Geography
Friday: Vocabulary and map activities