PARENTS Every nine weeks, students are required to turn in 5 current events. They will be given instructions on how the current event would have to be done in order to be accepted and given cut off takes for each current event. I need to do this because most students elected to wait until the last day to turn in their current event the last nine weeks. As per the syllabus, this will account for 50% of the participation grade, which it 10% of the overall grade. The cutoff dates are as follows:
October 23 Current Event # 1 (passed due date)
October 30 Current Event #2 (passed due date)
November 6 Current Event #3 (passed due date)
November 13 Current Event # 4 (passed due date)
November 20 Current Event # 5
Some Student have already turned in current events for this nine weeks. A student may turn in current events early and may turn in all five prior to October 23. Thank you for your continued help and support.
MONDAY Computer Lab: African Governance
PRODUCTS DUE Section 1 Content Review
HOMEWORK Complete African Governance, if needed
TUESDAY Review North Africa Material; North Africa Study Guide
PRODUCTS DUE
HOMEWORK Complete North Africa Study Guide, if needed
WEDNESDAY North Africa Map Quiz; North Africa Test Review
PRODUCTS DUE
HOMEWORK
THURSDAY North Africa Test; West Africa Vocabulary Activity, West Africa Sketch Map
PRODUCTS DUE
HOMEWORK
FRIDAY African Governance Group Presentations; African Governance Thinking Map/Graphic Organizer
PRODUCTS DUE West Africa Vocabulary Activity
HOMEWORK HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
THIS WEEKS OVERVIEW:
Students will conclude the study of North Africa. This unit will be broken down into four sections: Physical Geography; History and Culture; Egypt Today; and Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. The estimate time for this unit is approximately 2 weeks.
This weeks STANDARDS:
SS7G1 - The student will locate selected features of Africa.
SS7G2 - The student will discuss environmental issues across the continent of Africa.
SS7E2 - The student will explain how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Africa.
SS7G3 - The student will explain the impact of location, climate, and physical characteristics on population distribution in Africa.
SS7H1 - The student will analyze continuity and change in Africa leading to the 21st century.
SS7CG1 - The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
SS7CG2 - The student will explain the structures of the modern governments of Africa
This weeks OBJECTIVES:
1. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Sahara, Nile River, and Atlas Mountains.
2. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Egypt and Sudan.
3. Explain how water pollution and the unequal distribution of water impacts irrigation, trade, industry, and drinking water.
4. Explain how the distribution of diamonds, gold, uranium, and oil affects the economic development of Africa.
5. Explain how the European partitioning across Africa contributed to conflict, civil war, and artificial political boundaries.
6. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
7. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
8. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
9. Compare the republican systems of government in the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of South Africa to the dictatorship of the Republic of Sudan, distinguishing the form of leadership and role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
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Seventh Grade Social Studies Standards In seventh grade, students conclude the study of major world regions with Africa and Asia to include the Middle East.
Maps and Map Puzzles This is a great site to learn were the different countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East are located.
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