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    • WELCOME TO SOCIAL STUDIES 2017 - 2018
       
      • I am happy to be with you as we explore Government, Civil Rights, and becoming an informed and active citizen.

       

      Course Syllabus

       

      8th Social Studies Syllabus

      DISCOVERY EDUCATION SS TECHBOOK LINK

      New Discovery Education Access Link:  https://wallingford.discoveryeducation.com 

       

      Units of Study (but not limited to):

      • Forms of Government
      • Foundations of American Government
      • US Constitution / Articles of Confederation
      • Constitutional Convention
      • Rise of Political Parties
      • Legistative Branch
      • Executive Branch
      • Judicial Branch
      • Bill of Rights
      • Religious Clauses
      • Freedom of Expression
      • Criminal Amendments
      • Civil Rights Era

       

      ***PLEASE NOTE - THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN EXACT ORDER AS THEY ARE COVERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR***

       
      My Favorite Things
       
      Student Interview
       
      Junior Scholastic Article Responses
       
       
       
      Week of September 11, 2017
       
      9/11 - A turning point in History
       
      https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/3af43348-7231-4d96-a4c4-26af361315c7
       
      History of Democracy in about 4 minutes Video:
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbN9kx6YHQQ
       
      Forms of Government Quizlet:
       
      https://quizlet.com/222461708/forms-of-government-flash-cards/?new
       
      Form of Government Partner Presentation Information and Grading
       
      Democracy vs republic
       
      Video: Democracy vs. Republic
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiKAs8Po24I
       
      Week of September 18, 2017
       
      Constitution Practice
       
       
      Week of October 2, 2017
       
      Founding Fathers Video:
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=013aa1q6QgM
       
      Founding Fathers Who am I 
       
       
       
      Week of October 9 / 16, 2017
       
      Community Service Project
       
       
      Federalists and Anti Federalists
       
      NJ and Virginia Plans
       
      JEOPARDY TEST REVIEW
       
       
       
      Week of October 23, 2017
       
      LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
       
       
      Founding Fathers Quotations about Government 
       
      Branches of Government:
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOS7RGpvNVs
       
       
      Number of Representatives by State:
       
      https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives
       
      Legislative Branch Online Games:
       
      http://congressforkids.net/games/makinglaws/billsonmove_intro.htm
       
      https://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/15c.htm
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games/lawcraft
       
      http://www.wartgames.com/themes/government/legislativebranch.html
       
      http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/branches_government.htm
       
       
      Branches of Government 
       
      How well do you know the branches of government? 
       
      How a bill becomes a law:
       
      http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4702 
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Vm7oaoOuU 
       
      https://votesmart.org/education/how-a-bill-becomes-law#.WBi9_dUrK1s 
       
      How a bill becomes a law flowchart 
       
       How well do you know the Legislative Branch
       
       
      Week of October 30, 2017
       
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/legislative-branch
       
      How a Bill becomes a Law
       
      The Legislative Branch Overview
       
       
       
      MP 2 Project
       
      I am just a Bill project presentation
       
       
      Week of November 6, 2017
       
       
      Period 3 Project Presentation Dates
       
       
      Period 7 Project Presentation Dates
       
      Impeachment
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSszixvo7d8
       
      President Johnson Impeachment Trial
       
       
      Week of November 13, 2017
       
      Legislative Branch Study Guide
       
      Legislative Branch Quizlet:
       
      https://quizlet.com/244148720/legislative-branch-flash-cards/?new
       
       
      Legislative Branch Handouts to Study for Test
       
       
       
      Week of November 27, 2017
       
      Article 2: The Executive Branch
       
      Executive Branch Online Games:
       
      http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/all-games-and-interactives 
       
      http://constitutioncenter.org/learn/educational-resources/games 
       
       
      Week of December 4, 2017
       
      Order of Presidential Succession:
       
      https://www.presidentsusa.net/orderofpresidentialsuccession.html
       
      Acronyms of Departments within Executive Branch
       
      https://quizlet.com/247513239/departments-within-executive-branch-acronyms-flash-cards/
       
      WIN THE WHITE HOUSE GAME:
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games/win-white-house
       
       
       
      Week of December 11, 2017
       
      Executive Branch Review Sheets with answers for test
       
      Executive Branch Review Quizlet:
       
      https://quizlet.com/176626278/executive-branch-department-acronyms-and-test-review-flash-cards/
       
       
       
       
      Executive Branch Test on Wednesday, December 13
       
       
       
      JUDICIAL BRANCH UNIT
       
       
      Online games
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games/court-quest
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games
       
      http://www.wartgames.com/themes/government/judicialbranch.html
       
      https://www.congressforkids.net/games/judicialbranch/2_judicialbranch.htm
       
      http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/social_studies.shtml
      • Scroll down to Civics and Constitution 

       

      https://www.icivics.org/games/do-i-have-right

      https://www.icivics.org/games/executive-command

      http://www.courtsed.org/courts-in-the-classroom/

       

      Week of February 12, 2018

       

      TED TALK 

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1fvr9rGgSg

       

      Week of February 26, 2018

      Quiz on Thursday -- be prepared to also be able to use the word in a sentence from a word bank

      Quizlet link:

       

      https://quizlet.com/272715784/civil-rights-era-words-to-know-flash-cards/?new

       

      Week of March 5, 2018

      Mystery Game:
       
      https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/activities/teaching-content/civil-rights-movement-game-1-history-mystery-activity/
       
      I Civics Games:
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games
       
      Civil Rights Games (various):
       
      http://www.wartgames.com/themes/american/civilrights.html
       
      Create a Civil Rights Presentation:
       
      http://www.neok12.com/pictures/Civil-Rights-Movement.htm
       
      Decoding Games:
       
      http://gailterp.com/2015/01/games-about-the-civil-rights-movement/ 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       Unit 2 - Lesson 1 Quizlet link:
       
       https://quizlet.com/148027999/unit-1-lesson-1-vocabulary-flash-cards/
       
      Founding Fathers Video:
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=013aa1q6QgM 
       
      The Bill of Rights 
       
      Founding Fathers Who am I 
       
       Bill of Rights Scenarios
       
       
       
      Unit 2 - Lesson 1 Quizlet for test:
       
      https://quizlet.com/151631813/unit-1-lesson-1-assessment-flash-cards/?new 
       
       
      John Locke vid:
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZiWZJgJT7I 
       
      Founding Fathers Quotations about Government 
       
       
       
      Unit 2 Lessons 2 & 3 Vocabulary Quizlet:
       
      https://quizlet.com/154909035/unit-1-lessons-2-3-vocabulary-flash-cards/?new 
       
       
       
      Government Webquest:
       
      https://www.icivics.org/web-quests/three-branches
       
      http://zunal.com/process.php?w=116621
       
      http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=116621
       
      http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/seced/webq/Social%20Studies/Government/
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games/bill-of-rights
       
      http://constitutioncenter.org/billofrightsgame/ 
       
      http://texaslregames.org/games_web_eng/BOR/billofrights.html
       
      https://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/engage/student-resources/play-games/ 
       
      https://jeopardylabs.com/play/the-bill-of-rights3
       
      https://www.quia.com/cb/501356.html 
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games/do-i-have-right 
       
      http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/thats-your-right 
       
       
       
      John Locke video: 
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aPnKCDArdE 
       
      Civic Virtue video:
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLLhmMXy2Ds 
       
      G Wash and Cincinnatus compare video:
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBUEaF9pjqI 
       
       
       
      Branches of Government:
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOS7RGpvNVs
       
      Branches of Government 
       
      How well do you know the branches of government? 
       
      Unit 1 Study Guide 
       
      Baron de Montesquieu biography 
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYt2su5nLO4 
       
       
       
      How a bill becomes a law:
       
      http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4702 
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Vm7oaoOuU 
       
      https://votesmart.org/education/how-a-bill-becomes-law#.WBi9_dUrK1s 
       
      Online Games and Activities:
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games 
       
      http://congressforkids.net/games/makinglaws/2_makinglaws.htm
       
      http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/branches_government.htm 
       
       
       
      How a bill becomes a law flowchart 
       
       
       
      http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/branches_government.htm
       
      https://www.brainpop.com/games/branchesofpower/
       
      http://texaslregames.org/games_web_eng/branches_game/branches_game.html 
       
       
       
       How well do you know the Legislative Branch
       
      Legislative Branch Test Part 2 Quizlet:
       
      https://quizlet.com/170006279/legislative-branch-part-2-flash-cards/?new 
       
       
       
      Speak Up Speech Project Presentation 
       
      Speech Rubric 
       
       
       
      Speech Presentation Paper due: 12/14
       
      Executive Cabinet Departments Alphabet Soup Quiz (study packet)
       
       
       
      Executive Branch Online Games:
       
      http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/all-games-and-interactives 
       
      http://constitutioncenter.org/learn/educational-resources/games 
       
      Speech Presentations
       
      Field Trip 
       
       
       
      Geo Bee 
       
       
       
      Judicial Branch Quizlet:
       
      https://quizlet.com/179407887/judicial-branch-vocabulary-flash-cards/?new 
       
       
       
      http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/social_studies.shtml
      • Check out the many activities -- especially Civics and Constitution 
       
       https://sites.google.com/site/gameonlearning/social-studies-ms-games
      • Check out Road to the Capitol game 
      https://www.icivics.org/games
      • many games here -- good variety 
       
       http://www.courtsed.org/courts-in-the-classroom/
       
       
       
      Gault 1967:
       
       
       
      http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-re-gault 
       
      Other Landmark Supreme Court Cases to review:
       
      http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/supreme-court-landmarks
       
       
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwwx-YY5f0U 
       
       
       
      Non Violent Protest Examples:
       
      http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1887394,00.html
       
      NVR Project 
       
      http://www.voanews.com/a/nonviolencekey-to-civil-rights-movement/1737280.html
       
      http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0115/Martin-Luther-King-Jr.-8-peaceful-protests-that-bolstered-civil-rights/Montgomery-bus-boycott-1955-56
       
      http://mentalfloss.com/article/29040/13-peaceful-protests-and-whether-they-worked
       
      http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carter-announces-olympic-boycott 
       
       
       
      Mystery Game:
       
      https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/activities/teaching-content/civil-rights-movement-game-1-history-mystery-activity/
       
      I Civics Games:
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games
       
      Civil Rights Games (various):
       
      http://www.wartgames.com/themes/american/civilrights.html
       
      Create a Civil Rights Presentation:
       
      http://www.neok12.com/pictures/Civil-Rights-Movement.htm
       
      Decoding Games:
       
      http://gailterp.com/2015/01/games-about-the-civil-rights-movement/ 
       
       
       
      Dr King Letter from Birmingham Jail 
       
       
       
      Civil Rights Unit Test
      **please be familiar with the following**
       
      I have a dream speech 
       
      Dr King Letter 
       
      Gault PDF 
       
      Plessy Case PDF 
       
      Brown vs Board of Education 1954 
       
       Vocabulary
       
      Six Principles of NVR 
       
      Misc. Information from Civil Rights Era:
      • bus boycott
      • 1968 Olympics
      • lunch counter sit ins
      • Black Panthers
      • MLK, Jr.
      • Malcolm Little aka Malcolm X 
      • Bloody Sunday
      Writing
       
       
       Essay for Civil Rights
       
       
       
      Short Stories and Poems from the Civil Rights Movement / Era
       
      http://www.whatsoproudlywehail.org/10-short-stories-poems-black-history-month 
       
       
       
      DEBATE PROJECT BEGINS 
       
      Full Debate Materials 
       
      Debate Notetaking Sample 
       
      Debate Score Sheet  
       
      Opening Statement Outline 
       
      Opening Statement 2017 
       
      Closing Statement Outline 
       
      Closing Statement 2017 
       
      Evaluate a website 
       
      Questions to Guide Your Research 
       
      PREP your paragraphs VERY HELPFUL 
       
      SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY PARAGRAPH 
       
      The Art of Argument 
       
      Using Emotion During Debate 
       
      TENTATIVE DEBATE OUTLINE 
        
       
      https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/10-famous-political-debate-moments
       
      http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/five-key-debate-moments-that-altered-the-course-of-american-history/
       
      Argument Wars:
       
      https://www.brainpop.com/games/argumentwars/
       
      https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/12/20/5-digital-games-that-teach-the-art-of-persuasion/ 
       
       
       
      Search a bill:
       
      http://www.ncsl.org/ 
       
      Getting young people to vote:
       
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlYpMGI6iNQ 
       
       
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games/activate
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games/argument-wars
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games/counties-work
       
      https://www.icivics.org/games
       
      http://www.state.nj.us/hangout_nj/games_billgame.html
       
      https://constitutioncenter.org/learn/educational-resources/games 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

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