Shannon McCarthy
7th grade Social Studies
smccarthy@isd622.org
651-748-6658
Welcome to 7th grade social studies. This year we will be covering American History from the Civil War to present day.
I hope you can use this website to find out what we are doing in class and print off any assignments a student may be missing.
Extra Credit - You can play the mystery state game every week located at the bottom of this page. There are also crosswords located on classzone.com for each chapter. Use the link below to get to classzone.
Classzone.com - This is the web site that accompanies our textbook. It is a great place to look to find additional information on subjects we discuss in class. There are practice quizzes for each chapter and extended resources. Students can do the crossword that is associated with each chapter for extra credit.
Frequently Asked Questions - This sheet will help you with some of the questions you may have about social studies this year.
Extra States Practice: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ - choose U.S. Geography games, then play one of the states games
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7th Grade American History
Fri 11/20 - Beverage Bonanza
Thurs 11/19 - Beverage Bonanza
Wed 11/18 - READING DAY
Tues 11/17 - Supply and Demand, How and Low
Mon 11/16 - Groups out West HMWK: Old West Patch
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Fri 11/13 Finish Video (Tamarack Team) Courage Retreat (Birch Team)
Thurs 11/12 - Courage Retreat (Tamarack Team) Finish Video (Birch Team)
Wed 11/11 - How the west was lost video, Westward Expansion Map
Tues 11/10 - Textbook Preveiw, New flashcards
Mon 11/9 - Suprise Attack
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Fri 11/6 Civi War Test; Adult Note Due
Thurs 11/5 - Review Day
Wed 11/4 - Open meeting
Tues 11/3 - Abolitionist Wanted Posters
Mon 11/2 - Finish How the war was fought
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Fri 10/30 - North vs. South Debate
Thurs 10/29 - How the war was fought
Wed 10/28 - North vs. South; Civil War Map
Tues 10/27 - Graphing the Civil War - Computer lab
Mon 10/26 - Finish Causes; Assign Debate for Friday
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Fri 10/23 - No School Confrences 7:30 am - 10:30 am
Thurs 10/22 - 10 Causes of the Civil War Confrences 3:30-7:30
Wed 10/21 - 10 Causes of the Civil War
Tues 10/20 - Preview Chapter Four, Essay DUE Confrences 3:30-7:30
Mon 10/19 - New Flashcards, Textbooks
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Fri 10/16 - EM break
Thurs 10/15 - EM break
Wed 10/14 - Work on essay
Tues 10/13 - Work on essay
Mon 10/12 - Brainstorming for 5 paragraph essay
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Fri 10/9 - Reading Day
Thurs 10/8 - Conservative vs. Liberal notes
Wed 10/7 - Ideology Debate
Tues 10/6 - Political Spectrum
Mon 10/5 - 4 Levels of Gov't notes
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Fri 10/2 - computer lab orientation
Thurs 10/1 Quiz - Adult Note Due
Wed 9/30 - Constitution Stations
Tues 9/29 - Review of Branches
Mon 9/28 - Reexamine the Constitution
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Fri 9/25 - Three Branches - notes
Thurs 9/24 Other Amendments HMWK: Unconstituion vs. Constitutional
Wed 9/23 - Bill of Rights
Tues 9/22 - Vocabulary and Constitution
Mon 9/21 - Democracy vs. Republic notes
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Fri 9/18 - Story of American Gov't DUE 9/25
Thurs 9/17 - 3 ring binder organization
Wed 9/16 Physical Map - DUE Fri 9/18
Tues 9/15 - 50 States Quiz
Mon 9/14 - U.S. state game HMWK: study for States quiz
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Fri 9/11 - State game and practice HWMK: Practice for U.S. states quiz on Tues
Thurs 9/10 - U.S. Map and practice
Wed 9/9 State Tricks and practice
Tues 9/8 - Welcome to Social Studies
Mon 9/7 - No School
Mystery State Game - find the answer, write it down and turn into Mrs. McCarthy
Week of 11/16
· The term dude originated in this state.
· This state was the first state to grant women the right to vote.
· This state's license plate features a man on a bucking bronco.
· The JC Penney stores were founded in this state.
· This state has the smallest population of all the 50 states.
Week of 11/9 - The answer was North Dakota
· The geographic center of North America can be found in this state.
· The most rural of the U.S. states, farms cover 90 percent of its land.
· Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark wintered in this state in 1804-1805.
· Among all U.S. states, this state has the third-smallest population.
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