This week, students will complete their look at Supreme Court cases that deal with student's First Amendment rights in school. On Wednesday, students will hold a Socratic Seminar where they will ask and answer questions surrounding the the rights of student's at school and why these rights are not the same as those they have outside of school. 

This week, students will complete their Bill of Rights Summary Sheet: Students choose one of the first ten amendments and completes four section which include summary, details, unanswered questions and ethical considerations. Students will also read, answer questions and debate various amendments in a Socratic Seminar context. We will asking the question: Our people's First Amendment rights the same inside a school as they are outside a school.

This week, students will finish and present their posters on the major debates and compromises of the Constitutional Convention. 

Following this, students will look at the Anatomy of the Constitution. This includes Articles 1-5 and the Bill of Rights.

This week students will learn about the main debates that took place during this Constitutional Convention. 

Students will also learn be introduced to the Preamble of the Constitution and Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Constitution.

This week in social studies, students will take the experiences they had creating their own government and see how, when faced with the same questions, the founders of the United States created their first government. Some questions that we will ask about the Articles of Confederation are:

Welcome to Social Studies! 

 

This year our theme is American History from the Constitution to the Civil War and Reconstruction period.

 

Quarter 1 focus:

Students were each given a planner to use this year to aid in time management and organization.  Each day, they should be copying down the agenda for each class.  This is a great tool to see what's happening daily.  Please encourage your student to maintain this by checking in with them regularly.  Students are also encouraged to track upcoming due dates in their planners.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at [email protected]. I will return your email within 48 hours or two business days.

Welcome to Social Studies! We have begun content area class rotations and I'm excited to have you as part of my Social Studies family! If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at [email protected]. I will return your email within 48 hours or two business days.

 

This year our theme is American History from the Constitution to the Civil War and Reconstruction period.

 

Quarter 1 focus:

Students were each given a planner to use this year to aid in time management and organization.  Each day, they should be copying down the agenda for each class.  This is a great tool to see what's happening daily.  Please encourage your student to maintain this by checking in with them regularly.  Students are also encouraged to track upcoming due dates in their planners.