Mrs. Winfield’s Classroom6th Grade Social Studies @ Goochland Middle School

All classes will take the Great Depression Test the first day we return to school from our snow break!

Since we have been out so long, here are some things you can do to review for our test:

1. Look over your Great Depression Quick Notes, Vocabulary, and Quiz.

2. Have someone quiz you on the information you’ve studied.

3. Make flashcards with the important people, events, organizations (New Deal Programs), and vocabulary terms.

4. Play SOLPass games at www.solpass.org 

        -Click on Middle School

        -Play the US History 1877 to the Present (picture of the car)

       -E-mail me for the password if you don’t remember it from class. I’m not allowed to post it on my blog.

 5. Watch BrainPop videos at http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/

       -You can watch these videos to review for the test: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Great Depression, Great Depression Causes, New Deal

      -E-mail me for the username and password.

6. Remember to look over your old study guides, tests, and quizzes to help you prepare for the past practice questions.

If you’re still bored, you can also:

1. Play The Lemonade Stand Game for some economics practice.

2.  Watch more BrainPop movies for all subjects.

3. Watch CNN Student News…you know you miss Carl Azuz!

4. Watch historical films at this site: http://www.glencoe.com/sites/ss_modules/videos/tajmt_09/TAJMT_09.html

5. Play with Wordle. Copy and paste poems, papers, etc. to create your own word cloud.

All of my classes will be taking a Great Depression Test on Monday and Tuesday. This test will cover the following information:

-Banks & Stocks

-Causes of the Great Depression

-Life During the Great Depression

-The New Deal

All of this information is included in the Great Depression Vocabulary and Quick Notes. Students also received a Great Depression Study Guide in class. Here is another copy in case one is needed at home. All the information can be found in the vocabulary/quick notes.

Great Depression Study Guide - will open in Google Docs

The test will consist of:

Gifted Class-

50 multiple choice questions (30 on the Great Depression, 20 past practice)

5 short answer questions

1 essay question (Big Hint: Study the New Deal!)

Accelerated Classes-

50 multiple choice questions (30 on the Great Depression, 20 past practice)

5 short answer questions

Regular Class-Great Depression Study Guide

50 multiple choice questions (30 on the Great Depression, 20 past practice)

Monday/Tuesday

1. Turn in the NewER Deal Project

2. The Great Depression Test

3. World War II Vocabulary 

4. Begin the NewER Deal Presentations

Homework: Great Depression Notebook Quiz next class!

Wednesday/Thursday

1. Great Depression Notebook Quiz

2. Finish the NewER Deal Presentations

3. Finish WWII Vocabulary

4. WWII Preview 

5. Begin Decisions that Shook the World: FDR & WWII Video & Questions

Homework: Background to World War II

Friday

1. WWII Leaders & Government Quick Notes

2. Types of Government Jigsaw Activity

3. WWII Map

4. Begin Decisions that Shook the World: FDR & WWII Video & Questions

Homework: The Conflict Begins

Monday/Tuesday

1. The New Deal Quick Notes

2. New Deal Brain Pop

3. Work on the NewER Deal Project

Homework: Surviving the Great Depression Reading and Questions

Wednesday/Thursday

1. Great Depression Open Note Quiz

2. The Great Depression and New Deal Study Guide

3. Finish the NewER Deal Project

Homework: Great Depression and New Deal Test AND The NewER Deal Project due on Monday for Day 2 and Tuesday for Day 1

Friday

1. Finish the NewER Deal Project

2. Video – The Presidents: Hoover and FDR 

Homework: Great Depression and New Deal Test AND The NewER Deal Project due on Monday for Day 2 and Tuesday for Day 1

Great Depression General Information:

The Great Depression

American History 1930-1939

US Presidents Timeline

General 2010 Economy Information:

Unemployment Figures  - use the last month in each year to get the unemployment rate

2007 and 2008 Average Unemployment Rates

2010 Forecasted Unemployment Rates

US Presidents Timeline

New Deal Program Information:

The New Deal

Top Ten New Deal Programs

Monday

No School – GCPS Closed

Tuesday/Wednesday

1. Causes of the Great Depression Quick Notes

2. Great Depression Quick Sketch

3. Begin the NewER Deal Project: Brainstorming, Planning, and Researching

Homework: Finish planning for the NewER Deal Project

Thursday/Friday

1. Life during the Depression Quick Notes

2. Images of the Great Depression

3. The NewER Deal Project: Research and Work

Homework: Journal Entry #8

Complete the I Am… Poem as if you are living during the Great Depression. Remember to use details from our Quick Notes 

I am… 

I wonder… 

I hear… 

I see… 

I want… 

I am… 

I pretend… 

I feel… 

I touch… 

I worry… 

I cry… 

I am… 

I understand… 

I say… 

I dream… 

I am… 

Lemonade Stand Game

1. Click on the link above to to go the game.

2. Read the Introduction and click OK.

3. Play for 30 Days.

4. Play the game!

Play as many times as you can in the time we have in class. Remember to make observations about the game that will help with Journal Entry #7 (what helps you make money, how the weather affects your profits, how the recipe affects your profits).

***I will no longer be stamping agendas in my Accelerated classes. Homework will continue to the posted on the board in my room and on my blog, but I won’t be checking students agendas. This is to encourage students to be responsible for their own assignments. You can always check here if you forget!

Monday/Tuesday

1. Turn in MP2 Study Guide, Review Puzzles, and Extra Credit Flashcards

2. MP2 Test

3. Great Depression Vocabulary

Homework: Finish Great Depression Vocabulary

Wednesday/Thursday

1. Banks and Stocks (Great Depression Intro) Quick Notes

2. Finish Great Depression Vocabulary

3. Lemonade Stand – Economics in Practice

4. Journal Entry #7

Respond to the following prompt in your journal:

-What factors affected the profits of your lemonade stand (weather, recipe, ingredients, etc.)? Explain one real life example of how one factor can affect the profit margin of a business (ex: stores sell more buckets and shovels in the summer because that’s when people go to the beach).

Homework: Finish Journal Entry #7

Friday

No School – Teacher Workday

The Marking Period 2 Test will be on

Monday 1/11 for Day 1

Tuesday 1/12 for Day 2

The test will be 50 multiple choice questions and cover all the material we have learned this year:

-Moving West,

-Growth of America

-Imperialism

-World War I

-Roaring 20s

Students will receive a MP2 Study Guide and work on this in class. It is due the day of the test. Students can use the link below to complete the second half of their study guide:

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/History/curriculum_framework_2001/hist_6.pdf

***Since this is a cumulative test, students will need to study their MP1 Study Guide as well. This should be located in their Social Studies binder. Students should use both study guides (MP1 and MP2) to prepare for the test.

Students also have the opportunity to complete flashcards for extra credit. The list will be available in class. Flashcards are due the day of the test. Students who complete the flashcards will receive 5 points on their MP2 Test.

Monday/Tuesday

1. MP2 Study Guide

2. MP2 Review Puzzles

3. MP2 Review Game

Homework: MP2 Quiz next class!

Wednesday/Thursday

1. MP2 Quiz

2. MP2 People, Places, and Things Game

3. MP2 Study Guide and Review Puzzles

Homework: MP2 Test Monday 1/11 for Day 1 and Tuesday 1/12 for Day 2 – MP2 Study Guide, Review Puzzles, and Extra Credit Flashcards due the day of the test

Friday

1. Finish Study Guide and Review Puzzles

2. MP2 Jeopardy

Homework: MP2 Test Monday 1/11 for Day 1 and Tuesday 1/12 for Day 2 – MP2 Study Guide, Review Puzzles, and Extra Credit Flashcards due the day of the test