Mr. Fullen’s 7th Social Studies Class

Monday- 2/25/08: Individual Timeline
SPI’s: N/A
-Discuss Bar graphs: Daily Routine
-Begin Individual Timeline
Tuesday- 2/26/08: Finish Individual Timeline
SPI’s: N/A
-Review: Europe
-Finish Individual Timelines
Wednesday- 2/27/08: TCAP Practice
SPI’s: 7.1.3, 7.3.1, 7.3.14, 7.3.15, 7.3.17, 7.3.2, 7.3.6, 7.3.97.3.13, 7.3.18, 7.3.20
-TCAP Practice: Religion, Maps, Geography, and People
-Record TCAP Practice Vocabulary
Thursday- 2/28/08: TCAP Practice
SPI’s: 7.4.1, 7.4.4, 7.1.1, 7.1.2
-Pie Graphs: Shelby Co. Population
-TCAP Practice: Types of [...]

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Monday- 2/18/08: Presidents Day/ Inservice/ No School 
Tuesday- 2/19/08: Geography and History of Russia
SPI’s: 7.3.9, 7.2.3, 7.1.1, 7.4.1, 7.6.2, 7.3.10
-Folder Check-Start KWL Chart
 -Russia PowerPoint
-Russia Review
Wednesday- 2/20/08: Russia Quiz and Historical Video
SPI’s: 7.5.4, 7.1.2
-Russia Quiz-Video: “The Last Czar”
-Discuss Individual Timeline
Thursday- 2/21/08: Russia Test Review
SPI’s: N/A
-Russian Review Game
-Study Guide Review
Friday- 2/22/08: Russia Test and Individual Timeline Rough Draft
SPI’s: 7.2.4
-Russia [...]

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Monday- 2/11/08: Land use and Resource map/ Tennessee temperature and precipitation
SPI’s: 7.2.2, 7.2.5, 7.3.5
-Review: Basics of Tennessee
-Tennessee land use and resources read alouds
-Design a natural resource map for Tennessee
-Tennessee percipitation graphs
Tuesday- 2/12/08: Russian Geography
SPI’s: 7.3.9, 7.2.3, 7.1.1, 7.4.1, 7.4.4, 7.6.2, 7.3.18
-Russia KWL chart
-Russia map skills: various political, physical, resource, and climate maps
-Diagram a map of [...]

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Monday- 2/4/08: Tennessee Review
SPI’s: 7.3.3, 7.3.12, 7.4.3
-Finish Tennessee Power Point
-Start Tennessee Review: Comprehensive
Tuesday- 2/5/08: Test Review
-Test Review game
-Students given study guides
Wednesday- 2/6/08: Southern Europe/Greece/Rome/Germany Test and Tennessee Review
SPI’s: 7.3.3, 7.3.12, 7.4.3
-Test review
-Test
-Review test answers
-Pick-up where you left off: Tennessee Reivew
Thurday- 2/7/08: Tennessee Review/ Return all graded assignments
SPI’s: 7.3.3, 7.3.12, 7.4.4
-Finish Tennessee Review
-Return test and all [...]

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Monday-1/28/08: Agenda: Tennessee geography
SPI’s: 7.2.5, 7.3.3, 7.3.10, 7.3.12, 7.3.17
-TN history Powerpoint
-TN blitz review
-TN political, physical, and landform diagram
-Exit Slip
Tuesday-1/29/08: Agenda: Greece/Italy/Rome
SPI’s: 7.3.9, 7.3.10, 7.1.1, 7.4.1, 7.1.3
-Finish Greece PowerPoint
-Italy Movie
-Italy Movie Quiz
-Begin Roman History
Wednesday-1/30/08: Agenda: Italy/Rome
SPI’s: 7.3.9, 7.3.10, 7.1.1, 7.4.1, 7.1.3
-Finish Italy/Rome notes
-Roman Cartoon
-Notes on Spain
-History of Pizza activity
-Greece/Italy/Rome Review Sheet for test on on Friday
Thursday-1/31/08: [...]

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Tuesday-1/22/08: Agenda: Greece
SPI’s: 7.3.10, 7.4.1, 7.5.2
-Greece geography and history video
-Greece Quiz
-Greece PowerPoint
Wednesday-1/23/08: Agenda: Greece
SPI’s: 7.3.10, 7.4.1, 7.5.2
-Finish Greece PowerPoint
-Greece study questions
-Greece cartoons
-Greek Gods reading comprehension
Thursday-1/24/08: Agenda: Research/Project Day
SPI’s: N/A
-Computer skills
-Websites list
-Research: European countries
Friday-1/25/08: Agenda: TCAP Prep
SPI’s: Many
-Projects due
-TCAP prep test- assessment only- participation grade

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Monday- 1/14/08: Agenda: Tennessee’s Six Natural Regions and Natural Resources
SPI’s: 7.2.5, 7.3.5, 7.3.9 -Starburst activity with Tennessee current event
-Tennessee agriculture and resource diagram
-Tennessee agriculture and resource questions
-Tennessee review
Tuesday- 1/15/08: Agenda: Southern Europe
SPI’s: 7.3.1, 7.5.2, 7.3.10
-Folder Check
-Group reading (SS book p.261-263)
-S. Europe notes
Wednesday- 1/16/08: Agenda: Southern Europe
SPI’s: 7.3.10, 7.4.1, 7.5.2
-S. European Notes
-European Review
Thursday- 1/17/08: Agenda: Italy [...]

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Dear Parents or Guardians,
     With this letter I would like to introduce myself as your child’s new Social Studies teacher. My name is Tim Fullen, I am originally from Ripley, Tennessee and graduated from the University of Memphis with a degree in Middle School Education. 
     Hopefully the rest of the academic term will be an [...]

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