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 Government, World Leaders, and Congressional Boundaries

Friday- 2/29/08: International Day

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 Test

-Finish KWL Chart

-Rough Draft for Individual Timelines 

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 Russia: cities, natural landforms, and bodies of water

Wednesday- 2/13/08: Russia Basic Facts

SPI’s: 7.3.9, 7.2.3, 7.1.1, 7.4.1, 7.4.4, 7.6.2, 7.3.18

-Russia Power Point

-Czar and Communism Brain Pop

Thursday- 2/14/08: Russian History

SPI’s: 7.3.9, 7.2.3, 7.1.1, 7.4.1, 7.4.4, 7.6.2, 7.3.18

-Finish Russian Power Point

-Russia video: “Russia’s Last Czar”

-Russia guided reading activity

Friday- 2/15/08: TCAP Prep

SPI’s: 7.2.1, 7.2.4, 7.3.1

-TCAP Coach Books: Economics, and basic elements of mapping

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 previous assignments

Friday- 2/8/08: Map Skills/ Make-up work/ Extra Credit

SPI’s: 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.6

-Map skills Power Point

-Map Skills: Latitude and Longitude, Oceans, Religions, and various maps

-Assign make-up work

-Assign extra credit

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: Agenda: Germany

SPI’s: 7.3.9, 7.3.10, 7.1.1, 7.4.1, 7.1.3, 7.3.18

-German PowerPoint

-Holocaust Pictorial

-WWII cartoon

-Germany writing propt

Friday-2/1/08: Agenda: Germany/WWII/Test

-Greece/Rome/Italy test

-Germany and WWII notes

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

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

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 exciting one for both the students and me. I have planned numerous activities for the upcoming semester to not only make class fun but also educational. Success will ultimately lie with not only me, but with the student and you.

     If you have any questions, or if any issues arise, please contact me at Germantown Middle School or by email, tfullen@scsk12.org. I will be glad to speak with you at any time. I look forward to working with your child this semester. I also anticipate meeting you and learning how I might be of assistance to you and your child.

                                                                                                                                      Sincerely,

                                                                                                                                      Mr. Fullen