Ms. Hannah Hausman
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*The resources for each unit are listed in chronological order below and may be accessed by clicking on the
hyperlink
.
First semester resources
:
I. General resources
:
1)
Social Studies syllabus
2)
National Geographic online textbook
a.
BOTH Username & Password
:
INITIALS
+lunch# (example below)
* Username: HH12345
* Password: HH12345
3)
Test Correction Form
(for test grades below 80)
4)
2018-2019 District Calendar
5)
Geography games
:
a.
GeoGuessr
b.
South America Map Quiz Game
c.
LizardPoint South America Quiz Game
II. Media links
:
1)
CNN 10 News link
2)
This Day in History
3)
Scholastic News
4)
Smithsonian Tween Tribune
5)
Austin American Statesman
6)
Westlake Picayune
7)
BrainPop
a.
Username
:
hillcountryms
b.
Password
:
hillcountry
III. Maps Unit
:
1)
BrainPop videos
:
a.
Map Skills
b.
Continents of the World
c.
Latitude & Longitude
2)
Map of schedule - rough draft
3)
Map of schedule - final draft (Back-to-School Night)
4)
World Map: Continents, oceans, etc.
5)
Maps packet: "How do people use geography?"
a.
National Geographic textbook pages, pp.18-27
6)
Absolute Location
:
a.
Map of the U.S. worksheet
b.
Map of the World
worksheet
c.
Absolute Location Games
:
-
International Pizza Delivery
-
Kids Geography
-
Treasure Hunt
-
EarthGuide
d. Absolute Location
BINGO Map
and
Teacher Key
7)
Maps Unit Test Review
:
a.
Part 1
- Map Basics
-
Enlarged map of the U.S.
b.
Part 2
- World Maps
c.
Maps Skills Quizlet
IV. Five Themes of Geography
:
1)
BrainPop: 5 Themes of Geography
2)
North America & the Caribbean political map
3)
5 Themes of Geography textbook notes
4)
Mystery Country presentation
:
a.
Instructions & rubric
b.
Research guide & notes
c.
Mystery Country example
V. Time Unit
:
1)
BrainPop: Time Zones
2)
Time Unit Packet
a.
Time Unit Presentation (p.1 of
Time Unit Packet
)
3)
Footprint project
:
a.
Footprint instructions & rubric
b.
Footprint outline
c.
Student examples
:
-
The Airplane
-
Ballet
-
The Great Wall of China
-
Hot Air Balloon
-
Volleyball
-
Walt Disney
-
Yellowstone National Park
4)
Time Unit Test Review
VI. South America
:
*Government & Economics will be covered in this unit as an introduction to the various regions of the world
1)
Government
:
a.
BrainPop: Government
b.
"What's your government type?" survey
c.
Governments of the World presentation
d.
Governments of the World packet
2)
Economics overview
3)
South America
:
a.
South America political & physical maps
b.
South America textbook notes
c.
South America videos
d.
South America project instructions
-
South America research notes
VII. Africa
:
1)
Africa political & physical maps
2)
Africa guided notes
3
)
Africa Public Service Announcement (PSA)
:
a.
PSA Instructions & Rubric
b.
PSA Research Notes
c.
Video links to PSAs
d.
Student examples
:
1.
Rhino Poaching
2.
Animal Trafficking
3.
Women's Rights
4.
Elephant Poaching
VIII. The Middle East
:
1)
Middle East political & physical maps
2)
Mesopotamia Nearpod
a.
Mesopotamia videos
3)
Egypt Nearpod
a.
Egypt videos
Second semester resources
:
IX. Europe
:
1)
Europe political map
2)
Europe Daily Geography
a.
Physical maps of Europe
A. Ancient Greece & Rome
:
1)
Ancient Greece Nearpod
a.
Monsters in Greek Mythology
2)
Ancient Greece & Rome topics to research
3)
Ancient Greece & Rome videos
B
. The Middle Ages
:
1)
BrainPop videos
:
a.
The Middle Ages
b.
The Magna Carta
c.
Black Death
2)
Middle Ages textbook notes
a.
Manor illustration
3)
Medieval Sayings & Traditions
4
)
Black Death presentation
C
.
The
Renaissance
:
1)
Renaissance textbook notes
a.
Renaissance textbook pages
2)
Artists of the Renaissance
3)
Renaissance video links
D
. Industrial & French Revolutions
:
1)
BrainPop links to Revolutions
:
a.
The Industrial Revolution
b.
The French Revolution
c.
Napoleon Bonaparte
2)
Industrial & French Revolutions textbook notes
3)
Industrial & French Revolutions videos
a.
The Children Who Built Victorian Britain
b.
The French Revolution - History Channel
4
)
Revolutions Quiz Review
a.
Revolutions Quizlet
E
.
World War I
:
1)
BrainPop videos
:
a.
WWI overview
b.
Veterans Day
2)
WWI textbook notes
a.
WWI textbook pages
b.
Map of Europe Before & After WWI
3)
World War I videos
4)
World War I Quiz Review
F. World War II
:
1)
BrainPop videos
:
a.
WWII Overview
b.
WWII Causes
c.
The Holocaust
d.
Adolf Hitler
e.
Pearl Harbor
f.
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
2)
WWII textbook notes
a.
WWII textbook pages
(scroll to p.336)
b.
Map of Allied-Occupied Germany Post-WII
3)
WWII Timeline presentation
4)
Holocaust presentation
5)
WWII Major Event Project
:
a.
List of Major WWII Events
b.
Research notes
c.
Project Rubric
d.
Student example: Fall of France
e.
Student example: Non-Aggression Pact
6)
WWII Videos
7)
Looney Tunes WWII propaganda cartoons
8)
WWII Test Review
a.
WWII Bingo Terms & Definitions
b.
Map of Allied-Occupied Germany post-WII
X. Russia & the Cold War
:
1)
Russia physical & political maps
2)
Russia - Early History to Modern Times
3)
Cold War videos
4)
Cold War quiz review
a.
Cold War Nearpod presentation
b.
Cold War Nearpod - PDF version
XI. Asia:
A. S
outh Asia
:
1)
South Asia political & physical maps
2)
Religions of South Asia chart
a.
BrainPop: World Religions
3)
South Asia textbook notes
4)
South Asia Cultural Tour
a.
Asian-inspired mandalas
:
1.
Elephant
2.
Buddha
3.
Om lotus flower
4.
Taj Mahal
5.
Lotus flower
6.
Panda
7.
Peacock
8.
Pagoda
B. East
Asia
:
1)
East Asia physical map
2)
Ancient China - workbook pages
3)
Interesting Chinese research topics
C. Southeast
Asia
:
1)
Physical & Political map of Southeast Asia
2)
Southeast Asia textbook notes
D. Museum Day
:
1)
Museum Day instructions and rubric
XII. Australia & the Pacific Realm
:
1)
"Tour the World" song
2)
Australia & the Pacific Realm political map
a.
Map Key of Australia & the Pacific Realm
3)
Australia & New Zealand political/physical maps
4)
Travel Video Project rubric and research notes