Seventh Grade Social Studies

Objectives of this class: To understand the key concepts in the development of the United States.
To understand regional U.S. geography, map applications and landforms.

Materials: The text used for the U.S. history portion of this class is America’s Story.
The text used for the geography portion of this class is World Geography Today.
These textbooks will need to be covered with an appropriate book cover at all times.
The course will also be supplemented with other materials to be determined by the instructor.
Each student will need to bring a 3-ring binder, a folder, paper and a pencil to class each day.

Classwork:Each student will demonstrate his/her understanding of the coursework through assignments in and outside of class, individual, pair and group work, projects, presentations, quizzes and tests.

Grading Scale
100%-96% = A 95%-92% = A-
91%-89% = B+ 88%-86% = B 85%-83% = B-
82%-80% = C+ 79%-77% = C 76%-74% = C-
73%-71% = D+ 70%-68% = D 67%-65% = D-
64% and below = Failing

Make-up policy:Each student will be given one day to make up missed work for each day of class missed. Make up for missed quizzes and tests will be arranged with Mrs. Richards.

Unexcused late work is not accepted-no exceptions!

Understanding the events and forces which shaped the United States as well as exploring the physical geography of this country will enable you to better understand the United States of today.
In order to be successful, you will need to spend time both in class and out of class completing the assigned work.

You will get out of this class what you put into it!