SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR PROJECT TIME!!!

Social Studies Fair Projects are due December 11, 2013.  All students need to begin working on their project ASAP.!!! 

REMEMBER:  Topics for your projects need to be submitted by Thursday, October 21st.  Here are several sites that you can review to help you choose your subject matter:

Social Studies Fair Project Ideas

http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/northwst/news/0506/ssfair/index.asp

 http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us

http://www.life123.com/parenting/education/social-studies/social-studies-fair-ideas.shtml

http://grantcountyschools.com/grant5/social_studies_fair_topics_and_r.htm

http://www.questgarden.com/83/76/2/090620213015/process.htm

Social Studies Fair Timeline

All students from 7A and 7D are required to complete a Social Studies Fair Project.  For the next month and a half students should be working diligently on completing this assignment.  They will be taking notes for the next several days on what they will need and what is expected.  All students will also have a timeline in their notebooks which list when assignments related to the project should be handed in.  These will be counted as homework and/or classwork grades.  Please see the following timeline below:

 

Assignment	Due Date
Hand in a TOPIC for approval	10/31/2013
Outline ·        Consists of main ideas you want to include in your paper	11/08/2013
Abstract ·        250 word summary of research paper ·        This project is about…. ·        This project will describe…. ·        This project will show…. ·        Further, the project will show…. ·        In addition, it will explain…. ·        Information for this project was secured…. ·        This project intends to demonstrate….	11/15/2013
Hand in a list of your sources ·        At least five sources	11/20/2013
Turn in revised Abstract with all corrections made	11/25/2013
Develop Display Board (complete this on your own; DO NOT hand in)	11/27/2013
Plan layout for display board (complete this on your own; DO NOT hand in)	11/27/2013
Plan a creative student made model  (complete this on your own; DO NOT hand in)	12/02/2013
Display board, research paper, model brought into school	12/11/2013

Geography: Immigration and the American Culture

Immigration and the American Culture

You took notes on the documentary “Island of Hope, Island of Tears”. This told of many push and pull factors that led many immigrants to come to leave their own countries and come to America. 

You are to write an essay that explains these push and pull factors.  Using your notes, explain what drove many immigrants to make the crossing across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. This essay should include the following:

• Describe in detail the push and pull factors

• Use the images you saw to further explain the push factors.  Use examples.

• What do you think the video meant by this being the “largest human migration” in history?

• Why do you think they made the trip under the horrible conditions to come to America?

• Why do you think Ellis Island was called the Island of Hope and Island of Tears?

• Use a true story of an immigrant and relate it to the experiences told about in the documentary.

• Research an immigrant’s story and describe why the person left, what it was like traveling here, and what their experiences were like once they got here (diary entries would be a good place to start).

This MUST be typed, size 12, Times New Roman Font, and double-spaced and will be DUE Tuesday, October 15, 2013.  This will count as a TEST grade.

Alternative GEOGRAPHY Assignment

Alternative GEOGRAPHY Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to act as an alternate assignment for the “Regional Culture” group assignment that was not completed in class.  Completing this alternate assignment will ensure you do not receive a zero for a project grade.  HOWEVER, should you fail to turn this assignment in or PLAGIARIZE this assignment; you will receive an automatic zero.

Instructions:

You were to research and complete a presentation on your assigned region of the United States (northeast, south, midwest, west).  Because you did not complete this project, you are now required to write a research paper on this region.   Your research paper MUST be at least 3-5 typed pages on AT LEAST four of the following items:

·        Industry

·        Culture

·        Commercial Activity

·        Tourist Activity

·        Major Attractions

·        Major Cities

·        Landscapes/Terrain

·        Why do you think your assigned region is important to the success of the United States?  What is its contribution?

YOU MUST ANSWER THIS QUESTION:  What did you learn about your region?  Give at least three things new you learned.  Also, if you had to recommend this region of the United States to someone to visit, what would be the top three reasons you would tell them to visit.  Explain with details.  

PLEASE DO NOT PLAGIARIZE!!!!

This research paper will take the place of the project you did not complete for class.  If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Mrs. Yancie. 

DUE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2013.

Geography: United States Regions Group Projects

Attention Students!!!  For one day you will be allowed to be ME and teach the class!

Each group has been assigned a region of the United States to "teach" to the class.  They are as follows  (in the order they will be presented):

Northeast:  Group 1 and 5

South:  Group 3

Midwest:  Group 4

Pacific/West:  Group 2

Each group is to include information regarding the following topics when presenting their region to the class:

• Industry
• Religion
• Culture
• Commercial Activity
• Tourist Activity
• Landscape/Terrain (mountains, coast, plains, desert, etc.)
• Major cities
• Major attractions
• Why is this region important to the United States?  What is its contribution?

Each group must complete the following:

• You MUST have some kind of hand-out/notes for the class
• You MUST have a PowerPoint with bullets
• You CANNOT come up to the front of the class and just read from the PowerPoint
• Every person in your group MUST be assigned a category to speak about
• Your PowerPoint has to be at least 10 slides, NOT including the introduction and ending slides
• Your PowerPoint MUST have pictures on each slide
• The notes must match the PowerPoint

Presentations will begin Monday, September 16th

Mount Rushmore

Niagara Falls

Grand Canyon

Does Man Need to Be Governed?

"Does Man Need to Be Governed?"

This essay MUST be TYPED, size 12, Times New Roman font, and double spaced.  We have been discussing the ideas of Locke, Hobbes, Paine, Montesquieu, etc. regarding government and the role of government.  We have also discussed Plato's ideas that man was created to be governed and must exist in a state of government.  Look at your notes to review the ideas of Locke, Hobbes, etc. and write an essay stating YOUR OPINION about the question.  DO NOT REWRITE MY NOTES!!!  This will result in points being automatically taken away.  Answer the following questions in PARAGRAPH form:

• Do you agree with Plato?  Why or why not?  Give at least 2 reasons to support your answer.
• Does man, or do humans, need to be governed?  Give at least 2 reasons to support your answer.
• What would happen without government?  Give at least 2 reasons.
• If left alone, would humans be able to govern themselves?  Give at least 2 reasons.
• What is government's job?  Give at least 2 reasons.

This is due FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 

 

Hobbes

Locke

Paine

Rousseau

Montesquieu