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Middle School Social Studies

CITY UNIT PRE-TEXT/POST-TEST LESSON

THEME: My Expanding Community

TOPIC: My City

SUBJECT: Science, Social Studies

GRADE LEVEL: 7^th

GOAL:

To test students on prior knowledge, give students a review sheet for the test, and to show the teacher the progress of learning throughout the unit.

OBJECITVES:

Students will show knowledge before hand of surrounding community and facilities.

ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED: 2 50 minute class periods (Science DAY 1 and Science DAY 14)

MATERIALS: test, pen/pencil

COMMUNITY RESOURCES: Knowledge of community resources are the main topic of the test.

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY:

Students will be handed a test (see community test).
The teacher will explain that the pretest is not graded but the correct answers will be bonus points on the post test.
Remind the students that the test can be used as a review for a final test.
They have the class hour to complete the test.

ASSESSMENT: The grade will come from the post test and points from pretest added.

CITY UNIT PRE/POST TEST

NAME ___________________________________

CITY NAME ______________________________

How many people live in your city?

Who is the top official?

Who helps him govern?

Who are the employees who manage the city?

What public facilities do you have that are under the direction of the city-name them?

What public facilities do you have in the city that are privately owned and operataed?

Where are these facilities located?

How does the city get money?

How does the city spend its money?

Where does the city get its water?

Where does the waste (both sewer and garbage) go?

Where do the citizens get electricity ?

Where do the citizens get natural gas?

How does the city attract new residents?

How does the city attract tourists?

How does the city attract shoppers?

What role does the newspaper play in the function of the city?

How does the city attract new businesses?

Give a brief history of your city (why named, who founded, when)?

List any additional businesses you think would be successful and aid the city and why?

STATE REVIEW

THEME: My Expanding Community

TOPIC: My City

SUBJECT: Technology, Lakota, English, Social Studies

GRADE LEVEL: 7th

GOALS: The students will compile information and type final report.

OBJECTIVES: Students will:

1. use the Internet for information

2. summarize and categorize information

3. research state information.

ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED: 3 50 minute class periods (DAY 1, 2)

MATERIALS: computer, Internet, printer, log book, pen/pencil, STATE REVIEW, STATE RUBRIC

COMMUNITY RESOURCES: Community resources for this lesson is the Internet as a global community.

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: Internet

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: The students have chosen their states. They will have access to the Internet to find different information on their state. Give each student a STATE REVIEW sheet and use Internet as a resource tool. The students will research information and type in format according to sheet, using the STATE RUBRIC as a guide.

ASSESSMENT: STATE RUBRIC to be assessed by teacher after typed product is completed.

STATE REVIEW

NAME ___________________________

State ___________________________

Capital ___________________________

Area ___________________________

Population ___________________________

Statehood (date) ___________________________

State Motto _________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

List the top 5 major cities in state.

List all land types.

Average temperatures

List all natural resources.

Production %

What area do most people live in? (give cities and/or directions)

(example Sioux Falls or in the Southeast corner of the state)

List 5 major Universities.

List 10 places to visit?

List 10 annual events throughout the state.

STATE RUBRIC

NAME _______________________

NEATNESS 20 15 10 5 0

information is organized

INFORMATION 20 15 10 5 0

all information included

SPELLING 20 15 10 5 0

all spelling correct

GRAMMAR 20 15 10 5 0

all grammar correct

EASILY READ 20 15 10 5 0

reader can read and find info easy

TOTAL _______

COMMENTS

NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES RESEARCH

THEME: My Expanding Community

TOPIC: My City

SUBJECT: Technology, Lakota, English, Social Studies

GRADE LEVEL: 7th

GOALS: A typed review of specific Native American Tribes.

OBJECTIVES: Students will:

1. use the Internet for information

2. research on Native American tribes

3. summarize and categorize information.

ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED: 2 50 minute class periods (DAY 1, 2)

MATERIALS: computer, Internet, printer, log book, pen/pencil, NATIVE AMERICAN REVIEW, NATIVE AMERICAN RUBRIC

COMMUNITY RESOURCES: Community resources for this lesson is the Internet as a global community.

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: Internet

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: The students have chosen their states. They will have access to the Internet to find different information on the tribes that are originally from their state. Give each student a NATIVE AMERICAN REVIEW sheet and use Internet and other references as a resource tools. The students will research information and type in format according to the guide.

ASSESSMENT: NATIVE AMERICAN RUBRIC to be assessed by teacher after typed product is completed.

NATIVE AMERICAN REVIEW

NAME _________________________

STATE ________________________

TRIBE CHOSEN ______________________

Where is the tribe located in the state?

What resources did they use?

List any tales from culture.

What products originated from them?

List a brief history of tribe.

How did weather affect them?

List any important dates and why important.

Do they still exist as a tribe?

List if any reservations they are on.

Famous people from tribe.

How each group dressed.

Important words, phrases, give 3 examples.

NATIVE AMERICAN RUBRIC

NAME _______________________

NEATNESS 20 15 10 5 0

information is organized

INFORMATION 20 15 10 5 0

all information included

SPELLING 20 15 10 5 0

all spelling correct

GRAMMAR 20 15 10 5 0

all grammar correct

EASILY READ 20 15 10 5 0

reader can read and find info easy

TOTAL _______

COMMENTS

NATIVE AMERICAN TALE

THEME: My Expanding Community

TOPIC: My City

HOW TOPIC RELATES TO THEME:

SUBJECT AREAS: Lakota, English, Social Studies

GRADE LEVEL: 7

GOALS: To create a Native American tale that parallels with tribe chosen.

OBJECTIVES: Students will: 1. develop creative writing skills

2. correlate between real and fiction

3. publish a writing piece

4. be exposed to other tribes

5. increase their literature skills to new genre: tales and legends.

ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED: 2 50 minute periods (DAY 1, 3)

MATERIALS: Native American Tale Review Sheet, references from other sources, paper, pen/pencil, log book, writing program on computer, printer

COMMUNITY RESOURCES: Internet as a global resource, oral tales written down from past, knowledge of student’s heritage

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: Internet, writing program

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: The teacher will read selected Native American tales from ***BOOK *** from different tribes. The students will use their Native American review for ideas. The teacher will instruct students to use resources, beliefs, and their own imagination to create a Native American Tale from the area they choose. The rough draft will be typed and then edited by peers and the teacher. Students will make any adjustments necessary for final copy. The story will be printed and will be saved for future publication in their newspaper.

ASSESSMENT: Native American Rubric

NATIVE AMERICAN TALE RUBRIC

TITLE OF STORY____________________________

AUTHOR _______________________

DOES THE STORY MAKE SENSE? 10 8 6 4 2 0

(All characters have a role in story)

IS THERE A BEGINNING/MIDDLE/END? 10 8 6 4 2 0

(All characters are introduced-all characters are

doing something-all characters are accounted

for in the end)

IS IT READABLE? 10 8 6 4 2 0

(Can a younger person read and understand

the story)

DOES IT HAVE A MORAL? 10 8 6 4 2 0

(Does this teach the reader something from right

and wrong)

IS IT ENTERTAINING? 10 8 6 4 2 0

(Will the reader be amused)

CULTURAL 10 8 6 4 2 0

(Does the story use resources and beliefs from

the respected tribe)

NEATNESS 10 8 6 4 2 0

(The print is easy to read- no smudges on the paper-

no erase marks- story done in pen)

CREATIVITY 10 8 6 4 2 0

(Make the stories come alive-- use of nature a must)

GRAMMAR 10 8 6 4 2 0

(All grammatical and punctual marks are correct)

SPELLING 10 8 6 4 2 0

(All words spelled correctly)

TOTAL ________

COMMENTS TO AUTHOR:

COMMUNITY MEASUREMENT

THEME: My Expanding Community

TOPIC: My City

SUBJECT: Technology, Math, Science, Social Studies

GRADE LEVEL: 7^th

GOAL: Students will go into the community and do precise measurements/documentation to use for scale of own model.

OBJECTIVES: Students will:

examine real-life features

utilize measuring tools

use scales to compare real life to model

ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED: 1 50-minute class period (DAY 2)

MATERIALS: tape measures, log books, pencils, MEASUREMENT WORKSHEET

COMMUNITY RESOURCES: Prior to trip, let residence know that students will be there. The community itself as a model.

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: After the information is logged, it will be used in scales, forms, calculations, and graphs in the future.

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: The students and teacher will go to different destinations to calculate block size and number of homes and businesses on a block. Use the measurement worksheet to complete all questions and measurements. Log books will be brought along for any further information that is not listed on the worksheet.

ASSESSMENT: Each log will be examined to make sure all calculations are there. Assessment will be evaluated later in finished project.

MEASUREMENT WORKSHEET

NAME ________________________________

Take measurements of 3 different blocks in feet. Calculations of Average will be done later.

Block 1 _______________________________

Block 2 _______________________________ Average _____________________

Block 3 _______________________________

Number of Houses for each block

Block 1 _______________________________

Block 2 _______________________________ Average _____________________

Block 3 _______________________________

Number of trailer homes for each block

Block 1 _______________________________

Block 2 _______________________________ Average _____________________

Block 3 _______________________________

Number of Apartment Buildings per block

Block 1 _______________________________

Block 2 _______________________________ Average _____________________

Block 3 _______________________________

Number of Apartments per building

Apartment 1 _______________________________

Apartment 2 _______________________________ Average _____________________

Apartment 3 _______________________________

HOME SURVEY

THEME: My Expanding Community

TOPIC: My City

SUBJECT: Science, Math, English, Speech

GRADE LEVEL: 7th

GOAL: To calculate and graph types of homes and an average amount of people per home.

OBJECTIVES: Students will:

1. record data

2. log information

3. distribute survey forms

4. calculate data.

ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED: 2 50 minute class periods (DAY 2 and 3)

MATERIALS: computer, graphing program, SURVEY WORKSHEET, pen/pencil

COMMUNITY RESOURCES: Our students and other students from different grade levels are our sense of community in this project.

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: The students will use graphing computer programs to calculate and display answers.

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Prior to the class, the teachers will talk to fellow teachers to set a schedule for students to survey peers. Each class is assigned classrooms and will ask peers the questions on the SURVEY FORM PART 1. The second class period used will be for the total calculations. The teacher will ask for all total calculations and post on the board. After the calculations are all listed, each student will be handed SURVEY FORM PART 2 and will calculate an average to be used class wide.

ASSESSMENT: The assessment will be included in final project.

SURVEY FORM PART 1

NAME __________________________

Student #_________