USD 377

7^th Grade Social Studies

1^st Semester: World Geography

2^nd Semester: Kansas History

Teacher:              Amanda Hughes             hughes.amanda@usd377.org              

Geography Units

1. Introduction to Geography
2. Physical Geography: The Earth and Landforms
3. Physical Geography: Physical Systems
4. Human Geography: Culture
5. Human Geography: Government, Economics, and Religion
6. Human Interactions with the Earth and Environment

Kansas History Units

1. Early Peoples, Exploration, and Drawing Boundaries (7000 BCE – 1854 CE)
2. Statehood and Civil War (1854 – 1865)
3. Kansas: To the Stars through Difficulty (1865 – 1890s)
4. Progress and Reform (1860s – 1920s)
5. Good Times and Bad (1920s – 1940s)
6. Kansas and a Changing World (1950’s – 2000’s)
7. Kansas and a Modern World (1970s – Present)

Textbook:           World Geography

**The textbook will be downloaded onto the iPad.

The Kansas Journey

**The textbook can be found in the classroom and checked out upon request.

Grades:                                Grades will be determined upon daily work, projects, test scores and participation.

Late Work:          1 point deducted for every day the assignment is late

                                After 5 days, the assignment will remain a 0 in the gradebook.

Expectations:

1. Class begins and ends with the bell.
2. Bring all necessary materials to class (iPad, paper, pen/pencil)
3. Be respectful to your classmates, teachers, and yourself.
4. Take responsibility and ownership for yourself, your work, your actions, and your words.
5. No games on Chromebooks.