P L E A S E F I N D A S E AT A N Y W H E R E .

WELCOME TO YOUR 7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS!

OBJECTIVE AND CONTENT STANDARDS:

• Objective: Students will be given an introduction in 7th grade Social Studies and begin to analyze the geographical make-up of the world.

• Content Standards: 7 – G1.1.1 Explain and use a variety of maps, globes, and web based geography technology to study the world, including global, interregional, regional, and local scales.

FIRST THINGS FIRST…

• Let’s start with the syllabus:• This is what details the

expectations of the class.• Many of you already

received this on Open House night.

• I made extra copies for each of you though.• Please don’t write on

them, I’m going to keep using the same ones for every class.

NOW LET’S LEARN ABOUT YOU…

• How many of you in here are new to Homer this year?• How many of you are new here in the

past 3 years?• How many of you

have gone to school here your

entire life?

NAME GAME:

• Here’s the deal: I want to learn your names.• I have found the

easiest way to do this is play a simple name game.

• So please listen up and see if we can follow along.

NOW ONTO ME:

• I grew up in…• I am married to…• I have two

awesome…• My hobbies are…• Any questions for

me?

LET’S MOVE ONTO OUR FIRST ACTIVITY OF THE YEAR:

• Please have out a pencil.• A piece of scrap or good paper (it doesn’t really

matter).• Here’s what we are going to do:• Please write down five things you can learn from the

picture shown to you.• You have 5 minutes…

• Please write down one question you have about the picture.• You ready?

WELCOME TO GEOGRAPHY:

MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU…

• Please try your best to answer the following:• If the continent of Africa has more people than the United

States, why is the United States more lit up?• If China has 3 times more people than the United States,

then why isn’t it 3 times brighter?• Can you find 3 physical landforms on the map?• Which continents seem to be the most technologically

advanced? How do you know?