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Mrs. Ansley
Room 215
Social Studies
This site is designed to keep my students informed about Social Studies.
I teach Social Studies on team 6-1. I will try and keep readers of this page informed about our current focus in Social Studies.
I will try and remind students of due dates, and give occasional hints about how to be successful at school.
I'll also try to include school happenings and events.
However, this site will not always have daily homework posting.
Social Studies
Below is a website that might be of interest. Check it out if you find time.
Computer Lab 12-3 Ancient Egypt
Geography practice
China Lab 3-18-2013
Index of ideas: Start here!
More ideas for searching:
Your name in Chinese
Great Wall
Chinese Food
This course looks at ancient history. We will examine the early cultures of the world.
Some of our focus will be about why they settled where they did, how societies were organized, and beliefs that they shared. We will look at those characteristics and how they have influenced us.
Mastery of concepts will be achieved through a variety of learning activities.
Projects, class discussions and computer labs are just some of the activities in which we will be engaged.
We review geography skills. This is done through a variety of learning activities.
Bellringer questions often ask students to use maps and review previous lessons.
We continue brushing up on and fine tuning some geography concepts and map skills.
Homework!
Grades for all terms are on Power School. Students completed their booklet by writing a paragraph on which place (from their booklet) that they'd like to visit...and why.
Our current study is Ancient China. We are learning about 3 ancient
Chinese philosophies: Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism.
Sixth grade received a cartful of "COW"s.
A COW is short for computers on wheels.
Classes take turns using these laptops to support and supplement course materials and resources.
Sometimes headphones are needed. If your student has a set
of ear buds or headphones that they use w/ an ipod or other
device, they could use them in class with the COW. Of course, this
is dependent upon the teacher and the learning activity. So, if your
student has them and can bring them back and forth to school, they
could be useful in the classroom.
Rumor has it that they are pretty inexpensive to buy, so it might be a
good investment.
Some Friday Folders are being returned by students with all papers still in the pockets and no parent signature.
Please remember, this is a tool to link communication between home and school.
Interim grades are available for viewing online May 3rd. We are well into the final quarter of the school year.
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If you or your student have questions about camp, or situations that need to be discussed, please let one of your student's teachers know. Many times we can help to solve what seems to be a roadblock.
It is important that students begin their day with a good breakfast.
Students who eat breakfast do better academically, and have fewer behavior problems.
They also have better attendance.
Lunch! Sixth grade lunch is at 11:08 this year.
It seems pretty early in the school day! Please discuss healthy food choices with your
student. Good choices will fuel the brain for a productive school day. A little coaching from home and here at school should help our students make those good choices.
See the course syllabus below
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Buckeye Valley Middle School
6th Grade Social Studies
2012-2013 Syllabus
Mrs. Karen Ansley
(740) 363-6626
Course Description
In this course, students will be immersed in information gathering, discussion and activities relating to ancient cultures of the Eastern Hemisphere. This information will aid students in developing further understanding about our current world.
- Early civilizations (India, Egypt, China and Mesopotamia) flourished as a result of favorable
geographic characteristics.
- The cultural practices and products of early civilizations can be used to help understand the Eastern
Hemisphere today.
- Geographic tools can be used to gather process and report information about people, places and environments.
- Latitude and longitude can be used to identify absolute location.
- Various environments within the Eastern Hemisphere influence human activities.
- Factors cause people, products and ideas to move from place to place in the Eastern Hemisphere in the
past and today and to alter the physical environment.
- Modern culture shows the influence of tradition and diffusion.
- Effective economic decision making requires students to be able to reason logically about key economic issues.
- The fundamental questions of economics include what to produce, how to produce and for whom to produce.
- When regions and/or countries specialize, global trade occurs.
Assessment Types
Tests/Projects – Some units of study will be assessed by a project or test.
Quizzes - Quizzes may be given during a unit of study to assess student understanding, guide
lessons or reinforce concepts.
Class work -class work is used to reinforce lessons: This may be notes or application of concepts.
Most days class will begin with a bellringer question. This work is accumulated
throughout the week and collected on Friday.
Homework – The amount of homework is dependent upon the unit of study. Most often homework will
be finishing work begun in class.
Composition/Writing – On occasion, students will be asked to write a paragraph to form an opinion or
apply concepts for a unit of study. Scores will be based on content, however
punctuation, spelling, capitalization and format will also be figured into the grade.
NOTE: Students are responsible for completing schoolwork when absent. An absent notebook is in the classroom. It is the student’s responsibility to check the notebook when returning to school.
The best time to do this is before class begins.
Grading Plan
Student grades will be available to parents and students online. Grades are weighted in this manner:
Tests/ Projects = 30%
Quizzes = 20%
Class work = 20%
Homework = 10%
Composition/writing=20%
I have a web page connected to the Buckeye Valley web site. I try to keep students and parents updated by giving a summary of the current unit of study, as well as long term assignments.
It will not be updated daily.
About the Teacher
I hold both undergraduate and graduate degrees in education from The Ohio State University. I have taught in the Buckeye Valley school district for over 15 years.
I have taught 4th grade at B.V. West Elementary, 7th grade Social Studies and Language Arts and 6th grade Social Studies.
My husband and I live in the district. Both of our daughters are graduates of Buckeye Valley.
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