The week we will begin talking about the Conquest of the Ancient Civilizations from the Spanish and Conquistadors. 

 

Key Points:

• Key Figures: Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, and their roles in the conquests of the Aztec and Inca Empires.
• Motivations for Conquest: Economic (gold and resources), political (expansion of Spanish territory), and religious (spread of Christianity).
• Consequences of Colonization: Impact on indigenous populations, including disease, cultural change, and loss of land.
• Legacy of the Spanish Empire: How the Spanish conquest shaped modern-day Latin America.

The students will take at the Aztecs and Incas and read the text then with a partner create a Venn diagram.  

 

Next, we will take a look at the Inuit civilization and compare how this culture differences from the Olmec, Mayan, Aztec and Inca.  

The students will finish their Maya projects, and they are due on Tuesday. Using depth and complexity strategies the students will share the Big Ideas and details about their learning of the Mayan civilization. 

 

Next, we will move into learning about the Aztecs and what that civilization brought into our world.

In Social Studies, this week the students will organize their research over the Mayan Civilization and create a final project. 

Welcome Back! :)

 

This week we will be diving into the Ancient Civilization cultures. 

We will look at the Olmec and then most of the focus will be on the Mayans where the students we complete a research project.  

 

 

Monday the students will finish their travel brochure for the Western Hemisphere Regions. 

 

Tuesday through Friday we will start the History unit. 

We will start by learning the vocabulary word of the Universals of Culture: communication, political system, social organization, education, worldview (values and beliefs), art and recreation, conflict and warfare, material (tools & technology), and economics. 

 

Next, we will look at how cultures record history differently and then discover the historical context Native Cultures in North America.

This week in Social Studies we will be learning about the regions in the Western Hemisphere, the geographical features, the climate, and how humans respond to the geography and climate. 

 

We will then move into to culture and the components that are in human geography. 

We didn't get as far as I intended las week so we will start our Five Themes of Geography Project this week. 

 

The students will pick a place anywhere in the world and research how the five themes are represented for that place. (location, region, place, movement and human environment interaction)

 

After the research is complete the students will create a poster to showcase their learning for their chosen location. 

In Social Studies this week, we will learn about the Five Themes of Geography: location, movement, region, place and human environmental interaction.  The students will look at a case study for a theme and then share in a small group so that they have an understanding of each theme. 

 

At the end of the week students will start planning a Five Themes of Geography project that connects to real-world issues such as urban planning and cultural diversity.  Students will explore how geography influences daily life, community development and global interactions.  Students will see the relevance of geography in understanding current events and interconnectedness of societies. 

We are cruising right along with geography. 

 

At the end of last week, the students learned how to find locations using latitude and longitude.  This week we will look at the different hemispheres and how different locations are affected due to geographical locations.  The students will also do a scavenger hunt using Google Earth to find landforms and bodies of water. We will finish out the week by looking at the Five Themes of Geography; Place, Location, Region, Human Environment Interactions and Movement.