Home Social Studies 7 7th grade topics Web Calendar > Search		7th grade assignments SOCIAL STUDIES:  GRADE 7 Topics/Daily Assignments Click on Web Calendar tab to check for upcoming quizzes, projects, and tests. COURSE OF STUDY American History         -European Exploration (Three Worlds Meet)         -Colonial America         -The Birth of a Nation (American Revolution and Aftermath) US Government and Civics                  -Principles  of American Democracy         -Basic Principles of Non-Democratic Governments Current Events         -International News         -National News         -State and Local News February/March Topics         ~European Exploration:  Three Worlds Meet Interesting Links         -John Hanson  <http://www.marshallhall.org/hanson.html>         -US flags  <http://www.crescent.k12.ok.us/staff/jaskew/TAH/flags/flags.htm The Work of Congress http://congress.indiana.edu/modules/ordinary_day/stub.html How a Bill Becomes a Law http://kids.clerk.house.gov/grade-school/lesson.html?intID=17 http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/lawmaking/index.html The Executive Branch:  Roles of the President http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/5a2c.html Our Court System www.ourcourts.org  (web site of Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor) New Jersey Government/History http://www.state.nj.us/hangout_nj/ http://www.state.nj.us/ Legislature http://state.nj.us/hangout_njgames_statehousemaze.html http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/kids/index.asp  (how a bill becomes a law in NJ) NJ History http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/njh/ Northvale Government http://www.boroughofnorthvale.com/index.htm          Assignments due: Monday, March 8 Group presentations for "Who Really Discovered the Americas?"  (7-2 ) Complete Current Events review guide. (handout 3-15) Complete Pre-Reading guide, ch. 3, sec. 2, pp. 74-80. (handout 3-16) Tuesday, March 9 Review Current Events. Wednesday,  March 10 Read carefully pp. 74-80. MAKE UP FOR CURRENT EVENTS LEAGUE-WEDNESDAY @ LUNCH--ROOM 143. Thursday, March 11 Finish reading Ch. 3, sec. 2, pp.77-80. Finish handout #3-17, Ch. 3, sec. 2 "Guided Reading and Review." Friday, March 12 On the right side of your interactive notebook, list "Ten Essential Facts on Spanish Colonization."  Use pages 74-80 in your textbook as a reference. Monday, March 15
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