Social Studies Homework
Homework Page 
Each week you will find Social Studies homework assignments for the 2019 -2020 school year.
September 2019
Week 2 (9/3 – 9/6)
No Homework
Week 3 (9/9 - 9/13)
Monday 9/9
Reading a Map Worksheet: Our Neighborhood– Due on Tuesday 9/10
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Tuesday 9/10
Flocabulary – Navigating Maps – Complete both sides of the worksheet for homework. Due Wednesday 9/11
Wednesday 9/11
No Homework
Thursday 9/12
No Homework – Map Testing
Friday 9/13
Week 4 (9/16 - 9/20)
Monday 9/16 – Study flashcards of the first ten the State Capitols.
Study 15 mins each night.
*Quiz will be on Friday 9/20
Thursday 9/19
Study Flashcards on the U.S. capitals.
please select the following link to study.
https://www.education.com/download/worksheet/103917/states-and-capitals-flash-cards.pdf
Week 6 (9/30 – 10/4)
Autobiography Project
Week 7 (10/7 – 10/11)
Study for Chapter 1 test on Wednesday
Friday
Writing Assignment – Write one paragraph about Pizza. Due on 10/14
October 2019
Week 8 (10/14 -10-18)
Monday 10/14 – Word Process – Word Puzzle
November 2019
Week 13 11/18 – 11/22
Monday – Study for US capital quiz #5 on Friday 11/22
Tuesday – Study for US capital quiz #5 for 15 mins.
Wednesday – Study for US capital quiz #5 for 15 mins.
Thursday – Study Review sheet for Chapter 1 Unit test on Monday 11/25.
Below is the study guide
Social Studies
Ms. Foster 11/19/19
Chapter 1: Lessons 4 -10
Study Guide
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Natural Resource - A useful material found in the environment.
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Push Factor - Cause of migration that pushes people to leave their home country.
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Emigrate - To migrate out of a place.
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Culture - the beliefs, customs, practices and behaviors of a particular nation or a group of people.
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Society - A group of humans with a shared culture who have organized themselves to meet their basic needs.
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Government - A group of people who have the power to make and enforce the laws for a country or an area.
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Constitution - is a set of basic rules and principles for organizing and running a government.
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Democracy - is a form of government in which the citizens hold political power.
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Citizen - A legal member of a country.
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Civic Life - activities having to do with one’s society and community. Ex. voting
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The purpose of government is to keep order, provide services and protect people.
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The government also collects taxes from people and businesses to pay for goods and services.
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The basic rights of citizens are the freedom of speech, religion and press.
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The responsibility of a citizen is to vote, pay taxes and obey laws.
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A timeline is a line marked off with a series of events and dates.
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Artifact is an object made by a human being, such as a weapon or a tool.
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A primary source is information that comes directly from a person who directly experienced the event. Ex. A journal written by Rosa Parks talking about her experience with the bus boycott.
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Secondary Source is information about an event that does not come from a person who experienced that event. Ex. An author writes about the life of Maya Angela.
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Society - is a group of people with shared culture who have organized themselves to meet their basic needs.
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Examples of natural resources are soil, water, plants, animals, fossil fuels, and minerals.
Friday – Study for Chapter 1 Unit test on Tuesday 11/26
Week 14 (11/25 – 11/28)
Monday – Study for Chapter 1 test on Tuesday 11/26