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**7th Grade Social Studies with Technology Integration**
Through the Glencoe/McGraw-Hill company, students have access to an online textbook feature that includes chapter overviews, extension activities, and self-check quizzes among other valuable resources. Online-Text book: [|Social Studies Lessons]

Egypt Powerpoint-
Students created a Powerpoint as a culminating activity to their studies of Ancient Egypt.
 * Content Standard:** **History- Early Civilizations:**

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=**Reporting on the Causes of the American Revolution**= 1. Primary and secondary sources are used to examine events frommultiple perspectives and to present and defend a position. 5.The ideas of the Enlightenment and dissasatisfaction with colonial rule led English colonists to write the Decalaration of Indepedence and launch the American Revolution. 6.The outcome of the American Revolution was national Independence and new political, social, and economic relationships for the American people. 2-3 class periods
 * 2011 Model Curriculum: PK-12 Social Studies Grade Eight**
 * Content Statements:**
 * Lesson Objectives:** **1.**Students will learn about the causes of the American Revolution. 2. Students will take the position of an American Patriot or King George III and report on the event/Cause of the American Revolution by radio broadcast via podcast, televised broadcast via flipcam, or newspaper report via publisher. 3. Students will present to the class their news reports.
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4-5 Class Periods
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**Civil War PBL Project** Civil War Google Site- Students will collaborate to create a website for the local Historical Society that will highlight the impact of the Civil War on our local community

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