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Welcome to Mr. Hoehna's 7th
Grade Social Studies and Knights Classes for
2010/2011.
(For XC: Various Cross Country forms are in the Documents
section under "Cross Country")
Check the links section for the Google Calendar links for your
period calendar and upcoming assignments.
7th and 8th Grade Unit Plan with Unit Focus:
7th Grade
6
Weeks
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Geography
*Globes and
Maps
*Map
Projections
*Hemispheres
*Latitude/Longitude
*Great
Circles
*Parts of a Map
*Scale
*Types of Map
*Location, Place, Environment, Movement and
Region
12
Weeks – Washington State
History
- WSH State/Fed
Governments
*Three
Branches
*Bill Becomes
Law
*Forms of
Government
*Washington State
Cabinet
*Famous Washington
Politicians
*Differences between
State/Fed
*Similarities between
State//Fed
- WSH Current
Events
- WSH Illustrated
Timeline
*British Fur Trade
*Whitman Massacre
*Oregon Territory 1848
*Washington Territory 1853
*Pig War
*Yakama Wars
*Nez Perce Retreat
*Washington Statehood
*Klondike Gold Rush
- WSH Newspaper
Project
1880-1889
• Statehood and Constitution (1889)
• Seattle Fire and Rebuilding of Seattle
(1889)
• Elisha Ferry elected 1st governor of
Washington (1889)
1890-1899
• Klondike Gold Rush (1897-1898)
• Great Northern Transcontinental Railroad
is completed to Seattle, led by James Hill (1893)
1900-1909
• Growth of Lumber Industry (Weyerhauser
company is formed)
• Creation of the Industrial Workers of the
World (IWW) “The Wobblies” (unions)
• Washington’s Suffrage Movement
– Women in Washington gain right to vote in 1910
1910-1919
• Boeing is founded (1916) – early
years of the company
• Washington State during World War I
(1917-1918)
• Seattle General Strike (1919)
• Everett Massacre (1916)
• May Arkwright Hutton dies (1915) look back
at her life and accomplishments
1920-1929
• Bertha Landes (Seattle’s first
female mayor)
• Political Leaders – Mark Reed and
Roland Hartley
1930-1939
• Construction of Grand Coulee Dam (begins
1933)
• Prohibition ends in Washington (1933)
• The New Deal in Washington State and
Governor Clarence Martin
• The Great Depression in Washington State
(Hoovervilles)
1940-1949
• Washington State’s role in
supporting the country in World War Two (1941-1945)
• Japanese Internment
• Hanford Atomic Project during World War
Two
1950-1959
• William Boeing dies (1956) look back at
his life
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge completed (1950)
1960-1969
• World’s Fair and building of Space
Needle (1962)
• Anti-Vietnam War protests in Washington
State
1970-1979
• U.S. v. Washington, Boldt Decision (1974)
involves Native American disputes over fishing rights
• William O. Douglas retires from U.S.
Supreme Court in 1975 (look back on his life and career)
• Dixie Lee Ray elected, only female
governor in state history (1976)
1980-1989
• Eruption of Mt. St. Helens (May 18,
1980)
• Growth of Microsoft company
• Warren Magnuson dies (1989) U.S. Senator
from Washington State – look back at his life
1990-1999
• Impact and influence of Paul Allen on
Seattle
• Norm Rice serves as 1st African-American
mayor of Seattle (1989-1997) look at his life/career
• Building of Safeco Field – Raising
of $, construction, etc. (completed in 1999)
2000-2009
• Bill Gates biography (look back on his
career up until the present day)
• Gary Locke finishes final term as governor
(look back at his career)
• Women in politics in Washington –
Christine Gregoire, Patty Murray, and Maria Cantwell
11
Weeks
- Roman Empire
- Feudalism
- Crusades
- European
Renaissance
6
Weeks
- Middle East
8th Grade
3
weeks
- American
Colonies
*John Smith, William Penn, George Calvert,
James, Duke of York
*Jamestown, Plymouth, and Roanoke
*New England, Middle and Southern Colonies
*Puritans, Separatist, and Pilgrims
*Mayflower Compact, Town Hall Meetings, House of
Burgesses.
*Salem Witch Trials
*Colonial Punishments
5
Weeks
- American
Revolution
*French and Indian War
*Stamp, Quartering, and Intolerable Acts
*Boston Tea Party
*Lexington and Concord
*Colonist versus British Policies
*Major Battles
*Influential People of the Revolution
5
Weeks
- U.S.
Constitution
*Roman Republic, Magna Carta, and Mayflower
Compact
*Preamble, Articles, and Bill of Rights
*Checks and Balances
*The Great Compromise
- Comparative
Government
*Articles of Confederation versus U.S.
Constitution
*State versus Federal
7
Weeks
- Nation Building
- Expansion and
Industrialization
6 Weeks
- Slavery, Secession and Civil
War
- Reconstruction
3 Weeks
- Economics
6 Weeks
- Immigration and
Reform
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