A Day Worth Remembering

On September 10th all social studies classes finished taking notes on the five themes of geography.
1. Location
2. Region

3. Place
4. Movement
5. Human Environment Interaction
We then began an activity that asked them to apply these themes to Middletown.

Today we spent much of the class period discussing the significance of September 11th.  Each one of us learned what actually happened on that important day 12 years ago and how it has affected our lives and our country since.

Five Themes of iPads

It is hard to believe that the third week of school has begun.  Today we returned the continents and oceans quiz that was taken last week.  Student overall did very well with the quiz.  Students were reminded to keep studying their flashcards on land forms for a small quiz this Friday. Today I taught the students how to log in to their google drive account and access social studies worksheets.  Students were able to successfully begin to take notes on the five themes of geography using notability on their iPads.  Students learned about the first theme of geography which is location There are two types of location absolute and relative.  Tomorrow we will continue learning how the 5 themes of geography can be see in our lives!
                                                 Five Themes of Geography Graphic Organizer

Welcome!

Welcome to Mr. Ressler's Social Studies land. This blog is entirely dedicated to my students and their parents.  Throughout the year I will strive to keep this updated with the happenings of our classroom.  Students and parents can tune in to see what happened in class each day, or simply drop by to review some of the major ideas from class.  I will also try to post videos and worksheets that are used in the classroom. If you dare to follow us through Social Studies Land hold on because you will never know where this route may take us!