Vocabulary of the Week

Please check out the Vocabulary of the week videos here:

A more challenging video: 

Geography Resources

Please have look at the videos below to prepare for next week Social Studies class! Enjoy!

Amazing song tour the world! 

Song about Latitude and Longitude:

Weekly Plan

In this week's Social Studies class we will be working on geography and studying world maps, which will help us understand the first human civilizations that came to be after the early human migration out of Africa!

Please make sure to check the resources section, which will be updated shortly with new Geography materials for students to prepare for this week! Thanks in advance.  

Announcement

California Class will not have Social Studies class on Thursday, because this week we have Thursday off! Hope you enjoy your long weekend for the 6th of October Holiday! 

Homework

Homework for New York on Monday: Please fill what you weren't able to do on last weeks quiz! It will count as a homework grade, your chance to make up for it!

Homework for California: I will give the quiz back on Sunday, you are to fill what you weren't able to do on last weeks quiz for Monday. t will count as a homework grade, your chance to make up for it!

Good luck! 

Geography: Human Migration Maps

Our first geography lesson is tightly linked to our early humans theme. The great walk out of Africa! 

We will be learning how to read different types of maps, get ready by looking at the different maps below about the early human migration. 

Click https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/media/2013-03-the-greatest-walk/ for full size map.

You can find the early human migration map on National Geographic here: https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/human-journey/ and https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/human-journey/ 

Below is a very simple world map of the early human migration:

Vocabulary of the Week

We talked about Migration and hunter-gatherer in class last week, check out these two short videos that explain these two words below:

Early Human Migration

Last week we started to talk about early human migration out of Africa. Please check out the videos below:

How do fossils get made?

Some of you have been asking about how do fossils get made, check out the video below to learn more:

Research Homework

Please research one or two of the animals we listed in class in your new research book (A4 format) as well as information about Lucy. Bonus: What city was she discovered in?

Make sure to take notes. DO NOT COPY from the Internet. Read the information then write what you understood.

Please make sure you watched the videos on the Blog and learnt the vocabulary in the Vocabulary of the Week Section.

Thanks and good luck! 

Happy Islamic New Year

Happy Islamic New Year! Hope you are enjoying your day off of school!

Human Evolution

This is a video about Human Evolution, many of the topics we talked about in class come up in this video:

What can you learn from ancient skeletons?

Check out this video to find out about how scientists learn from skeletons, such as Lucy:

Early Humans Vocabulary

This is the vocabulary you need to learn for the early humans section:

Prehistoric:

part of speech:	adjective
definition:	belonging to a period in a time before written history. Dinosaurs were prehistoric beasts that roamed the earth.
related words:	ancient
derivations:	prehistorical (adj.), prehistorically (adv.)

Hominid: 

part of speech:	noun
definition:	any member of the family of two-legged primates that includes all humans and their ancestors.
related words:	ape

Homo sapiens:

part of speech:	noun
definition:	the scientific name for human beings or for mankind in general. similar words: man, race
related words:	human, humanity

Neanderthal:

part of speech:	adjective
definition:	designating an early form of human of the Pleistocene period.

Cro-magnon:

part of speech:	noun
definition:	a Caucasoid type of human that lived in Europe from about 60,000 B.C. to about 10,000 B.C.

Primate:

part of speech:	noun
definition:	any animal in the category of mammals that includes humans, monkeys, apes, and some smaller, simpler animals. Most primates have large brains and flexible hands.

Mammal:

part of speech:	noun
definition:	any animal that has hair and feeds its babies with milk from the mother. Dogs, whales, and humans are mammals, but fish, birds, and snakes are not.

Stone Age:

part of speech:	noun
definition:	the stage of human culture when stone tools and weapons were made and used. The Stone Age dates from about two million B.C. to about 3,500 B.C.

Ice Age: 

part of speech:	noun
definition:	a long period of time when glaciers covered large parts of the earth. Our part of the country was covered with ice and snow during the last ice age, over ten thousand years ago.

Fossil:

part of speech:	noun
definition:	the remains or trace of a living animal or plant from a long time ago. Fossils are found embedded in earth or rock. Fossils of fish in the rock showed that the area had once been under water.

Artifact:

part of speech:	noun
definition:	any object made by human beings. The museum had an exhibit of ancient Mexican artifacts.
related words:	antique

Migrate:

part of speech:	verb
definition 1:	to move from one region into another. Their grandparents migrated from Ohio to Florida. similar words: emigrate, immigrate, move, transfer
definition 2:	to change habitat or location. Geese migrate to the south when the weather gets cold.Many Mexicans migrate north to the United States to find work. synonyms: move similar words: journey, travel

Theory:

part of speech:	noun
definition:	a statement that explains why something happens but has not been proven. The police have a theory about who stole the jewels.The scientists discussed theories about the beginning of life on Earth.

Archaeology: 

part of speech:	noun
definition:	the study of past human life. An archaeologist digs up and then studies objects such as pottery, tools, and buildings.
related words:	history
derivation:	archaeologist (n.)

New York

New York I congratulate you on keeping your classroom nice and tidy! Keep up the good work, and get ready to work next week.

Amazing Adham

Awsome Assem

Fun Farah 

Fabulous Fatma

Fantastic Fayrouz

Great Georgiana

Kingly Kirolos

Masterly Mohammed

Nice Nadia 

Notorious Nouf

Obedient Omar

Polite Pragyan

Super Salma

YouTube Youssef (former energetic)

Zealous Zoya

California Class

This week was a lot of fun! But now is time to start working! California you really need to all take care of your classroom, let's hope next week will be better!

Action Al Julanda 

Creative Carl

Dancing Dana

Explorer Eyad 

Hopping Hisham

Huge Hussein

Joking Jake (aka Hussein)

Kind Kirolos

Laughing Lilia

Magical Maryam

Mad Minem

Modest Mohamed

Monstrous Mohamed 

Negative Nour

Oriental Omar

Sparkling Soulaf 

Tough Turkie

Resources

This will be a section dedicated to resources to help students learn about the different themes in social science! Check out:

Once upon a time... The Explorers:

Neanderthal man

Vocabulary of the Week

Please refer to this page for all the new vocabulary for social studies Grade 5!
In the meantime you can check this cool video introducing vocabulary on our first chapter about Early Humankind.

Student of the Week

After a couple of weeks into the year I will start a Student of the Week routine! Stay tuned! 

Homework

This is where you will find your homework for Social Studies grade 5!

Wishing you good luck for the year!