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Welcome back! We have our first full week of school this week… time to put on our game face. 9/9 Quick Write: The first thing we will do today is locate where we all grew up on a large, classroom world map. You will be given a sticker and asked to place it in the … Continue reading »

YAY FRIDAY!! 9/6 Quick Write: I will be collecting FOUR Quick Writes today. Use the “Quick Write Binder” to redo any if necessary. Please be sure to tun in your labeled and colored world map if you took it home yesterday! Today we will be taking a Pre-test. As I explained in class on Tuesday, … Continue reading »

Hi there! Happy Thursday. 9/5 Quick Write: Today we will be reviewing our world maps. After our Quick Write, we will use this website to drag each ocean and continent to where they properly belong. Then we will have the rest of class to label and color our own world map outline.*Make sure you’ve titled … Continue reading »

Hello, happy Wednesday! 9/4 Quick Write: Now that you have gotten to know me a little bit better, we will be bettering our world map skills.  First, you will do your best to draw a world map from memory, trying to include all seven continents, four oceans and a compass rose. You will only have … Continue reading »

Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed the four day weekend and caught up on some sleep! 9/3 Quick Write: This week we will be beginning our first unit. However, before we can jump right into studying ancient people and historical events, we need to be comfortable with WHERE all these people and events were located. … Continue reading »

Last day for this week… yay long weekends! 8/29 Quick Write: You will be turning in THREE Quick Writes today! If you missed any, you are responsible for making them up! (check out the “Quick Write” binder). After we review the Scavenger Hunt… (and pass out the prizes), we will be starting an Anthropology Activity. … Continue reading »

Hi there! Halfway through our first week! After the Quick Write, we will continue to go over classroom expectations. Then we will have a Syllabus Scavenger Hunt. The table who completes the most questions in the allotted time will get a prize tomorrow! If you still have any questions after we have reviewed the syllabus, … Continue reading »

Welcome back… Day Two! Time to get into the groove of things! Today we have a full class period to introduce the expectations of this course and this classroom. First, you will complete today’s Quick Write in your social studies notebook. You will be adding the next two days’ Quick Writes on to this page, … Continue reading »

Hello! Happy first day of school!! Today will be quite simple since it is the first day and we have shortened class periods. Class will be only about 20 minutes. But fear not! We will use our 20 minutes well. Today in class I will introduce myself briefly, and we will go over an overview … Continue reading »

Hello! My name is Ms. Ulfers and I will be your World History teacher this year… welcome to 7th grade! It may be a hard transition back into our school routine after the relaxation of summer vacation, but I am extremely excited to take on this new year with y’all. This blog, along with Google … Continue reading »