SOSE

=STUDIES OF SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT (SOSE)= =**All SOSE work for Mrs Tate**= media type="custom" key="22812228" =SEMESTER TWO YEAR 8: GEOGRAPHY=

Around the World in 80,000 kms.
Worksheet and World map Equipment: SOSE binder book Netbook obook Oxford Big Ideas History/Geography 8 Jacaranda Atlas

Unit 1 Climate and Weather
Introduction: Meaning of terms weather and climate. Instruments for measuring weather conditions. Interpreting and graphing climate data.

World map locating and identifying different climatic zones. Geography homework sheet 1. Using atlas and netbook to research answers. To be completed for homework. Due dates 8E 13/8 8F 12/8 8G 13/8 8H 12/8

Week 5 Weather maps (synoptic charts) - reading and interpreting weather maps. Week 6 Lattitude and longtitude; World time zones.

Homework
Homework sheet 8.2 Due date August 12th.

**Unit 2 Landforms : Mountains**
How are mountains formed? Volcanoes of Victoria
 * Where are mountains located?**
 * Students to produce an overlay map showing locations of tectonic plates, mountain formations, volcanoes and earthquakes.**

Mountains Research Assignment: Due Week 10 Lesson 1
=**Urbansiation Where do we live? Why?**= =Where Americans live. Life in New York - a megacity. Reference Big Ideas 8 pgs130-137= == = = =**SEMESTER ONE YEAR 8: HISTORY**=
 * Equipment: Sose binder book**
 * Netbook**
 * obook Oxford Big ideas History/Geography 8**
 * Please note that due to publishing delays the ebook will not be available until Term 2. Students will have access to the material on the publisher's website.**
 * This semester students will be studying Medieval History.**
 * Introduction Timelines [[file:Historical Timelines.docx]][[file:Medieval Timeline dates.docx]]**



Students will view the DVD 'Rome: The Ultimate Empire' Discussion on the strengths of Ancient Rome. Discuss evidence on the reasons behind the fall of the Roman Empire.
 * Focus 1. The Fall of the Roman Empire**

Students work in table groups to discuss and prioritise the reasons behind the fall of the Roman Empire. Homework: From the Fall of the Roman Empire document students are to complete Question 3 Rank the factors in order of importance and give reasons for your decision. Due Date 8E Thursday February 21st. 8F 8G 8H

Reference: Oxford Big ideas Geography/History 8
 * Identify and describe points of view, attitudes and values in primary and secondary sources.**

What caused Britain to become 'Anglo-Saxon'?
Focus: Shifting populations. Cause and effect.

=The Vikings.= =Key Questions= Q1 How was Viking society organised? Q2 What developments and achievements led to Viking expansion? Q3 How did Viking conquests change other societies?

Introductory Lesson: Activity 1 - Watch DVD 'Barbarians: The Vikings' Activity 2- Ancient Runes Activity 3 - Longhouse treasure hunt Activity 4 - Online BBC Viking game.
Viking social pyramid. Discussion on the different roles within Viking society.

Research Assignment. Key question Were the Vikings are force for good or evil?

Students will have 3 periods to research and prepare presentation in chosen format. =The Battle of Hastings 1066=

The Succession:
The death of Edward the Confessor in 1065 led to several claimants to the throne of England. Students will investigate the different contenders and their claim to the throne.

=MEDIEVAL EXPO ASSIGNMENT. Neighbourhood session June 11th 2013.= ==

During semester 2 the focus will be on Geography.
 * Equipment Requirements:** Exercise book, Atlas and Netbook.

Term 4 Topic 1 Environments of Australia. Week 1 Introduction to the different regions of Australia. Using the Australia map students completed in term 3. Alpine, Tropical, Coastal, Temperate, Desert. Tourism Australia [|Tourism Australia]

Week 2 Choropleth maps - using various shades of a colour group to show a pattern. Students will create their own choropleth maps using pages 27 and 32 of the Jacaranda Atlas. Australian rainfall, January temperatures and Population. Spatial Associations. Using the choropleth maps students will identify the degree to which two or more features occur in the same place. Week 3 Topic 2 Deserts Characteristics of a desert. How are deserts formed? Where are the deserts of the world located? Students will complete a world map showing locations of hot and cold deserts, mountain ranges, cold ocean currents, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Arctic Circle and Antarctica.

Week 4 Research topic - Deserts Due Date Monday 26th November. **Students are to complete 80 points not 100.** TERM 3 Topic 1 Mapping Assessment Task 1. Week 2 Dreamtime Island Due date Geography lesson Week 3 Assessment Task 2. Conventional signs

Assessment Task 3. Alphanumeric grids. How well can you find your way around the Melbourne CBD? Reference Jacaranda Atlas Page 7.

Week 5. Six figure grids. Reference Lancefield Topographic map. Week 6. Direction. Cardinal Points of a compass. Weeks 6/7 Assessment Task 4. Australian Mapping

Week 8 World Mapping Activity Week 9. Scale Homework sheet Australia 9.1 Week 9/10 Design a school map. Print a copy of the PDF file titled 'GSC Student Map 2011'. This is the map given to all students at the beginning of the school year.

Your task is to make this map more user-friendly for a new Year 7 student starting in 2014. They will be in the same neighbourhood space and will be studying the same subjects. Use different coloured pencils to mark/colour important places on this map. Make sure you update the legend. Remember BOLTSS (Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale, Source). During Semester 1 the focus will be on History.
 * Aim:** History is organised into two strands:
 * Historical knowledge and understanding
 * Historical reasoning and interpretation
 * Equipment Requirements:** Exercise book Ruler

Students analyse and describe key events and features in ancient societites, using a variety of primary and secondary sources. They describe key features of community life such as aspects of daily life, social and political ideas and structures in ancient society. The societies studied will be Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome. This will commence with an overview of using eveidence and creating an hypothesis. This will focus on a study of the 'Bog Bodies' of Europe.
 * Term 1**
 * Assessment Task1: Analysing Evidence.**
 * Students will examine a household's litter and form an hypothesis based on the available evidence. [[file:Garbage Assessment Task (3).docx]] [[file:Garbage ANALYSING EVIDENCE. rubric.docx]]**
 * Due Date 7E week 6, 7F-H Week 7** __Please note : This task is now overdue.__

Due Date Friday 30th March.
 * Assessment Task 2: Bog Bodies Research Task and Tri Venn Diagram.**


 * BIBLIOGRAPHIES.**

Do not forget your research must include a bibliography. See attached information for correct setting out.




 * TERM 2**

Ancient Civilisations introduction. 'Why was Egypt referred to as the 'gift of the Nile'?
 * Ancient Egypt**

Ancient Egypt Research Assignment

Monday 14th May Egypt Activities Neighbourhood Station 1 Papyrus Station 2 Hieroglyphs Station 3 Shabti figurines Station 4 'Making a mummy'and 'Pyramids' interactive games.

Lesson 1 **K W L**
 * Ancient Rome**
 * DVD Supersizers Ancient Rome**

Lesson 2 Introductory questions on the Roman Empire

Ancient Egypt Travel Assignment. This will be started in week 9 and due last week of term.