Tuesday, September 8, 2009

I hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day Holiday.

Civics:
Today, we are going to watch the Presidents Address @ 12. If you do not want to watch it with the class, we will have other educational opportunities available. After the address, we will have a short discussion on the contents of the address.

I will give back the graded Quizzes from Friday, we will go over them and look at the possibilities of taking it over.

We will then begin working on Guided Reading 2


US History:
Test Tomorrow!!!!

We will be going over the test that we will be having tomorrow.
I will allow students to complete it independently then we will spend time to go over it.

A copy of the test can be found here. I will make sure students have the correct answers, so that they can study for the test tomorrow.

2nd Period-
We will finish our Colonial Era Maps:
Instructions:
We are then going to create our own map of the colonies. Using the template located here.The expectations for this assignment are for students to color each region a different color from its neighbors the following regions: New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies. Those can be found here. You can also use Page 32 in the Americas Visions (US History) textbook.

Also, locate the following places:The 13 Colonies. Proclamation Line of 1763, British Territory, the great lakes and the following cities: Savannah, Charleston, New Bern, Williamsburg, Annapolis, Philadelphia, Trenton, New York, New Haven, Providence, Boston, Portsmouth. That order is from south to north.

4th Period: Because you have competed your maps, we should have time to check out the the History Channel Documentary: The New World: Nightmare of Jamestown. While watching the documentary we will answer the following questions.

The Documentary is described as:

It's a story of bubonic plague, starvation, espionage and cannibalism -- and the founding of America's first colony. In 1607, a handful of English adventurers set sail across the Atlantic, expecting a paradise teeming with gold and riches. Now, 400 years later, the latest discoveries reveal the true story of Jamestown--as you've never seen it before. With exclusive access to forensics and archaeology, National Geographic reveals shocking new evidence of starvation and disease, secret plots and Spanish spies. Authentic recreations bring to life one of the most dramatic chapters in America's history.