Monday, October 12, 2009

Monday, October 12, 2009

US History: First we are going to take our test on Chapter 4.

Competency Goal 2: Expansion and Reform (1801-1850) - The learner will assess the competing forces of expansionism, nationalism, and sectionalism. 2.01 Analyze the effects of territorial expansion and the admission of new states to the Union.

Use the maps on textbook page 169 to fill out this map and in the atlas to locate the following bodies of water, landforms, territories, cities, and routes of explorers. Then label them on
the outline map on the back of this page.

Label: Bodies of Water and Landforms:
Pacific Ocean
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains

Territories and Nations:
Michigan Territory
Spanish Territory
Mississippi Territory
Indiana Territory
Louisiana Purchase
British Territory
Spanish Florida
Canada

Routes of Explorers:
Lewis and Clark 1804–1805
Pike 1805–1806
Clark’s return
Pike 1806–1807
Lewis’s return
Lewis and Clark 1806

Cities and Locations:
New Orleans
Fort Clatsop
St. Louis
US States

Color the following areas, each a separate color. Mimic the textbook:
US States, Louisiana Purchase, Spanish Territory, Oregon Territory, British Territory

Civics and Economics: We are going to start with our Test on Chapter 3. Then we are going to start Unit 2, the Legislative branch. We are going to take interactive notes on Page 24 in Binder: US Congress. If we have time, we are going to define all the highlighted words in Chapter 6.

Competency Goal 5 The learner will explain how the political and legal systems provide a means to balance competing interests and resolve conflicts.

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