Links for Research

http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/plymoth7.php

http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/puritans.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_history

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_were_the_debtors_from_Georgia

http://colonialancestors.com/ga/23Georgia.htm

http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/johnsmith_eb.html

Internet Scavenger Hunt

Students started the day with a Bell Ringer and quiz based off of yesterday's notes. Then the fun began. Students were given 6 interesting questions for which they had to find answers and cite their sources of information. In pairs the students scowered the internet using reference websites to find the answers. The important skill of zeroing in on key terms when searching for information on the internet or databases was explored.

Tomorrow we will be getting our Vocab and then we will begin notes exploring the different regions of Colonial America.

Have to Start Somewhere

Most of the class was spent go over notes regarding the first major settlements/colonies in what is now the United States. These included Roanoke Island, Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. We focused on the reasons for each either economic or religious.

Students then completed a chart of the 6 settlements/colonies and a map exercise. These two activities should serve as excellent prepartation for tomorrow's quiz.

Tomorrow we will be doing a quiz on today's notes, getting vocab words, and doing a mobile lab research project on each of the settlements/colonies.

Getting Technical

Today we got a little technical in brought the mobile computer lab in to the classroom. After the school's IT person went over some logistics with the class, each student used a laptop and signed on to a website where SOL review games for the first three units could be played. Everyone enjoyed it and it seemed like a great way to review.

Unit 3 tests where then handed back and gone over.

We then did a small introduction into Unit 4, Colonization of United States.

Tomorrow we will begin notes and lecture on Unit 4.

The Price Is Right

In preparation for our Unit 3 Test tomorrow we went over all the quizzes from the Unit and then played a review game...the Price is Right. The set up was contestants guessed what year something happened and the closest then became a contestant. The contestant either chose to play putt-putt or Plinko. They were given an opportunity to answer 3 review questions with the opportunity to win 3 chances at their game. We had a great time!

The Unit 3 test will be tomorrow. Make sure to study the Study Guide.

Make sure notebooks are in order
1) Unit Organizer
2) All Notes in order
3) Explorer Map of N. America
4) Native American Interaction cartoon
5) Africa/Portugal Map
6) Vocab
7) Study Guide

Guide for Studying

Since the test was moved back a day we filled the day with completing the Study Guide for the Unit 3 test. While students worked, a video on North American Exploration was played.

All in all it was a rather bland day, but the study guide was finished and tomorrow we will be playing a Price is Right review game.

Test on Friday.

Sell...Sell...Sell

After doing a Bell Ringer and taking our quiz on the Western African Exploration notes from yesterday students became traders...West African and Portugese traders. Students traded gold, salt, slaves, gold, iron, and cloth in a real live market today. At the end we added it all up to see who the better traders were. Everyone did incredibly well but a few slick businesspeople did end up turning a impressive profit.

Don't forget the upcoming Unit 3 test Thursday. Tomorrow we will be reviewing all day in class.

Tonight is Back to School Night and tomorrow is Student Pictures.

West African Exploration

We started out the day by going over Vocab due today and checking to be sure everyone's interims were signed. There were a lot of notes.

First we went over the cooperation and conflict which occured between Native Americans and European Explorers. After the notes and lectures students drew a picture depicting an example of the cooperation.

We spent the second half of class on the European Exploration where Europe traded with the kingdoms of Mali, Songhai, and Ghana in West Africa with the major traded goods amongst them being salt, slaves, and gold. Students then completed a map exercise pointing out Portugal, Mali, Songhai, and Ghana.

There is a quiz on the West African Exploration notes tomorrow.

Unit 3 Test Thursday!

We're Live in Five

Today we are starting out with a good Bell Ringer for a review before our quiz on explorers we learned about yesterday. After quiz students were split into teams, they were assigned an explorer and wrote a script for a news broadcast covering the assigned information. It was great.

Monday we will start notes on Explorer interaction with Native Americans and vocab given this week is due Monday.

A Noteworthy Day

-Today started out with a very nice remembrance ceremony for 9/11 led by the band and chorus. In class we talked a bit about 9/11 and how it too was history and had an impact on the US and the world.
-Most of the day was spent doing notes on the four explorers we are studying
John Cabot of England
Fransico Coronado of Spain
Robert La Salle
Robert Champlain both of France
-After our notes we watch some multimedia presentations on them.
-We finished up with a little map exercise which some may have to complete at home--it entailed labeling where each explorer explored

Tomorrow students have a quiz on today's notes and then we will be writing scripts in groups to produce their on video news broadcast about their assigned explorer.

Exploration Domination

Today- we started out with a Bell Ringer regarding the notes from yesterday which served as a great review for the Quiz taken today. Then the real fun began as students were put into groups representing either England, France, or Spain in the race for exploration of North America. Students had to ask a question, if correct then they rolled the dice and moved accroding on our class board from Europe to North America. The 3rd block group of Spain was so close to victory until they landed on an Obstacle Space and drew an Obstacle card which sent them back to the start...giving France the win by default.

Vocab was also handed out today and is due Monday. Words are economics, natural resources, Fransico Coronado, Robert la Salle, Samuel de Champlain, John Cabot, Quebec, and New Foundland.

Tomorrow- notes and lecture on who explorered North America for each of the three countries and where they explored and their stories.

Exploring a New Unit

Today
1) We started Unit 3 which is entitled European Exploration
2) For the most part there was a lecture and notes were filled out during it
3) We also had a talk about using time wisely and working hard to ensure we did well in assignments which were open note and where time in class was given

Tomorrow
1) Quiz on notes from today
2) Exploration Domination...a fun game where the students face off as either England, Spain, or France

Checking the Rearview

Today
1) Unit 2 Tests were handed back and so were the Sioux, Pueblo, and Iroqious quizes
2) We did our first reviewer which is like an open notebook test (counted under assignment grades)...if not finished in class its homework
3) Begun intro into Unit 3- European Exploration

Tomorrow
1) Reviewer due
2) European Exploration notes-reasons, obstacles, and accomplishments of early explorers

Test Day

Today we faced off against Mr. Roses class in a review game finishing the day tied. We then took our Unit 2 Test with all blocks doing very well. Keep up the hard work.

View to a Test

Whats Going on Today in Class?
1) Bell Ringer (warm up for Sioux, Iroqious, and Pueblo quiz)--checked for vocab
2) Quiz on aforementioned Native American tribes
3) Study Guide
4) Review Game

What's Needed for Tomorrow
1) Test!!! We have our Unit 2 test tomorrow on the Inuit, Kwakiutl, Sioux, Pueblo, and Iroqious tribes
STUDY THE STUDY GUIDE!!! If you can answer all the question on that you can get an A

2)Notebook: make sure notebook is in the following order for a A+
-Inuit
-Kwakiutl
-Sioux
-Pueblo
-Iroqious
-Vocab
-Study Guide

Other notes:
1) Monday we will be beginning Unit 3 on European Exploration of North America
2) Tomorrow is hat day...donate a $1 and be able to wear a hat
3) Songs can be played over the PA system in between classes for $1 a song (school appropriate)

Loaded Wednesday

Today
We went straight in to covering both the Pueblo and Iroqoius...the 2 Native American tribes left in Unit 2. We got through all of the notes and did some research on internet regarding the two...even correcting and adding posts to Wikipedia.

Tomorrow
Quiz on Sioux, Pueblo, and Iroqoius
Review Study Guide for Unit 2 test on Friday

Good News the website was unfiltered so I can post in the mornings and not at night!

Buffalo Bowling

Today
1) Bell Ringer Based on Inuit and Kwakiutl
2) Quiz on Inuit and Kwakiutl (matching and critical thinking)
3) Sioux notes
4) Sioux Research
5) Buffalo Bowling...the Sioux relied on buffalo so our class tribes had to get some of their own
6) Tepeeing...no we did not TP the town instead we had a race to make out on Sioux tepees

Tomorrow
1) Have grade report signed if not done today
2) Be sure all notes are in rings in notebook!!!! Everyday
3) We will be doing both Pueblo and Iroquis so we will be really busy, come ready do work

Extras
1) Reminder test Friday
2) Hat Day Friday...students can donate $1 to school cause during lunch Wed. and Thurs. and can then wear a hat Friday