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HOMEWORK
 * Week of May 6 **

Monday.............. Revolutionary War (birth of a new nation) HW.....none Tuesday.............Treaty of Paris HW....none Wednesday........ACT Explore /Incentive day HW.....none Thursday...........Quiz (American Revolution) HW....none Friday ................ HW.....

Online Quiz: American Revolution

American History by Eras



Websites for more learning


 * European Explorers interactive map
 * Bill of Rights: various interactive games
 * Bill of Rights: missing freedoms
 * Congress for Kids
 * Bill of Rights interactive game
 * History for Kids: Native American, American History - Civil War
 * American Colonies Timeline
 * Colonial Times
 * Interactive map of 13 colonies
 * Colonial Webquest
 * Social Studies for Kids
 * French and Indian War
 * Interactive maps for US History
 * History Place
 * The WEST
 * Primary Sources: American History
 * Discovery Education
 * History Channel: Civil War
 * Civil War Casualty Map
 * Civil War Interactives
 * Transatlantic Slave Trade
 * Lessons Slave Trade
 * Africa Slave Trade
 * Lessons: Transporting Slaves
 * Journaling Lesson: The Slave Trade
 * Power point US History

Translation

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**__PREVIOUS WEEKS__**


 * Week of April 29 - May 3 **

Monday.............. Glogster: Boston Tea Party (answering 5 W-questions) HW.....continue working on the glogster Tuesday.............Glogster Boston Tea Party (adding pictures to your glog) HW....finish adding 3-4 pictures Wednesday........Checking the glogster (using a rubric) HW.....none Thursday...........From Colonies to Revolution (Proclamation and Sugar Act video clips) HW....take your notes and write a summary (in complete sentences) Friday ................From Colonies to Revolution (Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party) HW.....write a summary


 * Week of April 22 **

Monday..............Demands from colonists / HW: write letter to King (from colonists) Tuesday.............All G-O fieldtrip / finished Letter to Colonists (rewrite) HW.....read "The British Respond Angrily" p 82 (AEY book) Wednesday........Share letters / British Respond Angrily / T HW..... Thursday........... Thank you Mr. McAnally HW....none Friday ................ HW.....none


 * Week of April 15 **

Monday..............Boston Massacre (AEY p 79) and use textbook (selected text) / HW: none Tuesday..............(AEY p 80) Intolerable Acts / conclusion / Post reading assessment HW.....none Wednesday.........Vocabulary ch 5 HW.....due Thursday Thursday...........The colonists fear losing rights textbook p. 133-134 HW.....none Friday ................(AEY p. 82) The First Continental Congress HW.....none


 * Week of April 8 **

Monday..............Stamp, taxes (background information) / HW:read p. 79 (AEY workbook), list and define unknown words Tuesday..............AEY p. 79 Reading "The Stamp Act" paragraph 1 HW.....text markings to paragraph 2-3 Wednesday......... AEY p. 79 Reading "The Stamp Act" paragraph 2 HW....none Thursday...........AEY p. 79 Reading "The Stamp Act" paragraph 3 HW.....none Friday ................AEY p. 80 Reading "Tea Tax" & Boston Tea Party (read picture book) 1 HW.....none


 * Week of March 25 **

Monday..............British Advantages: Proclamation of 1763 / HW: none Tuesday..............Finish British advantages of Proclamation/ new vocabulary HW.....write a 'story' using the six vocabulary words Wednesday.........Britain's financial challenges after the French & Indian War HW.....read "The Stamp Act" Thursday........... p. 81 AEY Anticipation Guide (pre-reading) / Begin reading "The Stamp Act" HW.....none Friday ...............No School. HW.....none. Enjoy the break!


 * Week of March 18 **

Monday..............Mapping North America in 1763 / HW: finish map of North America (label & color) Tuesday..............End of the The French and Indian War (Treaty of Paris: land re-distrib in North America) HW.....re-read; vocab preview Wednesday.........End of Fr and Indian War (Proclamation of 1763) intro / Reading pre-assessment HW.....practice reading paragraph/ define: proclamation & prohibited Thursday............Proclamation of 1763 (list of advantages) HW.....none Friday ............... HW.....


 * Week of March 11 **

Monday..............P:War 1812 (outcome) / K: / K:Graph (colonial population): write 4 general comparisons in complete sentences Tuesday..............P:review War 1812, adding new territories /K: Vocab (exports, imports, intolerable, ruler) HW.....P:pgs. 48-50, 52-54,56,58 / K:Graph: write 4 specific comparisons using complete sentences / complete chart for Vocab words Wednesday.......P:Common Assessment review questions /K: HW..... P ...../K: Thursday............P:Common Assessment review questions /K: HW..... P: ...../K: Friday ...............P:Introduction Civil War HW.......P none...../K:none


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of March 4 **

Monday..............P:writing a paragraph on British-French clash / K: ch 8.2 HW....P:no HW / K:answer questions # 6- 15 on Ch 8.2 handout Tuesday..............P:Settling the Western Territories p. 14, 17-19/K: French and Indian War (AEY book p.72) HW.....P:(AEY bk 2, p. 17-19) / K:AEY bk p.74, q# 7,3 Wednesday.......P:War of 1812 (reasons & outcomes) /K:French and Indian War (who fought?) HW.....P finish p. 26-27...../K: no homework Thursday............P:Review: Western Territories /K: HW.....P: none ...../K: no homework Friday ...............P: Fugitive Slave Interactive /K:Colonial Population: graph (observations) HW.......P ...../K: 3 written comparisons based on the graph


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of February 11 **

Monday..............P: / K: HW....P: / K: Tuesday..............P: /K: HW.....P: / K: Wednesday.........P: 2nd Continental Congress /K: HW:....P ...../K: Thursday............P:Creating more unity (3 branches of government) /K: HW.....P ...../K Friday ...............P:Ch 8 packet /K: HW.......P ...../K


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of February 4 **

Monday..............P: Conclusion ch 4.4; make 'effigy"; due Thursday (end of French & Indian War) / K: Vocabulary ch 4.2 HW....P: none / K: answer questions 3-8 Tuesday..............P: begin ch 5.1 (Vocab) /K: read intro chapter 4.2 HW.....P: finish Vocab / K: Q #1 and rewrite questions # 3-8 Wednesday.........P:Discussion of ch 5.3 (Intolerable Acts) /K: HW:....P ...../K: none Thursday............P:Read Unite or Die Play /K: HW.....P ...../K Friday ............Snow Day. HW......


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of January 28 **

Monday..............Snow Day; no school HW....no homework Tuesday..............Begin chapter 4.1 HW.....P: answer all questions / K: Questions #1-2 Wednesday.........P: Chapter 4.2 Enlightenment /K: Re-write questions #1-2 HW:.....P: ch 4.2 / K: questions A - C Thursday............Ch4.1 Southern colonies / ch 4.3 Events leading to French and Indian War HW....K: answer the question on Southern colonies (ch 4.1) / ch 4.3 answer assigned questions Friday ............Guided Reading Questions for ch 4.1 / French and Indian War. HW.....K: finish drawing for Tidewater Region and backcountry / P: finish the questions for ch 4.4


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of January 21 **

Monday..............No school MLK HW....no homework Tuesday.............chapter 3.3 HW...... Wednesday.........Spanish Territories in North America HW:..... Thursday............High school scheduling HW.... Friday ............. HW.....


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of January 14 **

Monday..............1/2 day Martin Luther King celebration assembly HW....no homework Tuesday..............The Colony of Maryland (Mason-Dixon Line and Act of Toleration) HW......answer questions 1-3 Wednesday.........Virginia Expands (how does it expand) / Bacon's Rebellion HW:..... Thursday............High School Scheduling HW.... Friday ............. HW.....


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of January 7 **

Monday..............Reviewing the Middle colonies. HW....finish pamphlet due tomorrow Tuesday..............Journal: Describe a time you worked hard. Describe the conditions. / Vocabulary preview (Southern colonies) HW...... Vocabulary: missions Wednesday.........Spanish missions (def) / Introduce Southern Colonies HW:......Talking to the text "Coming to America" Thursday............The Colony of Maryland (indentured servants, the need for workers) HW....no homework Friday .............The Colony of Maryland (slaves in the colonies) HW.....read "Virginia" (5 talking to the text)

Monday...............Holiday break HW.... Tuesday..............New Year's Eve HW...... Wednesday..........Happy New Year HW:.. Thursday..Chapter 3.3 review (answering questions from handout) HW....sequencing events (1-4) and answer question # 2 Friday .............Chapter 3.3 Penn attracts settlers to Pennsylvania HW......Pamphlet (inviting settlers to Pennsylvania)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of January 3 **


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of December 17 **

Monday...............Guided Reading Activity 3.3 HW.....Re-teaching Activity 3.3 (due Wednesday) Tuesday..............Finish reading text (study guide ch 3.3) on Pennsylvania HW...... Wednesday...........Sorting & classifying facts on New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania HW:..review facts on Middle Colonies Thursday.............Mapping New England and Middle Colonies (mygreatmaps.com) HW............finish online map Friday ...............Finish online map HW.........none. Enjoy the Holiday break with your family.


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of December 10 **

Monday...............The colony of New Hampshire (Webquest chart) HW..........study for quiz on Wednesday Tuesday..............Middle Colonies HW..........study for quiz on New England colonies Wednesday...........Quiz on New England colonies HW:........ Thursday.............Middle Colonies: New Netherlands HW............ Friday, ...............Middle Colonies: finish New Netherlands, New Jersey HW.........read information on Pennsylvania

Monday...............Review for quiz on Ch 3.2 (Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth) HW...study for quiz tomorrow (ch 3.2) Tuesday...............Quiz ch 3.2 / reading packet HW.....complete reading packet 3.2 Wednesday...........New England colonies (new settlements, Connecticut and RI) HW:..none Thursday.............New England colonies Webquest activity HW...write definitions of 3 words (proprietary, corporate, royal) on index cards Friday, ...............New England colonies Webquest activity HW...draw picture for three index cards and start working on 13 colonies packet (Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of November 26 **

Monday...............Writing:Adding details to your writing HW... Tuesday............... Clothing of the Europeans and Native Americans (Colonial Webquest) HW.....Karam: Finish writing assignment Wednesday........... HW:... Thursday.............No School (Thanksgiving) HW...enjoy time with family! Friday, ............... No School (Thanksgiving) HW...enjoy time with family!
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of November 19 **

Monday...............Career Unit HW...none Tuesday...............Reflection questions on "Landing in Plymouth" HW.....Answer questions # 5 and # 7 Wednesday...........Mayflower Compact HW:...read "Pilgrims" song Thursday.............Pilgrims song HW...write a paragraph about the "Living Conditions on the Mayflower" Friday, ...............Writing (in paragraphs) use graphic organizer HW...finish graphic organizer
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of November 12 **

Monday...............Founding of Jamestown (answering questions using complete sentences) HW...none Tuesday...............Election Day (no school) HW.....none Wednesday...........Introduce Plymouth Colony HW:...none. Thursday.............Events leading to the departure of the Pilgrims HW...The Pilgrim's Journey (read handout, answer questions and complete crossword) Friday, ...............Landing in Plymouth, making observations HW...finish the Webquest questions about the Pilgrims landing in Plymouth...due Tuesday / Write short term and long goals: due Monday
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of November 5 **

Monday...............The English in North America (page 71-2) HW......K: make picture book on Roanoke trip Tuesday...............English colonies (Roanoke, 1585) HW.....none Wednesday...........Roanoke,1587 HW:.... Thursday............. GRA 3.1 handout HW...answer question Friday, ...............The Virginia Company and events leading to Jamestown settlement HW...answer questions on handout
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of October 29 **

Monday...............Vocabulary (definition, picture and sentences) HW......finish vocabulary words (def, pictures and sentences) Tuesday................Vocab to Exploration of North America HW.....Complete the Columbian Exchange Wednesday...........K: Exploration of North America / P: Roanoke Island HW:.... K: finish Columbian Exchange / P: answer questions on Roanoke Thursday............. The Columbian Exchange HW....none Friday, ............... HW...
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of October 22 **

Monday...............Hudson exploration HW......crossword question & Questions on Hudson's exploration Tuesday................ Writing HW.....none Wednesday...........Hudson (questions rewriting in complete sentences) HW:.... Thursday.............finish Hudson (Dutch Explorers) / Introduce the French Explorers HW....Complete chart on p. 45 Karam: Hudson..........Paola: (French, Spanish, Dutch & English) Friday, ..............Field trip. HW...none
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Week of October 15 **

Monday............AEY workbook page 26 .... HW......none Tuesday..........Christopher Columbus page 32 (vocab) ....... HW.....none Wednesday.......The Spanish in North America (mapping Europe and North America...... HW:....none Thursday.............The Spanish in North America HW....page 28 # 1-6 Friday, ............... HW...
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of October 8 **

Monday............Quiz on Native Americans HW...... Tuesday..........Europeans explore the World / Christopher Columbus to America HW.....none Wednesday........read "Encounter" HW:....Journal: write 10 facts (Christopher Columbus' trip and the Impact on Native Americans Thursday.............Vocabulary: (New World, explore, exploration, explorer) HW....AEY workbook page 28 # 1-5 Friday, ...............Christopher Columbus EAY workbook pages 32-33 HW...EAY workbook page 26- 27 answer A (#1-4, 9 & 12), B and C
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of October 1 **

Monday............Evacuation and safety drills/ review notes on the Inuits HW......none Tuesday.......... Native Americans: People of the West HW.......none Wednesday........Peoples of the SW and the Plains HW:....review facts on Native Americans Thursday.............Peoples of the East and SE HW.....review facts on Native Americans Friday, ...............Review for quiz / quiz taken in class HW...none Monday............Constitution Day!!! HW......none Tuesday.......... The First Europeans (reading) HW........p/ 15 # 1-15 Wednesday........Native Americans: Eskimos HW:.... none Thursday.............Journal: 12 Elements of culture HW.....finish journal (12 elements of culture diagram) Friday, ...............Inuits/ chart HW...Web for "Peoples of the North"
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of Sept. 24 **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of Sept. 17 **

__**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of Sept. 10 **__ Monday............Review continents, oceans, HW.........finish coloring oceans on map Tuesday..........Special lines of meridians, compass rose and directions HW.........none Wednesday........review, Human Journey The First Americans.... HW: none Thursday.............The First Americans (readings) HW.........none Friday, ...............The First Americans (reading and pictures HW.........none

__**<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Week of Sept. 4 **__ Monday.................Labor Day (no school) Tuesday............ ....Welcome/ SS Letter: parent email/ email) Wednesday......... Organization of class/ learning about maps.. ..HW: none Thursday.. ......... Mapping: the World.... HW: write the names of the 7 continents Friday, ..................Identifying and naming the continents HW: none