Dec 22

Warm up: 4-5
What did you learn from the colonization activity?

Due Dates:

Today 12/22                              Next Day 1/3
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Colonize                              2. Jamestown

Dec 21

Warm up: 4-4
Watch the clip to answer the question. CLIP
1. Write a few sentences on Pocahontas based on
 the information the clip provides. 

Due Dates:

Today 12/21                              Next Day 12/22
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Colonize                              2. Jamestown

Dec 20

Warm up: 4-3
Grab the article off the front table ARTICLE
1. Explain Joint Stock Companies and their
 connection to the colonies.
2. Summarize the Article in 3-4 sentences. 

Due Dates:

Today 12/20                              Next Day 12/21
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Colonize                              2. Colonize

Dec 19

Warm up: 4-2
Explain why the opportunity to own land, and gain
 wealth might make some people leave familiarity 
of home to go somewhere new and possibly dangerous.

Due Dates:

Today 12/19                              Next Day 12/20
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Colonize                              2. Colonize

Dec 18

Warm up: 4-1 (Use last week's paper)
Imagine Mars is ready to be colonized.
1. Explain the level of excitement our society would have
 over the news.
2. What would make you interested in going?
3. What challenges would you face if you went?

Due Dates:

Today 12/18                              Next Day 12/19
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Colonize                              2. Colonize

Dec 15

Warm up: none
Take the first 5 minutes to look over things for the test

Due Dates:
Early America Test-Today
Study guide due the day of the test

Today 12/15                              Next Day 12/18
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Early America Test              2. Colonize

Dec 14

Warm up: 3-4
Use your study guide if needed to answer 
the questions.
1. What is the land bridge?
2. What is a culture?
3. What is the importance of Ferdinand Magellan?
4. Why did the Spanish seek to conquer rather than 
befriend the people of the Americas?

Due Dates:
Early America Test-Dec 15
Study guide due the day of the test

Today 12/14                              Next Day 12/15
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Review                                 2. Early America Test

Dec 13

Warm up: 3-3
Watch the clip CLIP
Explain the Northwest passage and Henry Hudson's
 attempt to find it.

Due Dates:
Early America Test-Dec 15
Study guide due the day of the test

Today 12/13                              Next Day 12/14
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Noble Savage                      2. Review

Dec 12

Warm up: 3-2
Grab the article off the front table and read it by
 yourself or with a partner.  After you have read,
 write a paragraph explaining which side of the 
argument you are on.    ARTICLE
Is Columbus a hero or a villain?

Due Dates:
Early America Test-Dec 14
Study guide due the day of the test

Today 12/12                              Next Day 12/13
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Conquest                             2. Review

Dec 11

Warm up: 3-1
Pull out a new warmup paper
Answer the question in a few sentences and back up 
your thoughts with examples
1. How did the discovery of the America's change history?

Due Dates:
Early America Test-Dec 14
Study guide due the day of the test

Today 12/11                              Next Day 12/12
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Conquest                             2. Conquest

Dec 8

Warm up: 2-5
Grab the article from the basket on the front table.
Read the article with your table partner or yourself
1. Based on article 1, write a few sentences on how 
Columbus viewed the natives and what we can learn 
about the Spanish view to the natives and Americas.
2. Based on article 2, write a few sentences on how the
treatment of the natives goes with or against your thoughts
for question 1 and why the Spanish would treat them that way

Due Dates:
Early America Test-Dec 14
Study guide due the day of the test

Today 12/8                              Next Day 12/11
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Spanish in America             2. Conquest

Dec 7

Warm up: 2-4
Watch the clip CLIP
Explain the Inca Bridge and how it was(and is) built.

Due Dates:
Early America Test-Dec 14
Study guide due the day of the test

Today 12/7                              Next Day 12/8
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Conquest                              2. Conquest

Dec 6

Warm up: 2-3
Watch the clip to answer the question. CLIP
1. Write a 3-4 sentence summary of the Colombian 
Exchange

Due Dates:
Early America Test-Dec 14
Study guide due the day of the test

Today 12/6                              Next Day 12/7
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Colombian Exchange          2. Conquest

Dec 5

Warm up: 2-2
Thinking about our recent discussions on the Inca,
 the Aztec, Native Tribes of North america, and the 
reading from the book answer the question in 3-4 sentences.
1. What were the Americas like before Columbus?

Due Dates:

Today 12/5                              Next Day 12/6
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. To the New World               2. Colombian Exchange

Dec 4

Warm up: 2-1
Pull out a lined paper, put you name on it,
and number it with today's number
1. What were the Aztec and Inca of Central and 
South America like?
2.What do you think of when you think of Native 
American tribes from North America? (how they lived, etc)

Due Dates:

Today 12/4                              Next Day 12/5
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. North America Natives        2. To the New World

Dec 1

Warm up: 1-5
Pull out your paper, number it and be ready to start
Watch the clip Clip 
Explain the beginnings of the Inca Empire

Due Dates:

Today 12/1                              Next Day 12/4
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Inca                                      2. North America Natives