Dec 18

 Warm up: 5-4

Answer the question in a few sentences.
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:

Early Americas Study Guide-today

Today 12/18                              Next Day 12/21
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Colonization                        2. Colonization

Dec 17

 Warm up: 5-3

Watch the clip CLIP

Write a few sentences about Jacques Cartier

Due Dates:

Early Americas Study Guide-12/17 Thurs

Today 12/17                              Next Day 12/18
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2.Early America                      2. Colonization

Dec 16

Warm up: 5-2

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:

Early Americas Study Guide-12/17 Thurs

Today 12/16                              Next Day 12/17
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2.Colonization                         2. Colonization

Dec 15

 Warm up: none

Take the first few minutes to look over your

notes and prep for the test

Due Dates:

Early Americas Test- Today
Early Americas Study Guide-12/16 Wed

Today 12/15                              Next Day 12/16
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Early Americas Test            2. Colonization 

Dec 14

 Warm up: 5-1 (New Yellow paper on the front table)

Watch the clip CLIP
Explain the Northwest passage and Henry Hudson's
 attempt to find it.

Due Dates:

Early Americas Test- 12/15 Tue
Early Americas Study Guide-12/16 Wed

Today 12/14                              Next Day 12/15
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Northwest Passage              2. Early Americas Test

Dec 11

Warm up: 4-5

On canvas read the article "Columbus Hero or Villain"

After you have read the article write a paragraph

 explaining which side of the argument you are on.    ARTICLE
Is Columbus a hero or a villain?

Due Dates:

Early Americas Test- 12/15 Tue
Early Americas Study Guide-12/16 Wed

Today 12/14                              Next Day 12/15
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Columbus                            2. Northwest Passage

Dec 10

 Warm up: 4-4

On canvas read the article "Spanish in America"

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 Americas Test- 12/15 Tue
Early Americas Study Guide-12/16 Wed

Today 12/10                              Next Day 12/11
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Conquest                             2. Conquest

Dec 9

 Warm up: 4-3

Answer the question in a few sentences and back up 
your thoughts with examples
1. Why were the Spanish so focused on conquering

 rather than creating alliances with the Natives?

2. What benefits would conquering give over creating

a trade alliance be for the Spanish? 

3.What challenges would conquering give over creating

a trade alliance be for the Spanish?

Due Dates:

Early Americas Test- 12/15 Tue
Early Americas Study Guide-12/16 Wed

Today 12/9                              Next Day 12/10
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Conquest                             2. Conquest

Dec 8

 Warm up: 4-2

Answer the question in a few sentences and back up 
your thoughts with examples
1. How did the discovery of America change history?

Due Dates:

Early Americas Test- 12/15 Tue
Early Americas Study Guide-12/16 Wed

Today 12/8                              Next Day 12/9
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Conquest                             2. Conquest

Dec 7

Warm up: 4-1 (Use last week's green paper)

Watch the clip CLIP
Explain the Inca Bridge and how it was(and is) built.

Due Dates:

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

Dec 4

 Warm up: 3-5

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

Due Dates:

Today 12/4                              Next Day 12/7
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Columbian Exchange          2. Conquest

Dec 3

 Warm up: 3-4

Using your notes from yesterday, answer the questions.

1. What was the Reconquista?

2. How did the Reconquista change the people of Spain?

3. Why did explorers want to get to Asia?

Due Dates:

Aztec DBQ- Today

Today 12/3                              Next Day 12/4
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. To the New World               2. Columbian Exchange

Dec 2

 Warm up: 3-3

Thinking about our recent discussions on the Inca,
 the Aztec, Native Tribes of North America, answer
 the question in 3-4 sentences.
1. What were the Americas like before Columbus?

Due Dates:

Aztec DBQ- 12/3 Thurs

Today 12/2                              Next Day 12/3
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. To the New World               2. Columbian Exchange

Dec 1

 Warm up: 3-2

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)
(think back to Utah history if that helps)

Due Dates:

Aztec DBQ- 12/3 Thurs

Today 12/1                              Next Day 12/2
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     
2. Cahokia                               2. To the New World