This Week:

IN THE NEST - Colonies Begin to Roost [1587-1752]
With the defeat of the SPANISH ARMADA the BRITISH EMPIRE begins to rise to power. This sets up a period of English expansion into the New World - in particular - 13 colonies on the eastern seaboard of the Atlantic.

We will review and get ready for the test on WEDNESDAY!

this WEDNESDAY!!!

BE READY to name the First 11 PRESIDENTS! - make sure you know their names (first and last). Here's a sheet we will pass out in class this week.

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U.S. History Reading [permission from the author and publisher to reproduce the readings is on file]
For next Monday - Ch 38, 1

QUESTIONS # 9 - Colonies

In case you wish to read ahead another week:

• READING - Next Chapter
• QUESTIONS - Next Assignment

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NO CURRENTS due this week.

This week study for your test...

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For this Thursday's weekly National Geography Bee you will continue learning all 50 STATES - this week we will finish and present to the class your Pacific Coast Expedition Mission Report...

Here's Wakko's 50 States/Capitols lyrics, if you need another copy.
AND if you want to watch it again - here's a copy of the .mp4 file.

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REMEMBER...

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This Week:

IN THE NEST - European Exploration [1000-1720]
We will finish exploring the fall of SPAIN [with the defeat of the SPANISH ARMADA] and the rise of the BRITISH EMPIRE...

Don't forget your essays on what it would be like to be an ANIMAL in the New World, observing the coming of the EUROPEAN EXPLORER arriving in your land.
If you lost your ESSAY RUBRIC, click here for another copy.
DUE ON WEDNESDAY!

POSTPONED until
next week...




There will be some standardized testing (MAP testing) this week - so to avoid "testing burn out", I'm postponing this weeks test - so go over your notes!!!

Continued going over the First 11 PRESIDENTS! - make sure you know their names (first and last). Here's a sheet we will pass out in class this week.

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U.S. History Reading [permission from the author and publisher to reproduce the readings is on file]
For next Monday - Ch 25, 31

QUESTIONS # 8 - Colonies

In case you wish to read ahead another week:

• READING - Next Chapter
• QUESTIONS - Next Assignment

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THANK YOU CURRENTS due this week.

This week we will finish the GENERIC article you wish to add to a THANK YOU CARD to the CdA Press.

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We fell behind last week - this Thursday's weekly National Geography Bee you will begin to learn all 50 STATES and the 13 Provinces/Territories of Canada...

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REMEMBER...

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This Week:

IN THE NEST - European Exploration [1000-1720]
We will finish exploring Europe's Migration to America!

We will discuss what it was like to really be there when those heroic EXPLORERS landed on the new land...

next week...

Are you ready to list the First 11 PRESIDENTS? - make sure you know their names (first and last). Here's a sheet in case you need another one.

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U.S. History Reading [permission from the author and publisher to reproduce the readings is on file]
For next Monday - Ch 24, 13

QUESTIONS # 7 - Colonies

In case you wish to read ahead another week:

• READING - Next Chapter
• QUESTIONS - Next Assignment

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WEEKLY CURRENTS due this week.

This week we will begin with a GENERIC article you wish to add to a THANK YOU CARD to the CdA Press.

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For this Thursday weekly National Geography Bee you will begin to learn all 50 STATES and the 13 Provinces/Territories of Canada...

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REMEMBER...

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This Week:

IN THE NEST - European Exploration [1000-1720]
We will start exploring Europe's Migration to America!

We will discuss the first European influences in the New World. With the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1546, Europe was seeking a new path to the land of China - the NORTHWEST PASSAGE. That search lead many voyages and explorers to new territory, new cultures, and new conquests for GOLD and GOD.

REMEMBER you must have a U.S. CONSTITUTION DAILY. This is not optional....ever!

A QUIZ over the First 11 PRESIDENTS is coming next week - keep going over all their names (first and last). Here's a sheet in case you need another one.

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U.S. History Reading [permission from the author and publisher to reproduce the readings is on file]
For next Monday - Ch 36-38, 4

QUESTIONS # 6 - England

In case you wish to read ahead another week:

• READING - Next Chapter
• QUESTIONS - Next Assignment

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Wednesday CURRENTS will be completed in class on WEDNESDAY!

Come see me for THIS WEEK'S TOPIC if you wish to work ahead.

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REMEMBER...

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For this Thursday weekly National Geography Bee you will have a "test" over class notes, and UNITs I and II. Part "test", part contest to get you ready for the National Geo Bee, you are required to do two thing:

• Provide at least THREE QUESTIONS on 3x5 notecards [be tough, but since everyone will be using the same questions, including you, do not be TOO tough]
• Come ready for a "test"/competition - study and prepare for any question on GEOGRAPHY (including North America)

If you need another copy, Unit I Sheet and Unit II Sheet can be downloaded here (although, these have already been graded).

KNOW NORTH AMERICA (the nations and their capitols). Check on the 50 states, and Canadian Provinces?

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