Week 2 Activities and Homework

Note to parents and guardians: this Wednesday is Meet the Teacher night, 6:30- 8 pm.

Daily Activities and Homework, 8/18- 8/22:

M: Learn procedure for CA homework. Learn about early colonies and reasons for founding. HW: CA #1, Qs 1-2 AND finish colonial map, if necessary, for tomorrow’s map quiz

T: QUIZ on colonial map (use map to take quiz). Learn about life in the early colonies. HW: CA #1, Qs 3-4 AND choose news article to bring to class

W: DUE: news article (from newspaper or Internet). Analyze current events and their importance. TONIGHT: Back to School Night, 6:30- 8 HW: CA #1, Qs 5-6 AND set up tabs in binder.

TH: Learn about colonial growth and expansion. Discuss French & Indian War. DUE: 3-ring binder with 5 divider tabs (notebook check). HW: CA #1, Qs 7-8

F: Continue topic of colonial growth and conflicts with the French. DUE: CA #1. HW: none. Happy weekend!

Goals and Objectives:
Students will evaluate factors that caused Europeans to settle in North America and the effects this had on the native population
Students will describe the lifestyle of the early colonists and their hardships
Students will compare various colonies and explain their differences
Students will analyze reasons for the French and Indian War, as well as its results

Social Studies Standards:
Construct and interpret maps (S4, C1, PO1-4)
Identify factors in human migration (S4, C4, PO1)
Describe effects of human migration on places and regions (S4, C4, PO2)
Analyze events that led to the American Revolution (S1, C4, PO1)