Tuesday, August 26
Student Contract Signed and study for Quiz on it.

Wednesday, August 27
Finish "Cube"
Take book home and leave it there :)

Thursday, August 28
Write each original colony out 5 times

Friday, August 29
none...although you could study for your quiz on the original 13 colonies which will be on Wed.

Tuesday, Sept. 2
Study for quiz on the original 13 colonies which is tomorrow.

Wednesday, Sept. 3
none

Thursday, Sept. 4
Finish reading pp. 36 - 63 in textbook

Friday, Sept. 5
none

Monday, Sept. 8
study for quiz on Thursday.

Tuesday, Sept. 9
study for quiz on Thursday.

Wednesday, Sept. 10
Write each person's name five times.  Study for quiz tomorrow on the original founders.

Thursday, Sept. 11
none

Friday, Sept. 12
none

Monday, Sept. 15
Study for Chapter 2 Test on Friday.  Below is the Study Guide.

Study Guide for Chapter 2

1. Jamestown
2. Plymouth
3. Pilgrims
4. Mayflower Compact
5. apprentice
6. indentured servant
7. slave
8. Squanto
9. Samoset
10. Magna Carta
11. English Bill of Rights (which came out of the Glorious Revolution)
12. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
13. Middle Passage
14. Triangular Trade
15. Toleration Act of 1649
16. Great Awakening
17. revivals
18. Enlightenment Period
19. John Locke
20. natural rights
21. town meetings
22. Committees of Correspondence
23. French and Indian War
24. Chief Pontiac
25. Sugar Act
26. Stamp Act
27. Tea Act
28. boycott
29. Sons of Liberty
30. Daughters of Liberty
31. Boston Massacre
32. propaganda
33. Boston Tea Party
34. Intolerable Acts = Coercive Acts   Know what they are.
35. Know all information on the original colonies handout (spelling will count).
36. Know why the original colonists left England.
37. By what were the lives of the early colonists defined?

Tuesday, September 16
Study for test on friday, Chapter 2

Wednesday, September 17
Study for test on friday, Chapter 2

Thursday, September 18
Study for test on Chapter 2...it is tomorrow!

Friday, September 19
none

Monday, September 22
none

Tuesday, September 23
none

Wednesday, September 24
none

Thursday, September 25
Read pp. 78 - 81 and answer question 1 - 4 on your Chapter 3 Study Guide...it is copied below...

Study Guide for Chapter 3  pp. 74 - 101

Know the following questions / vocabulary / people / things…

1. What was decided at the First Continental Congress?
2. What was decided at the Second Continental Congress?
3. What happened at Lexington and why is it important?
4. What was the “Shot Heard Round the World”?  Which country was inspired?
5. Know about Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.
6. Know who John Locke is and what “natural rights” (unalienable rights) are.
7. Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?  How long did it take him to write it?
8. What was the Declaration of Independence?
9. Who was left out of the Declaration of Independence?
10. Why wouldn’t southern delegates sign the Declaration of Independence if it included a passage condemning the slave trade?
11. Who was Abigail Adams?  Why is she important? (handout)
12. Patriots
13. Loyalists / Tories
14. Know what the British advantages were.
15. Know what the colonist’s advantages were.
16. mercenaries
17. Know about the long rifle and muskets (handout).
18. What was the role of the French in the Revolutionary War?
19. The Marquis de Lafayette
20. What did von Steuben do for the Continental Army?
21. What was the military tactic of the Patriots on the sea?
22. Who was John Paul Jones?  Describe his personality?
23. Who was Francis Marion?  What is his nickname?  Why?
24. guerrilla warfare
25. Know the Causes and Effects of the Revolution (chart on handout)
 

Friday, September 26
none

Monday, September 29
none

Tuesday, September 30
on Ch. 3 Study Guide answer questions 5 - 13

Wednesday, October 1
Research your signer of the Declaration of Independence...due Friday.

Thursday, October 2
Read Ch. 3, Section 3 pp. 90 - 97
Signer of Declaration of Inedependence is due tomorrow.

Friday, Oct. 3
none

Monday, Oct. 6
none

Tuesday, Oct. 7
Memorize the answers to questions 1 - 10 on Ch. 3 Study Guide. Ch. 3 Test which will be on Friday, October 10th. A copy of the Study Guide is posted above on the date of September 25th...it is in white.

Wednesday, Oct. 8
Memorize the answers to questions 11 - 18 on Ch. 3 Study Guide. Ch. 3 Test which will be on Friday, October 10th. A copy of the Study Guide is posted above on the date of September 25th...it is in white.

Thursday, Oct. 9
Study for Chapter 3 test which is tomorrow.

Friday, Oct. 10
none

Monday, Oct. 13
none

Tuesday, Oct. 14
none

Wednesday, Oct. 15
fyi...

Study Guide for Chapter 4

1. Know all the notes that we took on the internal and international problems with the Articles of Confederation.
2. Know about the following influences to the United States Constitution (define each):
    Magna Carta
    English Bill of Rights
    Mayflower Compact
    the Enlightenment Period
    Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

3. Know all the notes that we took on the following key terms and people:
• Ratify
• Republic
• Amendments
• Natural Rights
• Federalists
• Antifederalists
• Inflation
• Checks and balances
• Tariffs
• Articles of Confederation
• Shays’s Rebellion / Daniel Shays
• Federalist Papers :  Hamilton, Madison and Jay
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Federalism
• Popular sovereignty
• Three-fifths Compromise
• Bill of Rights

Know the “tree” (the three branches of government, what they are called, what they do and what was the inspiration).

Thursday, Oct.ber 16th
none

Friday, October 17th
none

Monday, Oct. 19th
none

Tuesday, Oct. 21
answer 1 - 4 on page 130 in textbook (answer in a complete sentence please.)

Wed. Oct. 22
memorize the "tree" - the three branches of government.

Thursday, Oct. 23
memorize the "tree" - the three branches of government.  Chapter 4 test will most likely be on Wednesday, Oct. 29th.

Friday, Oct. 24
Study for Chapter 4 test on Wednesday.

Monday, Oct. 27
Study for Chapter 4 test which is on Wednesday.

Tuesday, Oct. 28
Study for Chapter 4 test which is tomorrow.

Wednesday, Oct. 29
none

Thursday, Oct. 30
none

Friday, Oct. 31
no school

Monday, November 3rd
none

Tuesday, November 4th
Study for Preamble quiz on Friday.

Wednesday, November 5th
Finish Chapter 5 Section 1 Questions (Yellow Paper).  Study for Preamble quiz on Friday.

Thursday, November 6th
Study for Preamble Quiz tomorrow.

Friday, November 7th
The first article on the Bill of Rights Project is due on Thursday, Nov. 13th.  Also, Chapter 5 Section 2 Questions is due on Thursday, Nov. 13th (Gold Sheet).  Below is the information on the Bill of Rights Project.

Bill of Rights Project is due on November 24th.  The following is the handout which was given to each student explaining the project and the pacing schedule.

Bill of Rights Project  (125 points)  Due on Monday, Nov. 24th.

Part I

On an 8.5” x 11” sheet of unlined white paper, illustrate each of the first ten amendments.  You may use stickers, magazine pictures, watercolor, colored pencils, crayons, Internet pictures and symbols, etc.  You may also use a combination of any of the above.  Your illustrations should be in color.  Please fit all ten illustrations on one side of the white paper.  Use the entire sheet.  You will be graded on creativity, presentation, neatness as well as for content.  Be sure to label each amendment. Each amendment illustration is worth 7 points for a total of 70 points.

points earned ______
                          70

Part II

Choose five of the ten Bill of Rights amendments.  Find a newspaper or Internet news article that encompasses each amendment for which you have chosen.  Read the article and in YOUR OWN WORDS, summarize it and explain WHY it is an example of the amendment.  The first paragraph summarizes the article.  The second paragraph explains why it is an example of the amendment. Please use introductory sentences, well formulated sentences and excellent grammar.  You must have the appropriate heading (see below for example).  All must be typed using 12 size font.  You will be graded on the quality of the summary and the explanation.  Please cut out the article and tape or staple it to 8.5” x 11” paper.  Each amendment is worth 10 points for a total of 50 points.  You can only use one amendment once.

The following is an example of the heading each article should have.

Which Amendment                                       Amendment I
Title of the article                                        Three American comics find Islamic audience laugh too
Name of the Newspaper                              Christian Science Monitor
Date of the article                                         Monday, November 26, 2007

points earned ______
                          50

Plus 5 points for submitting this coversheet…with your full name and period on it ?

Total points earned ______
                                  125
 
 

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Pacing Schedule

Must be typed (12 size font please) and newspaper/internet article must be attached.  The proper heading must be included.

Thursday, November 13th = first article due
Friday, November 14th = second article due
Monday, November 17th = third article due
Wednesday, November 19th = fourth article due
Friday, November 21st = fifth article due

The entire project, including part I, is due on Monday, November 24th.  Please staple Part I on top of Part II and place rubric on top of it all when handing it in (don’t staple the rubric on).
 

Thursday, November 13th
Second Article for the Bill of Rights Project is due.

Friday, November 14th
Third Article for the Bill of Rights Project is due on Monday.

Monday, November 17th
4th Article for the Bill of Rights Project is due on Wednesday.

Tuesday, November 18th
4th Article for the Bill of Rights Project is due on Wednesday.

Wednesday, November 19th
5th Article for the Bill of Rights Project is due on Friday.

Thursday, November 20th
5th Article for the Bill of Rights Project is due tomorrow.
Study for Chapter 5 Test which is on Monday, November 24th
Project is due on Monday, November 24th

Friday, November 21
Study for Chapter 5 Test which is on Monday, November 24th
Project is due on Monday, November 24th

Monday, November 24th
Feast tomorrow :)

Tuesday, November 25th
none...enjoy your break!