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No School: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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No School: Transition Day

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CW: Introduction to course, handout & review syllabus , class expectations, and distribute textbooks.

 

HW: Have your parents read syllabus and sign confirmation sheet and return it to Mr. Morin tomorrow.

 

CW: Your assignment is to Identify & label  the U.S. States and their capitals.

 

HW: In your textbook, read p. 22-28 & answer questions 1-4 on p.28 AND In your textbook, read p. 36-41 & answer questions 1-5 on p. 41.  (Write out each question and write in complete sentences.)

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CW: Spanish & Portuguese Colonization of the Americas (PowerPoint)

 

CW: Read & discuss handouts: Excerpt from Cortes's invasion of Tenochtitlan and excerpt from Christopher Columbus's journal

HW: In your textbook, read p. 42-48 & answer questions 1-5 on p.48

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CW: Early British Colonization of the Chesapeake (PowerPoint)

 

CW: John Smith's Report from Jamestown & Bacon's Rebellion DBQ

 

HW: In your textbook, read pages 49-57 & answer questions   1-5 on page 57

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CW: Finish

Bacon's Rebellion DBQ Questions

 

CW: New England Colonies (PowerPoint), Mayflower Compact,

 

HW: In document packet handout "Settling the Northern Colonies," read & take notes on the following documents: Governor John Winthrop Provides a Model of Christian Charity, 1630 & Anne Hutchinson is Banished

 

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CW: Finish New England Colonies (PowerPoint, Comparing the Pilgrims & Puritans

 

CW: Puritan Rule, CT Blue Laws, Banishment of Ann Hutchinson and Roger Williams

 

HW: In your textbook, read pages 59-63 & answer questions   1-5 on page 63

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CW: Introduce & research "Founding of the 13 Original Colonies" Group Project *if absent, you must research the information for each of the colonies and bring in the completed Info Sheets in on the day you return to school

 

Project Info Sheets

Project Rubric

 

Project Reference Material: The Restoration Colonies (PowerPoint) & Life in the Colonies 1660-1750 (PowerPoint)

 

HW: Study for U.S. State and Capitals Quiz

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CW: U.S. State & Capitals Quiz

 

CW: Finish researching material for "Founding of the 13 Original Colonies" Group Project and begin poster construction *if absent, you must research the information for each of the colonies and bring in the completed Info Sheets in on the day you return to school

 

Project Info Sheets

Project Rubric

 

Project Reference Material: The Restoration Colonies (PowerPoint) & Life in the Colonies 1660-1750 (PowerPoint)

 

 

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