Week of 10/26/2020

 10/26 -  Chapter 4, section 3, ‘The Southern Colonies’ p. 119-123

Section 3 Objectives

1. To analyze the plantation economy and the use of slaves

2. To describe plantation life

3. To understand life under slavery

4. To describe resistance to slavery

10/27 - Chapter 4, section 4, ‘The Backcountry’

Section 4 Objectives

1. To describe the geography of the Backcountry

2. To identify Backcountry settlers and to understand

Backcountry life

3. To identify other peoples in North America and explain

their conflict with the English colonists

*Discuss Geographical adaptation that each colony made – Human Environment Interaction

10/28 - Chapter 4 Review

10/29 - Chapter 4 Test

10/30 - Chapter 5 Section 1

Section 1 Objectives

1. To analyze colonial values

2. To identify roles of colonial women and children

3. To evaluate the results of a high literacy rate in the colonies

4. To identify the effects of the Great Awakening and the

Enlightenment

Growth of Colonial Economies

Week of 10/19/2020

 10/19 - Social Studies/ELA - Reflect and Revise “3 questions project”

10/20 - Social Studies/ELA - Reflect and Revise “3 questions project”

10/21 - Chapter 4 Section 1 p.109-113

Section 1 Objectives

1. To explain how distinct regions developed during the

colonial period

2. To describe life in the New England farms and towns

3. To describe the three types of Atlantic trade

4. To identify the reasons for changes in Puritan society

10/22 - Discuss Navigation Acts – prelude to colonial revolt

Group project – Re-visit Mercantilism and its pivotal role in colonial 

resentment that leads to revolt

10/23 - Chapter 4 Section 2, p. 114-118

Section 2 Objectives

1. To identify the resources of the Middle Colonies

2. To describe the prosperity of the cities

3. To evaluate the diversity of the region

4. To analyze the treatment of African Americans

Week of 10/12/2020

 10/12 - Chapter 3, Section 3 p. 

Section 3 Objectives

1. To compare the founding of the four Middle Colonies

2. To trace the growth of the Middle Colonies

3. To explain how economics influenced the development of

the Southern Colonies

4. To identify unique reasons for the founding of Georgia and

Maryland

10/13 - Review Chapter 3

10/14 - Chapter 3 Test

10/15 - MEA Days, no school

10/16 - MEA Days, no school

Week of 10/5/2020

 10/5 - Chapter 3, Section 1 Early Colonies have Mixed Success p85-89

    Objectives

  1. To describe early English attempts at colonizing

2. To explain English financing of a colony

3. To summarize how Jamestown was founded and grew

4. To analyze the conflicts of the Jamestown colonists both

with Native Americans and among the colonists themselves

10/6 - Chapter 3, Section 2  New England Colonies p. 92-97

Objectives

1. To explain why the Pilgrims established Plymouth Colony

2. To explain why the Puritans set up the Massachusetts Bay

Colony

3. To identify the New England Way and to evaluate

challenges to Puritan leadership

4. To summarize the causes and effects of King Philip’s War

and the Salem witchcraft trials

10/7 - ‘After the Mayflower’ – King Philip’s War, Wampanoag war with English 

settlers in Massachusetts colony. Video notes.

10/8 - ‘After the Mayflower’ – King Philip’s War, Wampanoag war with English 

settlers in Massachusetts colony. Video notes.

10/9 - Finish video if necessary. Finish Section 2

Model CEAL with an emphasis on determining important information to 

Capture. Review section 2

Week of 9/28/2020

 This week we will be working in collaboration with Dr. Haring in ELA for our next research project.

Our time together in the library will involve asking research questions and finding the information necessary to answer them.

If you are working from home this week, you will need to go to your ELA class in Google Classroom for all materials and expectations. You can also email Dr. Haring or myself for clarification if needed.

Week of 9/21/2020

 9/21 - Analysis ‘Reasons for Spanish Victories’ p. 65-66 research the effects that European germs, guns and diplomacy had in their dealings with the Indians.

Chapter 2, Section 2, Europe competes for North America p. 67 – 70

Objectives

1. To trace the search for a water route through North America to Asia

2. To explain Spanish reaction to competition in North America and to 

identify effects of the defeat of the Spanish Armada

3. To describe the search for trade by the French and Dutch

Section Assessment, vocabulary p. 70.

9/22 - Chapter 2, Section 3, p71-75

Objectives

1. To analyze the organization of government and society in

Spanish colonies

2. To describe economic activities of the Spanish colonies

3. To evaluate Spanish treatment of Native Americans

4. To trace the Colombian Exchange

Read section, section assessment, vocabulary p. 75

9/23 - Chapter 2, Section 4 p. 76-79

Objectives

1. To analyze the origins of slavery in the Americas

2. To explain the development of the slave trade

3. To describe the middle passage

4. To pose and answer questions about the system of slavery

in the Americas

Read section, notes, section assessment.

9/24 - Finish Chapter 2, Chapter 2 review

9/25 - Chapter 2 Test

Week of 9/14/2020

 9/14 - Basics of Research - Social Studies/ELA research project. 

9/15 - Basics of Research - Social Studies/ELA research project.

9/16- Basics of Research - Social Studies/ELA research project.

9/17 - Overview of Chapter 1 – Analyze Iroquois League, Review of note taking strategies.

9/18 - Chapter 2, ‘Setting the Stage’ p. 59-60

Section 1, Spain Claims an Empire p. 61-66.

Objectives

1. To explain the competition between Spain and Portugal to claim foreign lands

2. To describe Spain’s conquest of Mexico and the Incan empire

3. To explain the reasons for Spanish victories

4. To identify important Spanish explorers

Section assessment