1. Q.O.D.-How might attitudes have changed on social issues such as crime and punishment, education, religion, etc. changed?  In what ways are they the same? Pick two topics to discuss.  Write anywhere from 4 to 6 sentences.

2. In groups of 4, students picked the most pressing issue that faces Americans today.  Say how it hasn't changed over time.  Discuss how it is different by today's standards.  Someone must serve as a speaker for the group.  They were given three two cards.  Two cards were to be used to discuss whatever they wanted in relation to the topic discussed.  The third card was used to vote on the issue that they wanted to share with the class.  One student served as a representative of the group.  Their job was to share with the class

1. Q.O.D.-What was Lord Baltimore and/or his successors able to or attempted to accomplish in Maryland?  Provide evidence to support your answer. This is a new concept.  So, students will need to read page 44.

2. Students watched short clips on Maryland and Virginia.

3. With their ABC's colony page, students did T to V for Virginia and Q to S for Maryland.

4. Teacher read and discussed page 45.

1. Q.O.D.#3-Why was the colony of Massachusetts founded? Would you have wanted to live in this colony?  Why or why not?

2. Students watched a short clip on Rhode Island.

3. Students, in their journals, made a flag for Roger Williams.  It must contain the following: his initials, 2 symbols that represent him, and an explanation, in sentence form, of everything shown on the flag.

4. Students wrote D through F on Rhode Island for their ABC's of the colonies page in their journal.

1. Q.O.D. #2-Describe the geography of the New England States.  What kinds of jobs or businesses existed in this area of colonial America?

2. Students watched Why 13 Colonies? by Schmoop

3. Students took notes on the government of the colonies.

4. Students added the ABC's of the colonies page to their journals which was on page 5.

5. Students read page 39.  Then, they wrote sentences that started with letters A through C about Massachusetts.

6. Teacher read and discussed about the colony of Rhode Island.

 

1. Tuesday's DLR

2. Teacher explained the homework.

3.  Students wrote sentences that show they understand the meaning of the vocabulary words used for "Checkouts".  See Words to Know section on page 22 of the Literature book.

4. Teacher and/or student read pages 23-24 of "Checkouts".

5. Students watched all if not most of Pay It Forward clip as a precursor to a writing assignment.

 

1. Q.O.D.-What do you like about history? Why?  What do you dislike about history? Why?

2. Students made a table of contents page on pages 1 and 2 of their journals.  There is 3 columns labeled as follows: date, assignment, page number.

3. The following 5 assignments were added to the assignment section: 13 colonies map (pg. 3), characteristics of 13 colonies (pg. 4), ABC's of 13 colonies (pg. 5), early colonial gov't notes (pg. 6) and Q.O.D. #1 (pg.7)

4. On page 3, students glued in a map of 13 original colonies.  Then, they labeled all of the 13 colonies by looking at page 36 of their textbook.

5. On page 4, they divided their paper in 3 with the following three sections: New England Colonies, The Middle Colonies, and The Southern Colonies. Students wrote 3 to 4 characteristics of these regions.  It was okay to write bullets for this section.

6. Students watched a short clip on the New England states.