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5/16/14...No @ Starts this week...Week 34.

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5/9/14...No @ Starts this week...Week 33.

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4/25/14... Define expansion. Use expansion in a sentence...Week 32 Due.

4/24/14... Define frontier. Use frontier in a sentence.

4/23/14... In your opinion, what is the last frontier? Explain.

4/22/14...Who did the US buy the Louisiana Territory from? How much did it cost?

4/21/14... Read the quote. Where did the event Dolley Madison was describing, must likely take place?

“I am still here within sound of the cannon!...I have had (a wagon) filled with the…most valuable portable articles…I insist on waiting until the large picture of Gen. Washington is secured…And now…I must leave this house.”

-Dolley Madison, describing the British attack on the White House

4/25/14...“Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind…Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle…We are all Republicans; we are all Federalists.”

Thomas Jefferson, March 4, 1801

Read the quote and tell me, in your own words, what Thomas Jefferson is trying to say...Week 31 Due.

4/24/14...What were 3 of the 6 goals given to Lewis and Clark by President Jefferson?

4/23/14...What is a blockade? Use blockade in a sentence.

4/22/14...What is nationalism? Use nationalism in a sentence.

4/21/14...Define smuggle. Use smuggle in a sentence.

4/18/14...No @ Start today...Week 30 Due.

4/17/14...Define embargo. Use embargo in a sentence.

4/16/14...Define judicial review. Use judicial review in a sentence.

4/15/14...Define laissez faire. Use laissez faire in a sentence.

4/14/14...How was your spring break? What was something you did?

Week 29, No @ Starts.

3/28/14...What is a Federalist? Name a popular Federalist from chapter 8...Week 28 Due.

3/27/14...What is a Republican? Name a popular Republican from chapter 8.

3/26/14...Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

3/25/14...What does E Pluribus Unum mean? Where can you find this saying?

3/24/14...Who was Anthony Wayne? Where did he win a major victory?

3/21/14...How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights? Explain 1 of the 10...Week 27 Due.

3/20/14...How many total amendments are in the Constitution?

3/19/14...No @ Start...Early Release

3/18/14...How many articles are there in the Constitution?

3/17/14...No @ Start

3/14/14...No @ Start...Week 26 Due.

3/13/14...No @ Start

3/12/14...No @ Start, Vocab and Thinking Map Due

3/11/14...When did Washington become President? (Page 280) What major event happened in France the same year?

3/10/14...What are the jobs of the 3 branches of government?

3/7/14...What is the 3/5th's Compromise?...Week 25 Due.

3/6/14...No @ start

3/5/14...What are 2 main points each for the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

3/4/14...Who was James Madison? Why was he important? Hint: See page 216

3/3/14...Who was Daniel Shays and why was he important?

2/28/14...What the 3 Branches of Government?...Week 24 Due.

2/27/14...Define Ratify. Use ratify in a sentence.

2/26/14...Define judicial branch. Use judicial branch in a sentence.

2/25/14...Define executive branch. Use executive branch in a sentence.

2/24/14...Define legislative branch. Use legislative branch in a sentence.

2/21/14...Define compromise. Use compromise in a sentence...Week 23 Due.

2/20/14...Define amendment. Use amendment in a sentence.

2/19/14...What is an economic depression? Use economic depression in a sentence.

2/18/14...No School

2/17/14...No School

2/14/14...No @ Start, 1/2 Day...Week 22 Due

2/13/14...What is the Constitution? What is a 'Framer of the Constitution'?

2/12/14...No @ Start

2/11/14...What are unalienable rights? List the 3 main unalienable rights.

2/10/14...What are the 4 sections to the D.O.I.?

2/7/14...What are the 4 main reasons the Americans won the Revolution? Week 21 Due.

2/6/14...Who was Benedict Arnold? What is a traitor?

2/5/14...Who was John Paul Jones? What was his famous quote?

2/4/14...Define privateer. Also, use privateer in a sentence.

2/3/14...Define cavalry. Also, use cavalry in a sentence.

1/31/14...Define alliance. Also, use alliance in a sentence. Week 20 Due.

1/30/14...Define resolution. Also, Use it in a sentence.

1/29/14...What is the State of the Union? Why is it important?

1/28/14...Snow Day

1/27/14...Snow Day

1/24/14...No @ Start...Week 19 Due

1/23/14...No @ Start

1/22/14...Have you ever encountered looks from other people based on your race, how you dress, how you talk, or the music you listen to? Explain how you felt...

1/21/14...Who was Martin Luther King, Jr. and why do we celebrate MLK Day?

1/20/14...No @ Start...No School...MLK Day

1/17/14...NO @ Start...Turn in Week 18...end 2nd Marking Period

1/16/14..."Wen it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." How can this quote help you to achieve your goals next marking period?

1/15/14...What is a boycott?

1/14/14...What is a blockade?

1/13/14...What was the outcome for the French after the French and Indian War?

1/10/14 What was the goal of the 2nd Continental Congress? What steps were taken to meet this goal?...Turn in Week 17

1/9/14 What is the Quartering Act? What were the causes and effects?

1/8/14 What was your favorite part of break? Why?

1/7/14...Snow Day

1/6/14...Snow Day

12/19/13 No @ Start today...Week 16

12/18/13 Read the quote. What is Thomas Paine trying to say? Put it into your own words.

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”

― Thomas Paine

12/17/13 What is the topic you chose to research and how does it fit into the Road to Revolution?

12/16/13 What are 2 outcomes of the French and Indian War? Explain.

12/13/13...No @ Start...Turn in Week 15

12/12/13 In a war, who should the Indians side with, the British or the French? Why?...

12/11/13 What is something you Learned about the Triangle Trade? Explain.

12/10/13 What is something you may Know about the Triangle Trade? What is something you Want to know about it?

12/9/13 What was one factor the colonists had to overcome in the new world? Explain.

12/6/13 What occured on December 7th, 1941? Why is it important to remember this date?...Turn in Week 13/14

12/5/13 No @ Start

12/4/13 Why are the House of Burgesses and the Mayflower Compact important to citizens living in America today?

12/3/13 No @ Start today

12/2/13 What was your favorite part about Thanksgiving Break?

11/26/13 1/2 day...No @ Start...Enjoy Thanksgiving Break!!!!

11/25/13 What are you most thankful for this time of year?

11/22/13 What are the classroom expectations when a sub is in the room?...Turn in Week 12

11/21/13 No @ Start

11/20/13 What did the 'Dot Game' represent? How were the 'dots' treated in Salem, Massachusetts?

11/19/13 What do you believe is going on in the picture?

11/18/13 Do you believe Pocahontas really saved John Smith? Why or why not.

11/15/13 No @ Start...Turn in Week 11

11/14/13 How were the experiences of the colonists in Jamestown similar to those in Plymouth?

11/13/13 Why are the House of Burgesses and the Mayflower Compact important to the US today?

11/12/13 Who was John Smith? Why was he important to the colony?

11/11/13 Why is it important to honor Veteran's Day?

11/4/13-11/8/13

Conference Week...NO @ STARTS for Week 10

11/1/13 What is/are your goal(s) for the next marking period? How will you accomplish this?...Turn in Week 9

10/30/13 What role did nature play in many Native American religious beliefs?

10/29/13 Why do you think farming did not develop in the Arctic and subarctic regions?

10/28/13 What are the advantages of having a surplus of crops? List 3…

10/25/13 No @ Start...10/21-10/24 due today...Turn in Week 8

10/24/13 How many states are in the 'Southern Region'? Name them...

10/23/13 How many states in the US physically border Canada? Name them...

10/22/13 If you could redo your speech, what would you change? Why?

10/21/13 Are you happy MEAPs are over? How did Math and Science go for you?

10/14/13-10/18/13

No @ Starts for final MEAP/Speech Week

10/11/13 What has been the most difficult part of doing research? Why?...Turn in Week 6

10/10/13 How do you feel you did on the MEAP the last 2 days compared to last year? Why?

10/9/13 NO @ START...MEAP Day

10/8/13 NO @ START...MEAP Day

10/7/13 What is the topic you picked for your speech project? Why did you choose this?

10/4/13 No @ Start...9/30-10/4/13 due today...Turn in Week 5

10/3/13 If you had to leave the United States due to a major food shortage, where would you want to go? Why?

10/2/13 Should immigrants (who are not yet citizens) have a right to vote? Why or why not?

10/1/13 What is your goal score for the MEAP? How can you build from last year?

9/30/13 Imagine it is 1920; Where would you rather enter the country, Angel Island or Ellis Island? Explain…

9/27/13 No @ Start...Turn in Week 4

9/26/13 Do you think it is important for people to know the information on the citizenship test? Why or why not?

9/25/13 What do you think immigrants should have to do to become US citizens?

9/24/13 Are immigrants to a new country always welcomed upon their arrival? Explain...

9/23/13 What steps did many poor Irish families take to survive the winters without potatoes?

9/20/13 Why do you think the US set up immigration stations at Ellis Island and Angel Island?...Turn in Week 3

9/19/13 Where did the first wave of immigrants come from and where did they settle?

9/18/13 No @ Start

9/17/13 What is the Constitution? Why is it important?

9/16/13 When do you think war is justified?

9/13/13 What is involuntary immigration? What is an example?...Turn in Week 1/2

9/12/13 In your own words, what is immigration?

9/11/13 No @ Start today

9/10/13 No @ Start today

9/9/13 "Work hard in silence, let success be your noise." -Frank Ocean...What does Mr. Ocean mean by, "let success be your noise"?

9/6/13 "There can be no great accomplishment without risk." -Neil Armstrong...What does this quote mean to you?

9/5/13 What do you think US History is? Why should we study it?