Santiago Weekly News Letter Week 4

Post date: Sep 15, 2015 5:3:47 PM

Mr. Santiago 8^th Grade American History News

Quote:

“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”

~ Theodore Roosevelt

We are learning about:

Topic: English Colonization

Vocabulary: Mercantilism, Monarchy, Democracy, Empathy, Liberty, Conquistador, Missionary, Persecution, Colony, Parliament, Petition, Empire, and Slave Empire

Rationale: This unit bundles student expectations that address the reasons for exploration and colonization of North America, the establishment of the 13 British Colonies, and the geography of the colonies. Social, political, economic, and religious aspects of the colonies are investigated, as are geographic factors that influence all aspects of settlement, even the different models of economic systems (agrarian and industrial). The development of our system of representative government also begins here.

Major concepts addressed this week:

· reasons for European exploration and colonization are investigated, as are the people and the social and cultural patterns that emerged

· examine the settlement of the British in colonial America--how, when, and why the British settled in America

Skills: Trace- List in steps; Analyze- Break apart; Describe- Tell all about; Support-back up with details; Compare- All the ways they are alike; Contrast- all the ways they are different

Upcoming News:

September 16- Unit 1 midterm quiz

September 16- 3 week Individual Progress Reports- (please sign and return to 4^th period teacher)

September 23- (+7) NJHS Meeting

September 22- Parent and Student 8th grade Washington, D.C. information meeting

From Mr. Santiago,

Hopefully you are hearing good things about our class at home. I want to thank you all for letting me borrow your students this year for an adventure in learning. For some of our students I want to remind you to continue to encourage them on completing their classwork as well as their study time assignments.

Below is a description of my late work policy and grading scale on assignments.

Grading Policy:

Tests- x 3 Projects-x 3 Essays-x 3 Quizzes-x 2 Classwork/Study Time-x 1

Study time