Monday, September 23: Students completed a paired text activity on Exploration. HW: Quizizz Vocabulary for Unit 2 due by Friday, Sept. 27.

Tuesday, September 24: Students completed notes on the early settlements of North Carolina. HW: Quizizz Vocabulary for Unit 2 due by Friday, Sept. 27.

Wednesday, September 25: Students completed a group activity on the Lost Colony. HW: Quizizz Vocabulary for Unit 2 due by Friday, Sept. 27.

Thursday, September 26: Students completed an activity on Wanchese and Manteo to analyze how their interactions with colonists differed. HW: Quizizz Vocabulary for Unit 2 due by Friday, Sept. 27.

Friday, September 27: Students completed a DBQ activity on the early settlement of Jamestown, VA. HW: Quizizz Vocabulary for Unit 2 due by Friday, Sept. 27.

Monday, October 7: Students completed an introductory reading on the Massachusetts Bay colony and analyzed the government and religious influence that went into making the colony. HW: None

Introductory Reading Questions:

1. Who were Puritans?
2. When did the Puritans immigrate?
3. Why did Puritans immigrate to this area?
4. How were Puritan leaders able to get a charter to go to Mass. Bay?
5. What was the ultimate plan for a new society at Mass. Bay?
6. What were other reasons settlers joined the Mass. Colony?

Tuesday, October 8: Students caught up on any notes they may be missing or need to finish up from the unit so far and watched America The Story of US: Rebels. HW: None

Wednesday, October 9: Teacher Workday - NO SCHOOL

Thursday, October 10: Students were introduced to the writing review packet that will help them to prepare for their summative writing assessment next week. Students completed an introductory reading on New Bern and interacted with text by annotating with a purpose. HW: Work on writing packet using calendar, (Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, Mass. Bay, sections for Supporting Questions 1-2 must be completed by tomorrow!)

New Bern Introduction Reading Questions:

Number each paragraph in the margin and circle the number.

1. Who is responsible for establishing the New Bern colony?
2. Highlight the reasons the different groups who arrived in New Bern left Europe to come to the New World.
3. Why was there a large amount of homeless refugees in England?
4. Where did the idea of settlement in Carolina come from?
5. Who gave himself nobility in the New Bern colony?
6. What factors contributed to hardship for the Palatines when they sailed overseas?
7. How did New Bern get its name today?
8. How did Graffenreid design New Bern? As it became successful, how many settlers were there?
9. Why were the Tuscarora angered and what event came from this?
10. What happened to Graffenreid’s original settlement?
11. How did the remaining settlers blend with the general population?

Friday, October 4: Students read over the New Bern Colonists In Tuscarora Territory readings in class to fill in the New Bern section of the writing prep packet. HW: Follow writing calendar (Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, Mass. Bay, sections for Supporting Questions 3-4 must be completed by Monday!)