This week we focus on English settlements in North America. We’ll also take some time to learn how France, England, & Spain treated the native Americans.

Objectives: H.8SS.2A,B,C,D & GEO.8SS.3

Date What We’re Doing in class Homework
9/4
  • WU:
  • Intro Into Jamestown and the Pilgrims (Mapping) (WS 2)
  • Flash Cards: Mayflower Compact, Import, Export, Immigration, Migration
  • Compare and Contrast Settlements
Study Flash Cards
9/5
  • WU
  • Presentation: New England Colonies
  • Review Flash Cards
  • Quiz
  • Map Excersize
9/6
  • WU
  • Moodle: Topic 3
9/7
  • WU
  • Continue Mapping Excersize
  • Presentation: Middle Colonies
  • Flash Cards: Indentured Servant, Agrarian Society, Staple Crops
  • Quiz
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