September 30

Focus:
Constitution

CW:

• grade Bill of Rights review sheet (10 points)
• video-- State v.
• group time for Constitution Amendment debate
• groups begin presentations

HW:
finish illstrations of Amendments
CONSTITUTION QUIZ--MONDAY
UNIT 2 TEST IN ONE WEEK!

September 29

Focus:
Constitution

CW:
review Articles I-VII
notes on the Amendments
illustrate the Amendments

HW:
Amendment review sheet (front and back)

September 28

Focus:
Constitution

CW:

• review Ch. 5 notes
• discuss 5:3 RG
• Ch. 5 lotus
• Constitution note sheet: Articles I-VII
• begin Amendments if time

HW:
STUDY YOUR CONSTITUTION!

September 27

Focus:
Constitutional Convention

CW:

• discuss 5:1 TQ
• Constitutional Convention
• complete 5:2 RG together
• Electoral College discussion/handout

HW:

• complete Part A and C of 5:3 RG
• CONSTITUTION QUIZ ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 3
• UNIT 2 TEST ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

September 26

We begin the last week of September with a brand new unit. Unit 2 will include lots of info on the creation of the US gov't, the US Constitution, and the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison. Enjoy!

Focus: Creating a Gov't

CW:

• review activity
• discuss Unit 1 exams
• preview Unit 2
• view Ch. 5 timeline
• begin 5:1 TQ
• GRADE REPORTS ISSUED!!

HW:

• finish 5:1 TQ
• Part B of 5:2 RG (omit Roger Sherman)

September 23

UNIT ONE TEST TODAY!!!

HW:

GO TIGERS, BEAT TUALATIN!

September 22

Focus:
Exam review

CW:

review game

HW:

STUDY!!
Test review session Friday AM at 7:25

September 21

Focus:
American Revolution

CW:

• discuss 4:3 RG
• Valley Forge Diary (on the back of 4:3)
• 4:4 overhead notes/complete Ch. 4 review sheet
• Ch. 4 Lotus
• Soviet view of the American revolution
• Review game info

HW:
STUDY!
TEST IN 2 DAYS!!

September 20

Focus:
American Revolution

CW:

• discuss 4:1 RG
• complete 4:2 RG in class and discuss
• Examine the Declaration of Independence
• Slavery during the Revolution
• Revolutionary War Myths

HW:
4:3 RG

September 19

Focus:
American Revolution

CW:

• Around the world review game
• Study Guide handout
• Discussion Question How to
• discuss 3:4 TQ (not checked for a grade)
• Chapter 3 Lotus diagram
• Preview Ch. 4 timeline
• begin 4:1 RG

HW:

• finish 4:1 RG

September 16

Focus: Salem Witchcraft Trials

CW:
review of notes
grade 3:2/3:3 review sheet
Salem Witchcraft Trial activities

HW:
3-4 TQ

September 15

Focus:
England and Its Colonies

CW:

• Ch. 2 lotus diagram
• preview chapter 3 timeline
• 3:2/3:3 overhead notes
• info on colonial dating

HW:
3:2/3:3 review sheet

September 14

Focus: Colonization

CW:

• discuss 2:3 TQ (checked for a grade)
• read/discuss Mayflower Compact
• Purtian Do's and Don't's (crime and punishment handout)
• complete 2:4 TQ/discuss

HW: complete 3:1 TQ

September 13

Focus: Colonization of the New World

CW:

• review 2:2 RG
• watch Colonial House Episode 1
• complete video note sheet and discuss
• begin 2:3 Teacher Questions TQ)

HW: finish 2:3 TQ

Monday September 12, 2005

Focus: Colonization of the New World

Class Work:

• overview of Native American arrival in North America
• overview of Columbus and the Columbian Exchange
• preview chapter 2 timeline
• complete 2:2 Reading Guide (RG) together in class

Home Work: read 2:3 from the text