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Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great Race")-Part 1
2)  Video: "The Grandest Enterprise Under God"
--Take 2 pages of notes

3)  Homework: Dee Brown reading in Green Reader ("The Great Race")-Part 2 [Pages 117-135]
Focus your reading on:  What happened when Union Pacific workers were not paid by the company?


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Collect agreements
2)  Notes ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
3)  Historical Investigation and Case Study: "John Smith: History or Hoax?"
--Use your own paper as we go through each step as a class

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 56-66 ("Puritan New England") and ("The Indians' 'New World'")
Focus your reading on:  a) Characteristics of the Puritans  b) Why they came to America  c) The Puritans and witchcraft  d) Anne Hutchinson  e) Conflict between Puritans and Pequots