9/11/14

1)  Notes ("The Politics of Empire, 1660-1713")
2) a)  Go over "Writing a History Essay"
b)  "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay
      --Make sure your question is the title of the essay.  Also, underline your thesis in the introduction.
      --Attach the Scoring Guide when you turn it in.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 76-80; 84-93 ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
Focus your reading on:  a) South Atlantic System/Triangular Trade  b) The "Middle Passage"  c) Specific effects of the slave trade on England, Africa, the West Indies, and the American colonies

9/10/14

1)  Notes ("The Indians' 'New World'")

2) a) Pick Research Paper topics

b)  Hand out Research Paper Information Sheet 1

c)  Go to lab to familiarize yourself with your new topic by Googling information online

You need to have at least 4 secondary and 2 primary sources by Monday, 9/22.  This is graded.

Graded note-taking starts Thursday, 9/25.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 70-76 ("The Politics of Empire, 1660-1713")

Focus your reading on:  a)  Quakers  b) Navigation Acts

9/9/14

1)  Notes ("Puritan New England")
2)  Finish "John Smith" assignment and turn in
3)  Begin talking about Research Paper:
a)  Overview Sheet
b)  Sample Paper
c)  Topics List (we will pick topics tomorrow in class)

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 61-66 ("The Indians' 'New World'")
Focus your reading on:  Conflict between the Puritans and the Pequots

9/8/14

1)  Notes ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
2)  Historical Investigation and Case Study: "John Smith: History or Hoax?"
--Use your own paper and follow instructions on the screen

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 56-61 ("Puritan New England")
Focus your reading on:  a) Characteristics of the Puritans  b) Why they came to America  c) The Puritans and witchcraft  d) Anne Hutchinson

9/5/14

1)  Notes ("Imperial Conflicts and Rival Colonial Models")
2)  "10 Major Events that Shaped the U.S."
--Pick 10 and rank them in order with a brief explanation as to why you think each is important.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 48-56 ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
Focus your reading on:  a)  Jamestown  b) Obstacles to the colonization of Virginia  c) Indentured servants  d) Nathaniel Bacon/Bacon's Rebellion  e) Navigation Acts

9/4/14

1)  Collect syllabus agreements
2)  Notes ("Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress")
3)  "The Coin Exercise" (not graded)

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 40-41; 44-48 ("Imperial Conflicts and Rival Colonial Models")
Focus your reading on:  Differences between New Spain, New France, and New Netherland

**Bring textbooks to class tomorrow

9/3/14

1)  Filled out Information Sheet
2)  Handed out Syllabus (signed agreement due tomorrow)
3)  Got textbooks from library and received Blue Readers in class
4)  Getting acquainted activity (not graded)

5)  Homework: Howard Zinn reading in Blue Reader ("Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress")
Focus your reading on:  a) Zinn's main point or "thesis"  b) How the natives in the story were treated by Columbus and his men