Week of May 27

It's getting late and we need to get through a healthy portion of American History before we are done. We have a quiz in periods 1, 2, 4 and 5 on Friday. Be sure you are prepared. The quiz will cover the following material for which you have notes. It does not include any reference to Jamestown, but material from the notes on the Plymouth Colony through notes on Government in the Colonies.

Here are some helpful links for you!

Chapter 4 Section 2.mht (Notes on Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay Colony)

chapter4section3&4.mht (Notes on the settlement of the other colonies)

StudentNotes_Chapter_4_Sections_3_and_4.doc

LifeInNewENglandColonies.mht

LifeintheMiddleColonies.mht

LifeintheSouthernColonies.mht

Colonist’s Rights as Englishmenaaa.mht

English RightsHandout.doc

Government in The Colonies.mht

Government in the ColoniesHandout.doc

Tonight's Homework!

To complete tonight's homework, open these power point presentations and complete the handouts.

http://www.amityregion5.org/tnorton/LifeintheSouthernColonies.mht

http://www.amityregion5.org/tnorton/LifeInNewENglandColonies.mht

http://www.amityregion5.org/tnorton/LifeintheMiddleColonies.mht

Tonight's Homework

Happy Monday!

Ok...What event inspired the song I Don't Like Mondays?

Why was the lead singer given honorary knighthood?

Tonight's Question

Tonight's question, to be answered in AT LEAST one well-written paragraph.

George Washington has been called the only indispensable man in American History. Make an argument that that that list should include John Smith.

Colonization!

Here we are, finally, after our tour through Western civilization, at the point where Europe meets the new world.

Your homework this week is as follows:

Monday
Handout 1 Chapter 4

Tuesday
Response to Jamestown video

Wednesday
Handout 2 Chapter 4

Thursday
none

Friday
None