Ben Franklin had a facebook...well

No, but students will be creating a "farcebook" for an important government official from their respective countries. This project will be due on Monday March 7, 2011. Remember, even if you're absent due to illness, your project will still be due on March 7th. Please email me at cxande@neisd.net or come by my room in the morning to clear up any confussion you may have about the project. Make sure to use the Library Resources to help you find information about your person. Enjoy

Please click on the following link to download the Pre-AP Project

Do you know your 13 colonies?

Where is Georgia? Where is New Hampshire? What's in between Pennsylvania and Virginia? Today students took a quiz over the 13 colonies and just a reminder students have a test this coming Friday October 1st over Early Exploration and Early Colonization (review will be handed out on Wednesday.

Back to the Future & 13 Colonies: who are the New Englanders?

Imagine being a Pilgrim coming over to the "New World" from the "motherland" and the all the hardships that you are going to have to endure in the name of your faith. It wasn't easy along the way, but they made it and established a very important principal for our future government...self-government. Students went back in time to and acted like Pilgrims making their way to the New World.

Just a reminder, there will be a quiz on Friday over the regions of the 13 colonies, be ready.

What's the big deal with Jamestown?

We finished discussing as a class the importance of joint-stock companies, the harsh conditions that settlers faced at Jamestown, and the establishment of the House of Burgesses in Virginia.

The Empires strike back!!!!!!!!!

Classes are finishing up "Empires in America" class notes and we're quickly discussing the notes. Main questions to answer:

1. Who are the major European Empires during this time?


2. What were these Empires looking for when they found America?


3. Why did these Empires what to control or conquer parts of America?

Test!!!

Today, students enjoyed taking their U.S. & World map Test.

Around the U.S. & H.S.I.

We finished reviewing for Friday's U.S. & World map Test and everyone became an investigator today. Students tried their first H.S.I. (History Scene Investigation) while looking at a picture of Spaniard exploration in the "New World."