Our Class Week of Oct 22th

For this week, after we take our Ch5&6 Test Monday, we will start working out of Chapter  7 “Creating A Republic” and the “Constitution” Section of the textbook. We will be discussing the Constitution all this week.

Class topics will include:

From Section 1: The topic will be Our First Constitution: “The Articles Of Confederation”

From Sections 2-4: The debates of the Federalists & The Anti-Federalists: “The Ratification of the Constitution”

From the Constitution Section of the textbook, we will be began a close up look at the U.S. Constitution. (The Preamble, Articles, and Amendments). Special focus will be given to the Bill of Rights.

We will have a new timeline entry assigned this week. See the “Homework & Project News” page for more info.  The Chapter 5 & 6 test will be Monday Oct 22nd.

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Our Class Week of Oct 15th

For this week we will start working out of Chapter 6 (The American Revolution) of the textbook. We will be discussing the American Revolution all this week.

Class topics will include:

From Section 1: The topic will be “Fighting Begins”

From Section 2: The Declaration of Independence is written:  “The Colonies Declare Independence.

From Section 3: The Turning points in the war for the Americans.

From Sections 4 & 5: The War is Won: The British Surrender at Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris 1783.

We will have 2 new timeline entries assigned this week. See the “Homework & Project News” page for more info. There will not be a separate Chapter 5 TEST. We will combine Chapter 5 with Chapter 6 on the next test. The Chapter 5 & 6 test is projeced for Monday Oct 22nd. Students will notified if the projected date changes.

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Our Class Week of Oct 10th

For this short week we will continue working out of Chapter 5 (Crisis In The Colonies) of the textbook.

Class topics will include: Starting Wednesday:

From Section 3: The topic will be “From Protest to Revolution.” We will continue to study the causes of the American Revolution.

We will have a new timeline entry assigned this week (The Boston Massacre). See the “Homework & Project News” page for more info. There will not be a separate Chapter 5 TEST. We will combine Chapter 5 with Chapter 6 on the next test.

Published in: on October 9, 2007 at 2:18 pm Comments (0)