| Day | Date | Classwork | Homework |
| Monday | August 16 | Course Guidelines | Sign Permission Slips |
| Tues | 17 | Assessment Test | No Homework |
| Wed | 18 | The World in 1500 | Event Map |
| Thurs | 19 | Discuss Columbus | Effective Reading p. 38-40 |
| Fri | 20 | How to Look at Articles Written from Different Perspectives | 1)Viewpoint Analysis - Columbus
2) Author Bio, Main Idea, Supporting Reasons, Problems with Opposing Argument |
| Mon | 23 | 1) Debate
2) Final Draft Format |
Write Paragraph discussing your viewpoints |
| Tues | 24 | Colonization Lecture | 1) Work on Map
2) Work on Timeline |
| Wed | 25 | Colonization Lecture | 1) Work on Map
2) Work on Timeline |
| Thurs | 26 | 1) M & M Activity
2) Parliamentary Acts 3) Factions |
1)Viewpoint Analysis - Independence
2) Author Bio, Main Idea, Supporting Reasons, Problems with Opposing Argument |
| Fri | 27 | No Class - See Above | |
| Mon | 30 | 1) Debate
2) Continental Congress |
1) Read p. 113-116
2) Vocabulary, Key Figures, Captions/Maps and Q's 1,2,3,5 on p. 116 |
| Tues | 31 | 1) Introduce My Brother Sam is Dead
2) Movie: 1776 |
MBSID Chap. 1-2
Chapter Response Questions |
| Wed | 1 | Movie: 1776 | MBSID Chap. 3-6 |
| Thurs | 2 | Analyze Declaration of Independence | MBSID Chap. 7-9 |
| Fri | 3 | 1) Divide into groups to prepare skits to teach components of Revolution
era
2) Discuss and Read MBSID |
Finish MBSID by Wednesday |
| Mon | 6 | Block Day: See Above | Finish MBSID by Wednesday |
| Tues | 7 | Revolution Lecture | Finish MBSID by Wednesday |
| Wed | 8 | Literature Circles | Study for Friday Test |
| Thurs | 9 | Jeopardy | Study for Friday Test |
| Fri | 10 | Test | Relax...your done with the first 300 years... |