Friday, August 24, 2012

August 15-24, 2012

AMERICAN HISTORY:
1) INTRO TO AMERICAN HISTORY
2) TERMS/QUESTIONS DUE
3) NOTES OVER SECTIONS 1-4
CHAPTER 5-"RECONSTRUCTION"1865-1877
BENCHMARK 2 INDICATORS 2,3
4) ASSIGN W.S. OVER READING COMPREHENSION - DUE WED. @ END OF CLASS.
5) LECTURE
6) PRIMARY SOURCE RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
7) Chapter 5 TEST Prep.


AMERICAN HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT COURSE):
1) POWERPOINT ON CHAPTERS 1 & 2
  • Discovery and Settlement of the New World, 1492–1650
    • Europe in the sixteenth century
    • Spanish, English, and French exploration
    • First English settlements
      • Jamestown
      • Plymouth
    • Spanish and French settlements and long-term influence
    • American Indians
  • America and the British Empire, 1650–1754
    • Chesapeake country
    • Growth of New England
    • Restoration colonies
    • Mercantilism; the Dominion of New England
    • Origins of slavery
  • Colonial Society in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
    • Social structure
      • Family
      • Farm and town life; the economy
    • New immigrants

     WORLD GEOGRAPHY:
    * CHAPTER ONE: STUDYING GEOG.
    1)Themes and Essential Elements  
    * CHAPTER TWO: EARCH IN SPACE
    1) The Solar System
    2) Earth-Sun relationships
    3) The Earth system
    *CHAPTER THREE: WEATHER AND CLIMATE
    1) Factors affecting climate
    2) Weather factors
    3) Climate and Vegetation patterns