Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Tuesday, April 27th thru Thursday, April 29th

Wrapping up the Colonial Village and Plantation project. Interesting to see how the students have moved through each stage. Projects are due at 3:15 on Thursday.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Monday, April 26th

Colonial Village/Plantation project continued.....groups are furiously building their projects based on their research.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Friday, April 23rd

Colonial Village and Plantation - now in Mr. M's room. Crowded, but groups are working well. Most are entering the building phase. some still need to finish their layout/plan.

Thursday, April 22nd

Colonial Village and Plantation Project continues.....last day in the library. Many groups are already in the room building.....

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Wednesday, April 21st!

Colonial Village and Plantation continues. Progress Reports were handed out today. Tomorrow is the last day in the library.

Tuesday, April 20th

Colonial Village and Plantation continues...getting close to finishing the research and planning phase

Monday, April 19, 2010

Monday, April 19th

Research continues on the Colonial Village/Plantation....almost there!

Friday, April 16th

Research for Colonial Village and Plantation continues.....

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Thursday, April 15th

Colonial Village and Plantation project - research day.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Wednesday, April 14th

New England colonies quiz from the reading the night before. After a pep talk, instructions, and encouragement from Mr. M the students began the Colonial Village project. They will be working on this the next couple of weeks. See you in the library tomorrow!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Tuesday, April 13th

Finished our look at the Salem Witch Trials - discussion of homework from last night (especially the reasons for this bizarre event happened and the focus on John Proctor and the destruction of his family). Then, Mr. M introduced the Colonial Village Project. Students got into their groups. Tomorrow it begins!

Monday, April 12, 2010

Monday, April 12th


Finished the last of our Puritan Court cases today - gossipping - and carried out our punishments swiftly - the stocks, ducking stool, etc...  Before we move on to the growth of the colonies, we must take a look at the curious and sad event that took place in the Massachusetts Bay colony in the late 1600's. This was the Salem Witch trials. Mr. M introduced the subject and then we watched a History Channel video (about 20 minutes worth) and had discussion at the end of class. Scary!

Friday, April 9, 2010

Friday, April 9th

Focus on the Puritans. Students made a story out of the homework reading from the night before. Mr. M instructed them to now "blabberize" the story. This is explained on the homework page.

In class we looked at Puritan New England. After a discussion of the growth of the early settlements and what Puritan New England was like, we had our Puritan Day in Court! Students were accused of such crimes as Gossipping, Gambling, and Breaking the Sabbath! A variety of punishments were handed out, all of course done publicly. These were branding, whipping, and public shaming amongst the many choices. It was very entertaining. See you Monday for the Salem Witch Trials.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Thursday, April 8th

The Story of the Separatists today - video clips about Conditions in England towards the Separatists, Voyage to America, and Establishing a Colony. We also got those binders organized!!!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Wednesday, April 7th

Group Quiz today - over the story of Jamestown. The students worked with their parnters to complete a two part "quiz" over the story of Jamestown. We then discussed it.

Began our look at the last early settlement we will learn about in this unit - the Plimoth colony. Using a Lord of the Flies example - Mr. M introduced the 'Mayflower Compact". The Separatists felt the need to create this agreement since they were not in Virginia but in an area outside the rule of law and the King.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

April 6th, 2010

Reviewed the questions from the Jamestown/Werowocomoco assignment. Students then filed into the library to learn the story of Jamestown. Working in pairs or threes the students were given the story and told that their task is to learn this story for something important tomorrow!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Monday, April 5th

How did they do with the archaeological simulation? Pretty well... We learned that archaeologists look for features in the soil first, then the artifacts follow. We examined some artifacts from Jamestown like the silver ear picker! We learned where Jamestown is located and had a short introductory video about Jamestown. Tomorrow we will get into the story of Jamestown...

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Finally, the EXTRA CREDIT!

Okay, gang, I will keep this one simple. I found an interesting show created last year titled The Ascent of Money. You can watch this by clicking the link below. However, you only need to watch the first 25 minutes or so. If you want to earn 5 extra credit points than this is what you do. Compose an essay that summarizes the part about Pizzaro, the Inca, and the big problem the Spanish didn't realize they would have to deal with (see if you get it), then explain why the Arabic numerals were better than Roman numerals and the IMPACT this had on financial history!

That's it!

Here is the link: The Ascent of Money: From Bullion to Bubbles

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Thursday, April 1st - Welcome April Fools!

Here are the two simulations and directions:

For Jamestown Online Adventure:
ON YOUR HONOR - play the simulation one time. Just one time. At the end when it gives you your results. Make a copy or write down how you did - i.e. poor, fair, good,etc... for the 4 categories. You will see what I mean... BE HONEST. Online Jamestown Adventure

For the National Geographic John Smith Experience:
Go to the link and choose John Smith. Go through the story of John Smith and try the games. . John Smith Interactive Adventure!

Have fun, sorry I had to miss today! See you Monday. No homework over the weekend unless you want to do the section on the Explorers/Conquistadors on Monday!