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Week of 5/7 Vocabulary Quiz 6.4 Settling Oregon County Oregon Trail

4/30 TOPIC 6.4 WESTWARD MOVEMENT LEWIS AND CLARK OREGON TRAIL

4/23 Topic 7.3 Reform Movement

4/9 Topic 7.1 The Industrial Revolution

Week of 2/12 Continuing Constitution based learning and activities. First 10 Amendments

Week of 1/29 Constitution Fact cards Test #1

Week of 1/22 Constitution Fact cards Preamble reciting Parts of the Constitution Foundations of Government Bills/Law Process Branches of government

Week of 1/15 Preamble song/words and meaning Introduction to the Constitution Examine meaning of words such as general welfare and domestic tranquility Identifying 13 Colonies

Week of 12/4 New England Colonies Economy of European colonies Identifying the New England Region

Week of 11/27 First Colonies Roanoke Jamestown Colony

Week of 11/20 The First American Colonies French, Dutch and English colonies Introduction of new religions Representative Government/Law making bodies Reasons for colonizing for the French, Dutch and English

Week of 11/13 Learning about the Transatlantic Slave Trade Vocabulary Awareness The Voyage across the Atlantic Ocean for African descendants Loss of Freedom

Week of 11/6 Continuing the study of Spanish Conquistadors Recognizing Conquistadors and their deeds in the Americas Week of 10/30 Spanish Colonization in America The fall of the Incan and Aztec empires New Vocabulary Spanish explorers (Cortez and Pizarro) Week of 10/23 Topic 1 Test Discussion, Practice and Application of new vocabulary words from topic 1.2 Trade in Africa, Europe and Asia The start of navigational equipment Silk Road

Week of 10-16 Continued review of Native American Tribes Native American cultural regions Test Prepping and Review

Week of 10/2 Early Americas American Cultural Regions Vocabulary awareness Anasazi Mound Building Civilizations

Week of 9/25 Continuing Study of Early Americas Focusing on Early American Civilizations Focusing on Vocabulary Increasing Writing Skills by summarizing events Using Timelines Effectively

Week of 9/18 The Early Americas and European Exploration Early Americans Migration to the Americas

Week of 9/5/17- 9/15 Beginning Map Skills Vocabulary Finding Absolute location Identifying Imaginary lines (latitude, longitude, Meridians, Parallels)

Week of 8/21/17 -9/1/17 We are learning classroom and building expectations. Classroom Procedures Supply List Classroom Website Awareness Becoming Familiar with textbooks