An Open Letter to Mercer Knott and Block E

Emergency! I just got emailed these pictures of a baby porcupine and now I'm confused. What's cuter, a baby sea otter or a baby porcupine?! Please comment!

Due Friday Oct. 15th

So this week is a wash...because Wednesday is Saturday's schedule, I see each US block only twice.

Block C
Tuesday Oct. 12th: Teams will present. I will fill you in on the colonies of Delaware and Connecticut. You will complete your 13 colonies visual organizers in the process. I will finish summing up King Philip's War for you (we ran out of time last week).

Block E
Thursday Oct. 14th: Teams Gardiner & Hooper will present (Team McClelland is slated for Friday). You will complete your 13 colonies visual organizers in the process. Time allowing, we will begin discussion of Salem Witch Trials.

Both Blocks
Friday Oct. 15th: Read and take notes on pg. 67 through pg. 73 on Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade. We will be discussing the capture, transport, and enslavement of African peoples as related to the Americas.

Don't forget to FINISH 13 colonies visual organizers- I will grade them Friday!

Welcome Parents! Oct. 9th 2010

Plan for today:
Introduction
Course Overview
Technology in the Classroom
Questions!

Due Wednesday Oct. 6th

Block C: Work on PowerPoint presentations and catch up on any reading/notes you are missing (aka operation "extraction").

Block E: Notes through pg. 99, read "The Trial of Anne Hutchinson" and complete notecards on characters from King Philip's War. See 2 posts below for directions and links.

Resources on MLA Citation

To help you with MLA citation practices, please visit the following sites:

Diana Hacker Outlines MLA.

Purdue OWL (online writing lab) Outlines MLA.

Knight Cite Enter information and it will help create the citation for you.

Due Tuesday Oct. 5th

Read and take notes on pg. 94 beginning with "Communities in Conflict" through the bottom of pg. 99.

Read "The Trial of Anne Hutchinson." Either print out and actively read, or take notes off of your review of the document online. It is about 8 pages- don't knock yourself out, but read until you gain an understanding then skim.

Complete your assignment on King Philip's War started in class Monday.

Due Monday Oct. 4th

Block E:

1. You will finish your quizzes on Monday. Be prepared!

2. With the exception of Team Gan (they already answered theirs), you will be answering the questions you created on Google Doc...with a catch! You will be answering the questions of another team.

Team Knott will answer Team Morelos' questions.
Team Morelos will answer Team Gardiner's questions.
Team Gardiner will answer Team Knott's questions.

All 10 on each doc must be completed by class time Monday. It will help you study!

3. If you have not done so already, please review both Winthrop's and JFK's "City Upon a Hill" speeches.

Block C:

1. If you have not done so already, please review both Winthrop's and JFK's "City Upon a Hill" speeches.

2. Read pg. 99 in NN in preparation for tomorrow's class.