Grade 7 Expectations

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Things to Remember District Calendar 2017-2018

Town of Holland: Celebrating 200 years in 2018!

Music Lessons: Band; Chorus

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the

conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery. Horace Mann

Monday, September 04, 2017: Labor Day

Tuesday, September 05, 2017: No School.

Wednesday, September 06, 2017: Welcome Back! Homeroom—Distributed 1) travel

card, 2) schedule, and 3) emergency information form (this form should be verified by a

parent/guardian and then returned to me as soon as possible.)

Class Discussion Topics

Emergency Drills--fire drill: primary and secondary routes of escape.

Introduction to the course of study--NYS and US history to 1877--just past the American

Civil War.

Daily expectations and use pf the HCSD webpage--JS HS's "Homework Hotline".

Daily supplies and materials, including the adequately charged iPad.

Personal experiences that may add to the learning experience for all (if you traveled or

know something please consider asking permission to share).

Thursday, September 07, 2017: Boot Camp

Friday, September 08, 2017: Class Discussion Topics

Emergency Drills

Fire drill: primary and secondary routes of escape from classroom; if away from classroom (use

nearest exit)

Other Drills: Your responsibility: Cooperate and fully comply with directions of the adult(s) who

is/are in-charge of the class.

Monday, September 11, 2017:

Class Discussion Topics

Emergency Drills

Fire drill: primary and secondary routes of escape from classroom; if away from classroom (use

nearest exit)

Other Drills: Your responsibility: Cooperate and fully comply with directions of the adult(s) who

is/are in-charge of the class

Life Skills That Need To Be Demonstrated: Time-Management, Organization, Respect,

Responsibility, Safety

9/11

Tuesday, September 12, 2017: Verify seat location satisfactory. Class Discussion: What is

adaptation? Who has adapted? (Examples and details to demonstrate understanding.) Explain

to partner, will you have to adapt to a new environment after graduation? (Explain with details

so your partner can tell class.)

Wednesday, September 13, 2017: Discuss of First People (earliest Native Americans) and their

adaptation to geography. Download into Notability: Informational Course Sheet (from

homepage); Land Bridge

Thursday, September 14, 2017: Complete video on Eastern Woodland Indians. Download

into Notability: Land Bridge. Complete Land Bridge within Notability as teammates (2),

taking turns with one teammate, the coach, answering questions and then leading the discussion

as to the appropriateness and completeness of the response. Textbook Distribution.

Friday, September 15, 2017: (If necessary) Complete video on Eastern Woodland Indians.

By now, you should: 1) have a textbook; 2) have a divider entitle Social Studies 7 and a

course entitled SS7 within the Notability app(lication) on your iPad; and 3) know how to take,

from a link, a pdf (Portable Document Format) file and appropriately place within a Notability

course folder.

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Monday, September 18, 2017: 1) Complete Land Bridge within Notability. Together read

page 1. As teammates (2), taking turns with one teammate, the coach, answering a question and

then leading the discussion as to the appropriateness and completeness of the response until it is

the next partner's chance to be coach. Every partner with record response within Notability.

Responses do NOT have to be in complete-sentence format given you are recording your

response immediately below the question.

2) In class: On a sheet of loose-leaf/binder paper, complete Chapter 2, Section 2: Peoples of

North America by reading pp. 36-41 and then answering, on p. 41, question 5: What [political]

power did Iroquois women have? (Iroquois women had the political power of...)

How?

1) Read question 5, on page 41, for direction/purpose in reading. (So you know what academic

reason you are reading.)

2) Read pp. 36-41 for understanding and answer question 5: What [political] power did Iroquois

women have? (You may want to automatically rephrase the question as the beginning of a

statement in order to prompt you to answer the question: Iroquois women had the political power

of...

3) Re-read question 5 and your response to ensure you adequately answered what the question

was asking (What [political] power did Iroquois women have?) Iroquois women had the political

power of...

Tuesday, September 19, 2017: Discuss: Land Bridge; Chapter 2, Section 2: Peoples of North

America, on p. 41, question 5: What [political] power did Iroquois women have? (Iroquois

women had the political power of...)

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1) Discuss Land Bridge: Share responses to questions 1, 2, and 3 and demonstrate a) your

understanding of the most-widely-accepted theory as to how the Americas became populated, b)

your ability to use maps skill, and (questions 3) that, from evidence, you can apply prior learning

to create/synthesize/predict probable future events.

2) Discuss on p. 41, question 5: What [political] power did Iroquois women have? (Iroquois

women had the political power of...)

Did Iroquois men have to earn the respect of the Iroquois women if they wanted to lead?

Watch Official Trailer. Discussion of PBS presentation: Erie: The Canal That Made

America --A documentary about the U.S.'s first great technical innovation that highlights events

within New York State that affected our Nation's development.

Next chance to record and watch later: Tuesday, September 19, 10:01 pm (today) on our local

PBS station, WNED-TV (channel 17) . Can also be streamed anytime until

10/11/17.

Wednesday, September 20, 2017: 1

) Analyze the map on p. 38, Native American Cultures. Then analyze the map on page

24, Physical Regions of the United States.

With a partner or partners, cooperatively discuss the questions below:

1) Are there noted/recognized similarities between the two maps? Coach partner: Explain to

partner one similarity, discuss, and then switch roles and have the other partner(s) do the same.

(The first coach partner to explain is the one who is shortest. And rotate counterclockwise.)

You each may refer back to your reading of Chapter 2, Section 2 (pp. 36-41): Peoples of North

America, for assistance.

2) Together, as a team, analyze the picture on the top of page 41. If the picture's caption did

NOT tell us that the picture was of Indians/Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands, what

information within the picture might we be able to analyze that might lean us towards that

understanding--that are Eastern Woodland Indians?

First, all partners INDIVIDUALLY analyze and then makes a list of the information to compare.

Secondly, after all partners are done making list, compare lists, eliminate items that the all

partners have, and then discuss any unique information that each partner had and how that

partner's analysis drew him/her to that understanding.

Teachable moment from Period 3: $50 a day. $250 a week. $2,500 a 10-week marking

period. $10,000 a school year. $60,000 for six school years (7-12): How to mathematically

break down how a $60,000, academic scholarship was achieved during your secondary-

education experience. (And, you'd have your favorite teacher to thank, YOU!

Thursday, September 21, 2017: From yesterday's p. 41, picture analysis,

compare partners' lists, eliminate items that the all partners have, and then discuss any unique

information that each partner had and how that partner's analysis drew him/her to that

understanding.

American Culture is constantly changing; identifiable by the life cycle of trending fads--silly

bands, spinners. And what else??? (identify a fad that has ended; at least until it becomes retro

(retrospective) and is re-popularized.)

With partner(s), try to come up with a previously-studied, world civilization/society that you

learned about last year that you can identify two (2) things:

1.) How the identified world civilization/society adapted to their environment/physical location?

2.) What natural, physical feature(s) caused these adaptations to be necessary in order to survive

there?

For better understanding: If I told you a Texan (person from the state of Texas) was come to

class today, visualize a Texan, and then describe how they would look. What if the person was

coming from Paris, France instead? What kind of dog would the Parisian most likely have? Or,

someone from Hawaii? What kind of shirt would the person be wearing? If the person said

he/she skied for fun, do you think it would down-hill, cross-country, or some other sort of

skiing? Explain?

We will discuss stereotyping, repeated, predetermined beliefs without variation; to over

generalize, to apply some characteristic of a sample to all members of the group. (Do you think

any Texan owns a poodle? What about a person from Paris, Texas?? All polar bears enjoy Coca

Cola. Do we stereotype cartoon polar bears? Do some polar bears probably prefer Pepsi more?

(Just watch out for the ones that drink Mountain Dew! They're too radical!)

Aid: Suggested previously-studied, world civilization/society: Ancient Egyptians, Ancient

Greeks, Etruscans/Ancient Romans, or peoples who live in Mesopotamia, Ancient India, or

Ancient China.

Example for Discussion: The Inuit (Eskimo/Native Americans of the Far North cultural region)

built temporary dwelling out the only available resource, ice--the igloo. And, because they had

limited fuel (oil from animal fat--no trees, so no wood), thus they were known for eating meat

raw, or uncooked. Eskimos, or "eaters of raw meat" in the Algonquian languages, adapted to

resources within their environment for survival.

HOMEWORK:

1) Identify a previously-studied, world civilization that you learned about last year (Ancient

Egyptians, Ancient Greeks, Etruscans/Ancient Romans, the peoples who live in Mesopotamia,

Ancient India, Ancient China or other civilization) that adapted to their environment/physical

location.

2) How that civilization adapted?

3) What was the natural, physical feature(s) that caused these adaptations to be necessary in

order to survive there?

Friday, September 22, 2017: Finish up studied-world-cultures-that-adapted-to-physical-

features discussion.

For students in 5th-period class (and others): History of paper: Before wood pulp, paper

was made from rags. Papermaking began in Egypt (papyrus) c.3000 B.C.E. In 105 C.E. Cai

Lun, a Chinese inventor, invented modern papermaking using rags, cotton, and other plant fibers

by pulping it.

Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—

primarily sheep, calves, and goats. Parchment has been used as a writing medium for over two

millennia. Vellum is a finer quality parchment made from the skins of young animals such as

lambs and young calves.

The Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were written on parchment. Some

working drafts of the documents might have been composed on paper made from hemp (plant

fibers), which was widely used in that time period.

Now that we understand adaptation, we are going to prepare to complete an extended-writing

assignment by:

1) analyzing a culture (from the past or from somewhere else today);

2) contrasting that culture to your current culture, or way of life, by thinking about and then

noting/recording similarities and differences; and then

3) writing a properly-organized paragraph, with:

an introductory sentence that clearly identifies the topic,

body sentences that supports the topic through the use of details, examples, and/or other

evidence, and,

finally, a conclusion sentence that bring an end to the discussion by re-stating the topic and

without providing any new supports. (All supports should be in the body sentences.)

Remember, the paragraph's topic (your claim) is that another culture has both similarities as

well as differences from your current culture or way of life. (Hawaiians live different lives

than their great ancestors did due to technological advancements. But Hawaiians also live

different lives than you due to a different geographic location with different geographical factors

and resources.)

We discussed how various cultures adapted to different environments with different resources

due to natural/geographical features (such as weather patterns/climates, location to or great

distance from water sources, and the availability to or the lack of certain resources) as well as

contact with other neighboring cultures that shared ideas, beliefs, and technological advances--

that sharing between cultures is called cultural diffusion .

Help to Better Understand: 1) Longhouses were made of wood from the abundant trees,

while igloos were made of ice and snow due to the lack of any wood as a resources. Both were

dwellings (need for shelter exists--similarity), yet each dwelling was made from different

resources. 2) Ancient Romans came into contact with Ancient Greeks and took the Greek's gods

(same gods, similarity), but then the Romans gave the gods Roman names (difference). Same

gods, but different name dependent upon on who was referring to them.

Greek Name Roman Name Description

Zeus Jupiter King of Gods

Hera Juno Goddess of Marriage

Poseidon Neptune God of the Sea

Cronos Saturn Youngest son of Uranus, Father of Zeus

Aphrodite Venus Goddess of Love

Hades Pluto God of the Underworld

Hephaistos Vulcan God of the Forge

Demeter Ceres Goddess of the Harvest

Apollo Apollo God of Music and Medicine

Athena Minerva Goddess of Wisdom

Artemis Diana Goddess of the Hunt

Ares Mars God of War

Hermes Mercury Messenger of the Gods

Dionysus Bacchus God of Wine

Persephone Proserpine Goddess of Underworld

Eros Cupid God of Love

Gaia Gaea Goddess of Earth

Monday, September 25, 2017: Adaptation?: Venice, Italy: What kind of vehicles do the use

on their "avenues"? Click here Optional: How is Venice, Italy responding to rising ocean

levels? Click here (

Holland's Barriers to The Sea

Thames Flood Barrier)

Thoughts?: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are Abrahamic religions—worship the God of

Abraham (same God entity). But do they all have the same exact beliefs and religious practices?

(Similar, yet different)

Now that we understand adaptation, we are going to prepare to complete an extended-writing

assignment by:

1) analyzing a culture (from the past or from somewhere else today);

2) contrasting that culture to your current culture, or way of life, by thinking about and then

noting/recording similarities and differences; and then

3) writing a properly-organized paragraph, with:

an introductory sentence that clearly identifies the topic,

body sentences that supports the topic through the use of details,

examples, and/or other evidence, and,

finally, a conclusion sentence that bring an end to the discussion by re-

stating the topic and without providing any new supports. (All supports

should be in the body sentences.)

Remember, the paragraph's topic (your claim that you have to defend) is that another culture

has both similarities as well as differences from your current culture or way of life.

1.) Culture?

2.) Similarities?

3.) Differences?

Tuesday,

September 26,

2017: Writing the

paragraph:

1) Topic

Sentence: Identify

to the reader your

claim: that your

culture (?) and the

other culture (?)

have similarities

yet are different.

2) The Body

Sentences:

Provide evidence

to the reader that supports your claim

a) Support your claim (2-3 sentences) as to similarities through the use of details, examples,

and/or other evidence to clearly demonstrate similarities

b) Support your claim (2-3 sentences) as to differences through the use of details, examples,

and/or other evidence to clearly demonstrate differences

3) Conclusion Sentence: Re-identify to the reader your claim: that your culture and the other

culture have similarities yet are different in an affirmative manner--I told you my claim. I

supported my claim (in the body). And, now, I am done. (Boom! You did it.)

25-Point Paragraph:

5-Did you do it on time?

5-Clearly identify cultures in introduction?

5-Similarities? (3)

5-Differences? (3)

5-Conclusion?

Wednesday, September 27, 2017: Collect contrasting-of-cultures paragraph.

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You have an assignment, entitled: SS7/SS8 Test Assignment . With a partner you will answer

the questions. After your first choice, you will be offered a second chance. The second chance

also will provide you with a hint and other information to help you correctly answer the question.

Your in-class grade will be two part: based on your correct responses and your ability to

successfully work with a partner.

Thursday, September 28, 2017: Complete SS7/SS8 Test Assignment with partner. Now,

INDIVIDUALLY complete SS7/SS8 Test Assignment (Retake)--hopefully you learned with

your partner and didn't rely on him/her. Once done, begin, with a cooperative teammate, SS7

Geography of New York State.

Friday, September 29, 2017: With a cooperative teammate, finish SS7 Geography of New York

State.

Monday, October 02, 2017: Watch videos clips on European exploration--Around Africa;

Columbus; "Amerigo". After viewing, (so just make mental notes while viewing, but we aware

of three meaningful parts that you found 1) interesting, 2) "new" to you, and/or 3) confusing.)

you will have to share these with a teammate and discuss.

It will be your teammate that with have to share your meaningful parts, so make sure you

do a good job. (Remember, we always want a positive, respectful, and mutually-beneficial

experience to occur when in teams.)

Mutualism: the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being—

symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved. One example of a mutualistic

relationship is that of the oxpecker (a kind of bird) and the rhinoceros or zebras. More Animal

partnerships. See if you and your teammate(s) are included!

The oxpecker's diet consists of ticks and flies that

feed on their hosts (rhinoceros/zebras) as well as a variety of other insects. The adult then

brings back a beak full of food to feed to their young. To quote Yo Gabba Gabba, "yummy in

my tummy." (Rock on!)

Tuesday, October 03, 2017: Finish watching videos clips on European exploration--Around

Africa; Columbus; "Amerigo". After viewing, (so just make mental notes while viewing, but we

aware of three meaningful parts that you found 1) interesting, 2) "new" to you, and/or 3)

confusing.) you will have to share these with a teammate and discuss.

Wednesday, October 04, 2017: Watch and discuss video clips on the consequences of European

exploration. After viewing, (so just make mental notes while viewing, but we aware of two

meaningful parts that you found 1) interesting, 2) "new" to you, and/or 3) confusing.) you will

have to share these with a teammate and discuss.

Class Discussion: As we saw yesterday, Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition

circumnavigated around the world. How do you think knowing that the world is now finite

(limited) and that it won't go on forever (no more "new" lands to grab resources from or "new"

markets to trade with) affected the competition between European nations? Download into

Notability on your iPad, Limitless Pizza.

With 3-4 teammates, cooperatively read, discuss, and complete Limitless Pizza. Record

response within Notability.

Thursday, October 05, 2017: No School.

Friday, October 06, 2017: Watch and discuss video clips on the consequences of European

exploration--The Columbian/Grand Exchange. Continued: With 3-4 teammates, cooperatively

read, discuss, and complete Limitless Pizza. Record response within Notability.

Monday, October 09, 2017: No school.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017: Reflect on Limitless Pizza and competition--in history, today, and projected in the

future. Realize you each are a competitor and you will have to be a competitor for ever.

Economic principle: Resources are always limited--based on availability and/or cost of

acquiring. Scientists can make gold, but it financially cost more than just buying gold in the

marketplace, so we don't. Costs of making gold are cost-prohibitive; not a scientific barrier, but

a financial one.

Now share with your teammate as an explorer into the world of the unknown called the future,

responses to these questions:

1) Where are you hoping to explore in life? (What is your ultimate destination.),

2) What you will need to have learned and what will you need to take with you on this

expedition in order to reach your goal?, and

3) Do you think you will have to compete with other who also want to reach that same ultimate

destination? (How are you preparing to win--knowledge, skills, improved talents? Are you

going to be marketable? More marketable than your peers? What makes you think so?)

Remember from class discussions, as you "explore your way through life". Here are some

proverbs to reflect on:

The longest journey begins with a single step. (If you don't start, you will never finish.)

How do you (figuratively) eat an elephant? One bite at a time. (No matter how huge a task is, if

you keep whittling away at it until it is done, you will accomplish your goal. Break a task into

smaller "consumable" pieces.

I prefer pizza-based philosophy: How do you eat a sheet pizza? One slice at a time.

Don't touch that. You don't know where it has been. (There is safety in knowledge.)

Once teamwork has finished, as an individual, analysis the editorial cartoons and prepare to

comment on if the cartoon has any connection to our discussion of the European after Magellan's

expedition circumnavigated the world?

Wednesday, October 11, 2017: Together, in class, I will read Chapter 4, Section 3: English

Settlers in Virginia, pp. 88-93 and then, together, we will answer, on p. 93, questions 3 (a, b) and

4.

What page do we start at?? 88? No, page 93. Why? We alway read a textbook with

direction; know the objective, reason for reading for reading BEFORE you start. On page 93, we

find the first objective: List three problems the Jamestown colonists faced. Objective: Identify

what the three problems that the Jamestown colonist faced were?

To prompt yourself, re-phrase the question into to an incomplete statement on your

paper: The three (3) problems that the Jamestown colonists faced were...(to then be completed

from the reading--the source of information.

Once you find the information and appropriately complete the statement to answer the

question/objective, you should consider including the page or pages from where the information

was found in order to get in the habit of documenting the source of information.

Thursday, October 12, 2017: Discuss Chapter 4, Section 3: English Settlers in Virginia's

responses. Download ( ) Chapter 4's Writing Assignment's graphic organizer.

Friday, October 13, 2017: Together, in class, I will read Chapter 4, Section 4: The Pilgrims at

Plymouth, pp. 93-95, and then, together, we will answer, on p. 95, question 3.

9th-period class with not meet due to School's pep assembly.

Monday, October 16, 2017: Together, in class, I will read Chapter 5, Section 1: New England

Colonies, pp. 99-105, and then, together, we will answer, on p. 105, question 1 (all three (3)

definitions: emigrate, democratic government, toleration).*

*Alternate expectations: 9th-period class did not meet Friday due to School's pep

assembly: Together, in class, I will read Chapter 4, Section 4: The Pilgrims at Plymouth, pp.

93-95, and then, together, we will answer, on p. 95, question 3.

Answering 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

Tuesday, October 17, 2017: Together, in class, I will read Chapter 5, Section 2: Middle

Colonies, pp. 105-109, and then, together, we will answer, on p. 109, questions 3 (a, b), 5.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017: Writing assignment is due Friday, October 20th. Using

textbook pages 91-92, complete Chapter 4's Writing Assignment's graphic organizer (this should

already be within your Notability SS7). Then, individually, write, using dark-blue/black ink

on loose-leaf paper or a word processor, a paragraph by using this graphic organizer.

Paragraph is due Friday, October 20th and needs to be handed in; done using dark-

blue/black ink on loose-leaf paper or a word processor .

If time permits, individually make sure that these are in your Notability's SS7 and are reviewed,

highlighted, and studied in preparation for an approaching test.

Chapter 4, Section 3: English Settlers in Virginia's responses

Chapter 4, Section 4: The Pilgrims at Plymouth

Answering 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

Thursday, October 19, 2017: Together, in class, I will read Chapter 5, Section 3: Southern

Colonies, pp. 109-112, and then, together, we will answer, on p. 112, question 2 (a, b). Writing

assignment is due Friday, October 20th--Tomorrow.

Sample Quiz

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Friday, October 20, 2017: Chapter 4's Writing Assignment's graphic

organizer and paragraph are to have been completed by the beginning of class.

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You have an assignment, entitled: SS7 Chapter Sections 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3. With a teammate

or teammates you will answer the 49 questions. After your first choice, you will be offered a

second chance. The second chance also will provide you with a hint and other information to

help you correctly answer the question. Your in-class grade will be based on your correct

responses. IF you demonstrate the inability to successfully work with a teammate(s), then you

have chosen to work alone in the future based on your actions--actions speak louder than words.

Monday, October 23, 2017: Using Chrome and your team, continue towards completing SS7

Chapter Sections 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017: Using Chrome and your team, complete SS7 Chapter Sections 4.3,

4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3.

If time permits, review, highlight, and study, in preparation for the approaching test on

Thursday:

1. Chapter 4, Section 3: English Settlers in Virginia's responses in Notability

2. Chapter 4, Section 4: The Pilgrims at Plymouth in Notability

3. Answering 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 in Notability

4. SS7 Chapter Sections 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3's results in Castle Learning

Wednesday, October 25, 2017: In-class test preparation for tomorrow's test: Test: SS7 Chapter

Sections 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

Thursday, October 26, 2017: Test: SS7 Chapter Sections 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

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read over and independently identify what you like is significant. (As a class we will then do

together.)

Friday, October 27, 2017: Discussion of geographic features that led to three (3) colonial

sections, each with a different economic focuses.

into Notability: 1) Features of the Thirteen Colonies, 2) 13 Colonies, and 3) Chapter

6's Writing Assignment's graphic organizer

The Three (3) Colonial Sections

1. New England

2. Middle/Bread Basket

3. Southern

As a whole class we will highlight and discuss Features of the Thirteen Colonies.

With a teammate or teammates you will complete 13 Colonies.

Monday, October 30, 2017: .Review the highlighting and discussing of Features of the

Thirteen Colonies and completeness and accurateness of 13 Colonies.

13 Colonies (partly review); Colonial America I

ONLY IF THERE IS TIME: Purrr-fect:Halloween Superstitions &

Traditions

Tuesday, October 31, 2017: . (School-appropriate clothing!) : The History of

Halloween in America How was Halloween accepted by the Puritans? (Why would that makes

sense given what we learned about Puritan society.) What do we see as to the origins of

Halloween customs? (Do immigrants impact our American culture still today?

Examples?); Colonial America II

Wednesday, November 01, 2017: Watch a video: The Unfinished Nation: Coming to

America--Portrait of Colonial Life and then discuss contents as related to the three colonial

sections.

Quizizz

Socrative: Room Name: Foeller88 [Period number]Last name, First name (3Doe,

John) "3" for period 3

Mysteries of vernacular: Yankee - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel, watch video, and

then (right side, within THINK, answer the two (2) multiple-choice questions.

Quizlet Live

Thursday, November 02, 2017: From Ms. Delude: 13 colonies map (online activity/aid).

Microsoft's : Three Colonial Sections

Chapter 6's Writing Assignment's graphic organizer into Notability??

Friday, November 03, 2017: : The Thirteen Colonies And Their Sections

Download into : STATES THAT ARE IN WHAT WERE THE THREE

COLONIAL SECTIONS

End of Daylight-Savings Time: 2:00 AM, Sunday, November 5th

Monday, November 06, 2017: Complete Chapter 6's Writing Assignment's graphic

organizer and write paragraph--using dark-blue/black ink on loose-leaf paper or a word

processor, and this graphic organizer.

Paragraph is due tomorrow, Tuesday, November 7th, and needs to be handed in on paper--

done using dark-blue/black ink on loose-leaf paper or a word processor.

If time permits, silently and independently attempt to master to the best of your ability: 13

colonies map (online activity/aid)

Tuesday, November 07, 2017: Review: Features of the Thirteen Colonies, STATES THAT

ARE IN WHAT WERE THE THREE COLONIAL SECTIONS (for maps), and into

Notability: Chapter 6's Writing Assignment Special Edition (SE). Paragraph is due.

Review and highlight together in class Answering 6.1, 6.2, 6.3.

into Notability Answering 5.4, 6.5. Review and highlight together in class Answering

5.4, 6.5.

Wednesday, November 08, 2017: Answering 6.1, 6.2, 6.3?? Answering 5.4, 6.5??

If you DID NOT do this (so check), you WILL receive a zero (0%):

Microsoft's : Three Colonial Sections.

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Thursday, November 09, 2017: Answering 5.4, 6.5?? Watch video clips on: 1) the Navigation

Act (mercantilism); 2) Slave plantations; and 3) Triangular trade (rum-slaves-molasses..rum)

Veterans' Day : Saturday, 11/11 (3rd-period assembly--no class)

End of 1st Marking Period

Friday, November 10, 2017: No School

Monday, November 13, 2017: Access: Castle Learning's assignment: SS7 Chapter

Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 & 5.4, 6.5

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Tuesday, November 14, 2017: Complete: Castle Learning's assignment: SS7 Chapter Sections

6.1, 6.2, 6.3 & 5.4, 6.5

SS7 Chapter Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 & 5.4, 6.5 (Independent) for independent review and

self-evaluation.

If time permits: The U.S.: 13 Colonies - Map Quiz Game (bottom, left choose “Place the

labels”. If you have headphones/earbuds, you can turn "Voice" on (bottom, right).

For The U.S.: 13 Colonies - Map Quiz Game you will have to, go to the top, click and select the

colony and then click/select its location on the map.

For modern-day change: The U.S.: States in the South and the Northeast - Map Quiz Game.

9th-period class: Holland, Protection (From Erie County), 1866, New York, Sardinia (From Erie

County), 1866, New York

Wednesday, November 15, 2017: Review results for SS7 Chapter Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 & 5.4,

6.5. Study for tomorrow's test.

SS7 Chapter Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 & 5.4, 6.5 (Independent) for independent review and

self-evaluation.

Thursday, November 16, 2017: Access: Castle Learning's assignment: Test: SS7 Chapter

Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 & 5.4, 6.5.

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Post-test Activity: into Notability Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, & 7.5 & Writing

Assignments by Unit 7. Read and highlight key information for 7.1 and 7.2.

Friday, November 17, 2017: into Notability Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, & 7.5

& Writing Assignments by Unit 7.

Quizlet Live: Counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee,

Livingston*, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming*.

*Letchworth State Park: Spans portions of Livingston County and Wyoming County.

Monday, November 20, 2017: Review Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, & 7.5. Videos: What Was

the French and Indian War? & French and Indian War

7.1, 7.2: French and Indian War

Socrative: Room Name: Foeller88 (French and Indian War)

Tuesday, November 21, 2017: Review Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, & 7.5. Videos: 1733—

The British Parliament Passes the Molasses Act; 1750—Parliament Passes Iron Act; 1754-

1763—The French and Indian War; and 1754—The Albany Plan of Union.

Ben Franklin's editorial cartoon's message: JOIN, or DIE? (Meaning what? Symbolism?)

Quizlet Live: French and Indian War

Wednesday, November 22, 2017: Review Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, & 7.5.

Quizizz: 7.1, 7.2 French and Indian War.

Quizlet Live: Geography-Political New York State

Quizizz: NY State Geography

New York State Geography

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Monday, November 27, 2017: French and indian War (1754-1763) Review/Refresher

Videos: What Was the French and Indian War? & French and Indian War

Tuesday, November 28, 2017: Video Clips for review and reinforcement:

1733—The British Parliament Passes the Molasses Act (Mother Country Britain controlling

trade to its benefit.)

1750—Parliament Passes Iron Act (Mother Country Britain forcing Colonies to be dependent on

it.)

1754-1763—The French and Indian War (Colonist fight FOR British Empire.)

1754—The Albany Plan of Union (Copying The Iroquois Confederacy's/Five Nations' Grand

Council, Ben Franklin promotes unity for survival (Join, or Die.) for the Thirteen Colonies.)

Quizlet Live: French and Indian War (cooperative, collaborative effort)

Quizizz: 7.1, 7.2 French and Indian War

Wednesday, November 29, 2017: Highlight and discuss 7.3: Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, &

7.5 (Proclamation Line of 1763, Stamp Act (Tax)...Stamp Act Congress--colonies begin to

organization and coordinated a response: No taxation, without representation...)

French and Indian War: French: Treaty of Paris, 1763 ...Indians: Proclamation of 1763*

*:The British did NOT want to keep fighting with the Indians (Pontiac's War) while France was

rebuilding its military might/capacity.

*:The American colonists did NOT want the losing Indians to be rewarded with the lands west

of the Appalachian Mountains that the colonist believed they helped win for Britain and should

be awarded. And, the colonists certainty did NOT want to have to pay taxes to Britain for the

Red Coats that were preventing colonist from moving westward over the Appalachian

Mountains.

These differences would be the beginning of friction between the goals of the Britain and those

of the American colonists.

Thursday, November 30, 2017: Highlight and discuss 7.3: Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, &

7.5 (Stamp Act (Tax)...Stamp Act Congress--colonial organization: No taxation, without

representation...)

Video clip for review and reinforcement: 1763 - Ottawa Chief Pontiac's War for Independence

Friday, December 01, 2017: Highlight and discuss 7.3: Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, &

7.5 (Stamp Act (Tax)...Stamp Act Congress--colonial organization: No taxation, without

representation...)

Video clip for review and reinforcement: 1765 - The Stamp Act is Passed

Writing Assignments by Unit 7 key

Monday, December 04, 2017: ½-Day Schedule: Homeroom: 7:37-7:40--Period 1: 7:40-

8:00; Period 3: 8:25-8:44; Period 5: 9:10-9:29; Period 6: 9:32-9:50 (Advisement); Period 9:

10:38-10:58--10:58-11:00 Announcements and dismissal. Writing Assignments by Unit 7 key

Quizlet Live: 7.3 Proclamation of 1763 (Pontiac's Rebellion/War), Stamp Act

Quizizz: 7.3: 7.3 Proclamation of 1763 (Pontiac's Rebellion/War), Stamp Act

Tuesday, December 05, 2017: Highlight and discuss 7.5: Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, & 7.5

Further discuss the Sons of Liberty and the Daughters of Liberty and their actions

Watch video clips on and discuss about the Boston Massacre, Tea Act, and Boston Tea Party

Liberty's Kids - The Boston Tea Party

Quizlet Live: 7.4 Road to Independence

Wednesday, December 06, 2017: Highlight and discuss 7.5: Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, & 7.5

Further discuss the Boston Tea Party's consequence and the British Intolerable Acts

Watch video clips on and discuss about the Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts

Liberty's Kids - Intolerable Acts

Quizlet Live: 7.5 Lexington & Concord

Thursday, December 07, 2017: Highlight and discuss 7.5: Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4,

& 7.5 (Leading to Shots at Lexington, and Concord)

Further discuss the events leading to Battles of Lexington and Concord, including the rides of

Paul Revere and others to notify the minutemen--citizen soldiers

Watch video clips on and discuss about the

Liberty's Kids - The Midnight Ride

7.5 The Road to Independence

Friday, December 08, 2017: Highlight and discuss 7.5: Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4,

& 7.5 (Shots at Lexington, and Concord)

Further discuss the events surrounding the Battles of Lexington and Concord--

Oh grape! Were are going to be attacked by the British Redcoats for stockpiling weapons!

Watch video clips on and discuss about the Battles of Lexington and Concord

Liberty's Kids - The Shot Heard 'Round the World

Quizizz: 7.5 Lexington and Concord

Quizlet Live: 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 Road to American Revolution

OPTIONAL—only for your amusement

The Pink Panther - The Midnight Ride of Pink Revere

Pink Panther - YANKEE DOODLE PINK

Monday, December 11, 2017: Animations on the start of the American Revolutionary

War: 1, 2.

Begin: Castle Learning's assignment: SS7 Chapter Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 7.4, 7.5

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Thursday, December 14th: Test: SS7 Chapter Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 7.4, & 7.5

Tuesday, December 12, 2017: Complete: Castle Learning's assignment: SS7 Chapter Sections

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to research/inquire about certain information.

SS7 Chapter Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 7.4, 7.5 (Independent) for independent review and

self-evaluation.

Thursday, December 14th: Test: SS7 Chapter Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 7.4, & 7.5

Wednesday, December 13, 2017: Review Answering 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, & 7.5; Castle

Learning's SS7 Chapter Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 7.4, & 7.5's results (with team)

Castle Learning's assignment: SS7 Chapter Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 7.4, 7.5

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IF TIME PERMITS: SILENT AND INDIVIDUALLY SS7 Chapter Sections 7.1, 7.2,

7.3 7.4, 7.5 (Independent) for independent review and self-evaluation. Can be voluntarially

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Thursday, December 14th: Test: SS7 Chapter Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 7.4, & 7.5

SS7 Chapter Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 7.4, 7.5 (Independent) for independent review and

self-evaluation.

Thursday, December 14th (Tomorrow): Test: SS7 Chapter Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 7.4,

& 7.5

Thursday, December 14, 2017: Test: SS7 Chapter Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 7.4, & 7.5

OLAF'S FROZEN ADVENTURE: Broadcast Television Debut on ABC (Channel

7), 12/14: 8:30-9:00 p.m

Post-test Activity: into Notability: Answering 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5

Friday, December 15, 2017: Video Clips on the American Revolution--Steps towards

Declaration of Independence (DoI). Answering 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5

Olaf's Frozen Adventure - Disney Christmas Animated - All Memorable Moments &

Funny Scenes -TEASER

Monday, December 18, 2017: Review Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain and the taking of

Fort Ticonderoga

Liberty's Kids - Green Mountain Boys

Quizlet Live: Causes of American Revolution; 8.1-8.5 American Revolution

(introduction)

Tuesday, December 19, 2017: Discuss symbolism along with the Olive Branch Petition.

Cartoon-Symbolism: American Revolution (analyze for symbolism)

Discuss Thomas Paine's Common Sense and the Patriot cause

Liberty's Kids - Common Sense

Wednesday, December 20, 2017: Discuss Declaration of Independence. Symbolism and

Cultural Diffusion and Capitalism: Evolution of Santa Claus | History & Santa: Nast's; Coca-

Cola's (5 Things You Never Knew About Santa Claus and Coca-Cola and The Legend of Coca-

Cola and Santa Claus)

Watch

America the Story of Us: Declaration of Independence | History

Understand the Declaration of Independence in 5 Minutes (4:37-5:13, twice-2x)

Schoolhouse Rock - Fireworks

Liberty's Kids - The First Fourth of July

Thursday, December 21, 2017: Cartoon-Symbolism: American Revolution (analyze for

symbolism)

The hidden meanings of yin and yang - John Bellaimey

Watch: Felicity An American Girl Adventure

Friday, December 22, 2017: Watch: Felicity An American Girl Adventure

Felicity's tour of Williamsburg Virginia

Genesee Country Village & Museum--a.k.a. "Mumford"

Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village (Amherst, NY)

Tuesday, January 02, 2018: Review of the causes of and start of the American Revolution,

including Fort Ticonderoga, Olive Branch Petition, Paine's "Common Sense", and Thomas

Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence (and its meaning and parts)

Quizlet Live: 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 Road to American Revolution

Quizizz: 7.5 Lexington and Concord

Quizlet Live: Causes of American Revolution

Quizlet Live: 8.1-8.2 American Revolution

Watch: Understand the Declaration of Independence in 5 Minutes (4:37-5:13, twice-2x)

Iran blames U.S. for deadly protests (Iranians protest against their government too.)

TUE, JAN 02: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday accused the

"enemies of Iran" of meddling in the country's affairs, but Nikki Haley wrote that off as

“complete nonsense.”

Side Note: [United States' Central Intelligence Agency] CIA formally admits role in 1953

Iranian coup: The CIA, in recently declassified documents, has formally acknowledged that the

spy agency helped to plan and execute the coup in Iran in 1953 that overthrew

the democratically elected prime minister who was in the process of nationalizing the country's

British-controlled oil industry. [$$$!>democracy?]

Download into your Notability's SS7: The American Revolution Review Sheet

Wednesday, January 03, 2018: Day 1: The Revolutionary War (Narrated by Charles

Kuralt): Misfortunes of War: A look at the bold Christmas campaign to recapture Trenton

and Princeton that made Washington a legend and inspired more than half of his depleted

army to reenlist for 1777.

Divide and conquer was the strategy of the British. Follow General Burgoyne's relentless march

to split New England from Canada to Albany, and how elusiveness, as much as anything, defined

General Washington's early campaigns. Then follow the fateful crossing of the Delaware, and the

subsequent battles that made Washington a legend.

Thursday, January 04, 2018: Day 2: The Revolutionary War (Narrated by Charles

Kuralt): Misfortunes of War: A look at the bold Christmas campaign to recapture Trenton and

Princeton that made Washington a legend and inspired more than half of his depleted army to

reenlist for 1777.

Divide and conquer was the strategy of the British. Follow General Burgoyne's relentless

march to split New England from Canada to Albany, and how elusiveness, as much as

anything, defined General Washington's early campaigns. Then follow the fateful crossing of

the Delaware, and the subsequent battles that made Washington a legend.

Friday, January 05, 2018: Review contents of The Revolutionary War (Narrated by Charles

Kuralt): Misfortunes of War: A look at the bold Christmas campaign to recapture Trenton and

Princeton that made Washington a legend and inspired more than half of his depleted army to

reenlist for 1777.

Divide and conquer was the strategy of the British. Follow General Burgoyne's relentless march

to split New England from Canada to Albany, and how elusiveness, as much as anything, defined

General Washington's early campaigns. Then follow the fateful crossing of the Delaware, and the

subsequent battles that made Washington a legend.

Review three (3) major battles on The American Revolution Review Sheet:

Trenton (Washington crosses the Delaware), Saratoga (Turning point that get France as open

ally), Yorktown (French fleet and troops help Washington to force British Gen. Cornwallis to

surrender)

Shot Heard 'Round the World (The American Revolution)

The Shot Heard 'Round The World (Schoolhouse Rock)

"The British are coming! The British are coming!" [More likely the "Regulars are

Coming!", referring to the British Redcoats]

Now, the ride of Paul Revere [the guy who did the Boston Massacre engraving]

Set the nation on its ear,

And the shot at Lexington heard

'round the world,

When the British fired in the early dawn

The War of Independence had begun, [As later determined by historians as they put cause

and effect into consideration]

The die was cast, the rebel flag unfurled.

And on to Concord marched the foe

To seize the arsenal there you know,

Waking folks and searching all around

Till our militia stopped them in their tracks,

At the old North Bridge we turned them back

And chased those redcoats back to Boston town.

And the shot heard 'round the world

Was the start of the Revolution.

The Minute Men were ready, on the move.

Take your powder, and take your gun. [And don't forget the cannons taken by Ethan Allen

and the Green Mountian (VT.) Boys from Fort Ticonderoga]

Report to General Washington. [leader of the U.S. Continental Army]

Hurry men, there's not an hour to lose!

Now, at famous Bunker Hill,

Even thought we lost, it was quite a thrill,

The rebel Colonel Prescott proved he was wise;

Outnumbered and low on ammunition

[under mercantialism, Americancolonists were NOT to be self-sufficient/independent]

As the British stormed his position

He said, "Hold your fire till you see the whites of their eyes!"

Though the next few years were rough,

General Washington's men proved they were tough,

Those hungry, ragged boys would not be beat.

One night they crossed the Delaware, [motivating/inspiring Battle of Trenton]

Surprised the Hessians in their lair, [Gremanic mercenaries--payed-to-fight soldiers, and

fought not for a belief or cause]

And at Valley Forge they just bundled up their feet! [Tough winter outside of

Philadelphia, Pennsylavania where the Continental Army would be trained by Steuben]

Now the shot heard 'round the world

Was the start of the Revolution.

The Minute Men were ready, on the move.

Take your blanket, and take your son.

Report to General Washington.

We've got our rights and now it's time to prove.

Well, they showed such determination

That they won the admiration [After winning the Battle of Saratoga in upstate NY]

Of countries across the sea like France and Spain,

Who loaned the colonies ships and guns [The French fleet would be very vital, especially

at Yorktown]

And put the British on the run

And the Continental Army on its feet again.

And though they lost some battles too,

The Americans swore they'd see it through,

Their raiding parties kept up, hit and run. [Francis Marion--the Swamp Fox]

At Yorktown the British could not retreat,

Bottled up by Washington and the French Fleet,

Cornwallis surrendered and finally we had won! [Battle of Yorktown leds to the Treaty

of Paris, 1783]

From the shot heard 'round the world

To the end of the Revolution

The continental rabble took the day

And the father of our country [George Washington]

Beat the British there at Yorktown

And brought freedom to you and me and the U.S.A.!

God Bless America, Let Freedom Ring!

Quizlet Live: 8.1-8.5 American Revolution