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Welcome to US History fall block class of Mr. Leonard. Here you can find things beyond what we do on google classroom! 8/9 First day! went over where you live map exercise. Fire and tornado drills, class expectations on tardy/lunch/absenteeism. Watched clips and wrote answers to "how well can you listen and write!" Great first day! 8/10 started out with school code of conduct and syllabus. started local research on McCracken and Jackson purchase. 8/11 worked on first six slides of the colonial interactive notebook. watched video clip the first colonies to help complete the information-took up syllabus signed for bonus! 8/14 syllabus due today 50pts! started bellringer and exit activity today! watched a short clip by Sargent on God, Gold and Glory, then part 2 of the first Colonies, both are posted on google classroom, and I gave you a link to see many more helpful videos for this part of history. I pushed out a couple of maps for colonial America for you to have and use. ended with some notes on the board with important dates and events. completed a comparison of French and British colonies and a 1880 local map 8/15bellringer on Columbian exchange-Watched America Story of US (30min) answered viewing guide; group activity with notecards; worked on 13 colonies and citizenship notebooks 8/16 bellringer pie chart economics of British colonies-lecture on Great Awakening, Witch trials, Dominion of New England and Bacon Rebellion-CC videos Quakers and 7 years war-work on IN colonies map 8/17 bellringer on map of new world nations-readings on Bacon Rebellion and King Philips war and First Great Awakening-video viewing guide for CC #3 Natives and English-worked on interactive notebooks finishing up French Indian war 8/18 bellringer-summary of week-started test over ch1 did 20 min on m/c then 20 on terms 8/22 bellringer-finished m/c and terms then did map test 8/23 bellringer-spent some time on test corrections-then jumped into American Revolution-worked on some terms for the ch2 content 8/24 bellringer-Who Fired the first shot exercise-listened to Declaration of Independence by celebrities-read an article about the DofI then did some questions. 8/25 bellringer-What led to the Amercian Revolution-work on I.N. 8/28 bellringer-went through ppt on American Revolution, watched video clips on Boston Massacre, Boston Tarring and feathering-completed ch2 American Revolution interactive notebook 8/29 bellringer-review American Revolution, took quiz on AR, then term quiz AR-work on IN for ch2-sent out IN citizenship pt2 8/30 bellringer-review AmRev and then NW Ordinances and Shays Reb. then reviewed term quiz, test corrected then took a supplement quiz. finished with intro of Constitution Interactive notebook and then read an article on Buried History-Am Rev from British perspective- 8/31 bellringer-scavenger hunt American Constitution-lecture on founding Constitution from Shay's rebellion through convention 9/1 bellringer-work on scavenger hunt-video on making of Constitution-ppt on government

9/5 bellringer-work on US Constitution-work on Civics test pt2 9/6 bellringer review Constitution then test over new government 9/7 bellringer start the new republic-ppt and terms see google classroom for daily activities 9/8 bellringer presidents and their adminstrations-readings and notes-test monday ch3 9/11 no bellringer today-open book/pdf online test on ch3-term test fillin the blank-m/c ch3 9/12 warm up activities sheet for the chapter passed out-start Age of Jackson-lecture/ppt 9/13 warm up then work on Age of Jackson IN and Citizenship IN 9/14-15 finish warm ups, complete Age of Jackson Warm up, complete early republic CW puzzle 9/18 Manifest Destiny IN posted. America Story of US. study guide ch4 handout 9/19 overview of posted reading Manifest Destiny and era of reform see google classroom for details on week of 18 and 25. details of videos, lecture and handouts are all posted