1. DAILY US HISTORY The Week of 14-18 Aug 17
MONDAY-C
Objectives- Introductions and Course Enrollment
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: None
Activities- Course Expectations handout and enrollment/Daily History Handout
Homework- Read and Sign Course Expectations Letter
TUESDAY-A
Objectives- 1. Course Expectations 2. Students will analyze a primary source document
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: None
Activities- PowerPoint Course Expectations and Overview/Noxon Letter/Chapters 1-4 Notebook handout and overview
Homework- Read “The Sinking of the Spanish Armada”
WEDNESDAY-B
Objectives- 1. Course Expectations 2. Students will analyze a primary source document
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: None
Activities- PowerPoint Course Expectations and Overview/Noxon Letter/Chapters 1-4 Notebook handout and overview
Homework- Read “The Sinking of the Spanish Armada”
THURSDAY-A
Objectives- 1) Identify the crop that saved the people of Jamestown. 2) Explain how the colonists received political rights
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: charter
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 1
Homework- Read “The Lost Colony of Roanoke” and answer the Reading Check Questions
charter- a document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area
FRIDAY-B
Objectives- 1) Identify the crop that saved the people of Jamestown. 2) Explain how the colonists received political rights
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: charter
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 1
Homework- Read “The Lost Colony of Roanoke” and answer the Reading Check Questions
charter- a document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area

2. Essential Question The Week of 14-18 Aug 17
"Why can't the Arabs and Jews resolve their disagreements at the conference table like good Christians?" - Warren Austin, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations 1948
MONDAY
What was one good thing that happened to you over the summer? What was one bad thing?
TUESDAY
Where are you originally from? Why did you or your family move to Las Vegas?
WEDNESDAY
Where are you originally from? Why did you or your family move to Las Vegas?
THURSDAY
If you had to write a letter to President Obama, what would it be about? What are some things in your letter that would tell someone 40 years from now what time period the letter was written?
FRIDAY
If you had to write a letter to President Obama, what would it be about? What are some things in your letter that would tell someone 40 years from now what time period the letter was written?

3. DAILY US HISTORY The Week of 21-25 Aug 17
MONDAY-A
Objectives- 1) Identify the crop that saved the people of Jamestown. 2) Explain how the colonists received political rights
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: joint stock company
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 1/Surprise Pop Quiz
Homework- Read “The Lost Colony of Roanoke ” article and answer the Reading Check Questions
joint stock company- a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits
TUESDAY-B
Objectives- 1) Identify the crop that saved the people of Jamestown. 2) Explain how the colonists received political rights
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: joint stock company
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 1/Out Loud In Class reading of “Jamestown” excerpt/Surprise Pop Quiz
Homework- Read “The Lost Colony of Roanoke ” article and answer the Reading Check Questions
joint stock company- a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits
WEDNESDAY-A
Objectives- 1) Identify the crop that saved the people of Jamestown. 2) Explain how the colonists received political rights 3) Evaluate Primary Sources
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: burgess
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 2, Surprise Pop-Quiz “The Spanish Armada”/RLAH Lesson- Evaluating Sources
Homework- Read Pochohontas Article and Answer the reading check questions
burgess- elected representative to an assembly
THURSDAY-B
Objectives- 1) Identify the crop that saved the people of Jamestown. 2) Explain how the colonists received political rights 3) Evaluate Primary Sources
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: burgess
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 2, Surprise Pop-Quiz “The Spanish Armada”/RLAH Lesson- Evaluating Sources
Homework- Read Pochohontas Article and Answer the reading check questions
burgess- elected representative to an assembly
FRIDAY-A
Objectives- 1) Explain why Middle Colonies had the most diverse populations in colonial America. 2) Identify America’s first town planner
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: indentured servant, dissent, persecute, Puritans
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 3 /Surprise Pop-Quiz /In Class Reading Wampanoag Housing” and Pilgrim Housing/Out Loud in Class Reading “Education in Colonial America”/Fire Drill Practice
Homework- Read The Lost Colony of Roanoke Article and Answer the reading check questions
dissent- disagreement with or opposition to an opinion)
persecute- to treat someone harshly because of that person’s beliefs or practices
Puritans- Protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to reform the Anglican Church

4. DAILY US HISTORY The Week of 21-25 Aug 17
MONDAY-A
Objectives- 1) Identify the crop that saved the people of Jamestown. 2) Explain how the colonists received political rights
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: joint stock company
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 1/Surprise Pop Quiz
Homework- Read “The Lost Colony of Roanoke ” article and answer the Reading Check Questions
TUESDAY-B
Objectives- 1) Identify the crop that saved the people of Jamestown. 2) Explain how the colonists received political rights
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: joint stock company
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 1/Out Loud In Class reading of “Jamestown” excerpt/Surprise Pop Quiz
Homework- Read “The Lost Colony of Roanoke ” article and answer the Reading Check Questions
WEDNESDAY-A
Objectives- 1) Identify the crop that saved the people of Jamestown. 2) Explain how the colonists received political rights 3) Evaluate Primary Sources
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: burgess
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 2, Surprise Pop-Quiz “The Spanish Armada”/RLAH Lesson- Evaluating Sources
Homework- Read Pochohontas Article and Answer the reading check questions
THURSDAY-B
Objectives- 1) Identify the crop that saved the people of Jamestown. 2) Explain how the colonists received political rights 3) Evaluate Primary Sources
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: burgess
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 2, Surprise Pop-Quiz “The Spanish Armada”/RLAH Lesson- Evaluating Sources
Homework- Read Pochohontas Article and Answer the reading check questions
FRIDAY-A
Objectives- 1) Explain why Middle Colonies had the most diverse populations in colonial America. 2) Identify America’s first town planner
Daily History- Define the following words or phrases: indentured servant, dissent, persecute, Puritans
Activities- PowerPoint Presentation on Chapter 1, Section 3 /Surprise Pop-Quiz /In Class Reading Wampanoag Housing” and Pilgrim Housing/Out Loud in Class Reading “Education in Colonial America”/Fire Drill Practice
Homework- Read The Lost Colony of Roanoke Article and Answer the reading check questions

5. Essential Question The Week of 21-25 Aug 17
“If stupidity got us into this mess, why can’t stupidity get us out of it” Will Rogers
MONDAY
What made 1619 such an important year for the settlers of Jamestown?
The arrival of 90 women and African slaves.
TUESDAY
What made 1619 such an important year for the settlers of Jamestown?
The arrival of 90 women and African slaves.
WEDNESDAY
Why do you think that Roanoke Island was so difficult to settle?
Answers will vary, but should include the idea that weather conditions were probably hard for living and growing crops. This made it hard for the settlers to get the food and supplies that they needed to survive.
THURSDAY
Why do you think that Roanoke Island was so difficult to settle?
Answers will vary, but should include the idea that weather conditions were probably hard for living and growing crops. This made it hard for the settlers to get the food and supplies that they needed to survive.
FRIDAY
We have been taught throughout our school careers that the Pilgrims came to America to flee religious persecution, we now know that most of them departed from the Netherlands. Why did the Pilgrims want to leave the Netherlands?
Answers will vary, but should include the ideas that they did not want their children to be corrupted by the loosed Dutch morals and that there were few economic opportunities available to them

6. Essential Question The Week of 21-25 Aug 17
“If stupidity got us into this mess, why can’t stupidity get us out of it” Will Rogers
MONDAY
What made 1619 such an important year for the settlers of Jamestown?
TUESDAY
What made 1619 such an important year for the settlers of Jamestown?
WEDNESDAY
Why do you think that Roanoke Island was so difficult to settle?
THURSDAY
Why do you think that Roanoke Island was so difficult to settle?
FRIDAY
We have been taught throughout our school careers that the Pilgrims came to America to flee religious persecution, we now know that most of them departed from the Netherlands. Why did the Pilgrims want to leave the Netherlands?