1. Take out a separate sheet of paper, and put your name on the top. Below it, write today’s date in the following form: 6 August 2014. Then, get ready to provide Mr. Ingham with the first writing sample of the year. Today’s Agenda: 1.Writing Sample Collected 2.Early America: Our Assumptions and Their Consequences HMWK: Signature Pages DUE (Daily Grade) on Friday, August 8 th. 6 AUGUST 2014

2. The Washington Redskins are the professional football team located in Washington D.C., our nation’s capital. Over the past several years, there has been much discussion about changing the name of the team. What is your perspective on this issue? Today’s Agenda: 1.Writing Sample Collected 2.Early America: Our Assumptions and Their Consequences HMWK: Signature Pages DUE (Daily Grade) on Friday, August 8 th. 6 AUGUST 2014

3. Review your notes with your neighbors. You need to have at least ten items regarding “what you already know about Native Americans”. Today’s Agenda: 1.Prejudice and Predispositions Regarding Native Americans 2.What we “know” about the Native Americans 3.The LifeSaver: MR. INGHAM’S WEBSITE HMWK: Signature Pages DUE (Daily Grade) on TOMORROW! 7 AUGUST 2014

4. Open your notes from yesterday. Consider them (which usually means look at them while raising an eyebrow). If (when) you have a test on this information, how much will you remember? How do you increase your retention? What can make you an academic beast with a memory beyond compare? Today’s Agenda: 1.How to Use Your Notes and Intellectually Destroy Others 2.More Notes on Natives Culture and Tradition 3.FOR NEXT WEEK HMWK: Have ALL of your supplies and Alternative Reading Materials 8 AUGUST 2014