1. Wednesday, August 29 Remember that your “All About Me” worksheet is due Friday 1.Turn in your parent letter on my desk if you did not yesterday. 2. Get out your History Spiral and turn to the first page. 3. Title the first three pages Table of Contents 4. On page one write the following on the first line: DateTitleEntry # 8/27First Day of School Notes1 8/27Off the Wall Scavenger Hunt2 8/29European Exploration and Colonization timeline 3

2. Our Great Big World

3. Let’s Review!! With the season kick-off right around the corner let’s see how many teams you can find. Divide up into groups of 4-5. Each round each team will send a member up to the map. The first to find the city gets a point.

4. Here we go… Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Pittsburg Steelers Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Tennessee Titans

5. Atlanta Falcons New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Bucs Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins Dallas Cowboys Philadelphia Eagles Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs Oakland Raiders San Diego Chargers

6. Can you guess which countries are the ten largest in the world? 10. Japan – 127,930,000 9. Russia – 142,905,200 8. Bangladesh - 150,682,000 7. Nigeria – 158,423,000 6. Pakistan – 176,264,000 5. Brazil – 190,264,000 4. Indonesia – 237,556,363 3. United States – 311,507,000 2. India – 1,210,193,422 1. CHINA – 1,339,724,852

7. Can you guess the ten largest states? 10. North Carolina - 9,535,483 9. Georgia - 9,687,653 8. Michigan – 9,883,640 7. Ohio – 11,536,504 6. Pennsylvania – 12,702,739 5. Illinois – 12,830,632 4. Florida – 18,801,310 3. New York - 19,378,102 2. Texas - 25,145,561 1. CALIFORNIA – 32,253,956

8. Can you guess the ten largest cities? 10. San Jose, California – 945,942 9. Dallas, Texas – 1,197,816 8. San Diego, California – 1,307,402 7. San Antonio, Texas - 1,327,407 6. Phoenix, Arizona – 1,445,632 5. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1,526,006 4. Houston, Texas – 2,099,451 3. Chicago, Illinois – 2,695,598 2. Los Angeles, California – 3,792,621 1. NEW YORK CITY, New York – 8,175,133

9. 1.Turn to your next blank page in your spiral: 2.Copy the following timeline. 3. Choose 3 events to illustrate 4.

10. European Exploration and Colonization 1497 Cabot searches for the Northwest Passage 1521 Cortez conquers Mx 1565 Spanish found St. Augustine 1609 Hudson searches for the Northwest Passage 1585 First English colony settled at Roanoke 1607 Jamestown founded 1620 Pilgrims landed at Plymouth 1630 Puritans found Massachusetts Bay Colony