This week we quizzed on Wednesday. I am still in the process of grading them and should have them completed by close of business on Monday. Weekly journals have been graded and will be entered into Active Parent on Monday morning.
We are planning on a unit test for Wednesday of this week. It will cover the same material that was on the quiz (The Crusades, The Renaissance, Columbus and Da Gama's Voyages) in addition to Cortes and Pizarro's conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires.
This Thursday and Friday we watched part of the documentary "Guns, Germs and Steel" about the conquest of the Incas. The kids completed a viewing guide in class and we will be going over it briefly on Monday.
This Monday and Tuesday, we will be covering Spain's North American expeditions and colonies. I am planning on the kids ranking Spanish expeditions from least to most important as a way to review for the test. The book readings we are covering include Chapter 1 Section 4 and Chapter 2, sections 1-2.
Thursday and Friday we will begin a new unit involving the competition between Spain, France, England and the Netherlands for trading rights and territory in North America.
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Hope you all have a great weekend and I hope your teams all win....unless your team is playing one of my teams.
In that case, I hope your teams put up a good fight and are noble in defeat! :-)
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