Native Americans

We have been studying Native Americans for the past two weeks. Why do you think that it is important that we learn about Native Americans? Which tribe do you find the most information?? Why?? (EXTRA CREDIT- THIS WILL REPLACE ANY "0" THAT YOU HAVE!!!)

Early American Documents

For the past two weeks we have been discussing those documents that led to the creation of the US Constitution. Tell me which one you feel was the most important to our nations's government and why? (EXTRA CREDIT: REPLACE A "0" ON ANY MISSING ASSIGNMENT!!!)

Geography

Today in class we created a map and a map key of the 7 continents and the 4 oceans. The students also received a quiz review and they have a quiz tomorrow on Geography vocabulary and the placement of the 7 continents and the 4 oceans. You can use the following links to study more geography information:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

http://www.cfschools.net/schools/veterans/218/t7con.html

Today we focused on how US citizens become citizens by birth or naturalization. We talked mainly about how immigrants can become a citizen of the United States. The students took a practice Citizenship test to see if they would pass it if they were immigrants. The results were hilarious! Students got a taste of what it would be like to be an immigrant and try to gain citizenship to the US. The following links focus on more information about the naturalization process.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services Homepage:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis

The Civics and History Section of the Immigration Citzenship Test: http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/100q.pdf

Full Text of Barack Obama's Back to School Speech (9/8/2009)

Barack Obama gave a speech urging students to make goals and follow through. Read the entire speech below.

Click on the link: http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-obama-speech-text.s8,0,6266461,full.story

Does this speech encourage you to make goals/follow through with them? Answer this question for extra credit.

Full Text From Barack Obama's Speech (9/8/2009)

Barack Obama gave a speech urging students to make goals and follow through. Read the entire speech below.

Click on the link: http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-obama-speech-text.s8,0,6266461,full.story

Does this speech encourage you to make goals/follow through with them? Answer this question for extra credit.

First Day of School

Today in class we worked on understanding the way that the classroom will run throughout this school year. You were made aware of where to place your work, where to look for work when you are absent, and where to find Homework and materials needed in the classroom.

Do you have anymore questions for me? Anything that I did not say in class, or something I did say and you are confused???? Now's the time to speak out!

This week we will begin learning about the geography of the United States. Tomorrow we will review geography vocabulary, learn about lines of latitude and longitude, and place the seven continents and four oceans on a map. On Thursday we will review for a quiz that will be given on Friday. On Friday, we will take a quiz and start learning about the Eight Geographical Regions of the United States.

First Day of School

Today in class we worked on understanding the way that the classroom will run throughout this school year. You were made aware of where to place your work, where to look for work when you are absent, and where to find Homework and materials needed in the classroom.

Do you have anymore questions for me? Anything that I did not say in class, or something I did say and you are confused???? Now's the time to speak out!

This week we will begin learning about what it takes to become a citizen of the United States and what makes someone a good citizen. Tomorrow, we will begin talking about how you can become a citizen of the US and introduce the citizenship unit. On Thursday we will take a US Citizenship test (the one that Immigrants have to take to become a citizen) and see if you could actually be a US Citizen. On Friday we will take notes on citizenship and you will work on your section of the Class Citizenship Book (more information to come).