8-20-07  through 8-24-07

Syllabus coverage -- Pretest --  Lecture chapter1 sections 1-3---- Time capsule activity---Historical Fiction essay

Section 1 assessment #2-5 ---- Also covered Words of the Day:  Hiatus, Revere, Discern, Rectify (Students used the words in three sentences each that illustrate the definition of the words.)

8-27-07 through 8-31-07

Lecture chapter 1 sections 4&5  also chapter 2 sections 1-3----Did Guided reading activity worksheets for chapter 1

Chapter 2 section 1 assessment #1-3---- Students got into groups and made 2 True/False Questions regarding

Hernando Cortes, Spanish empires, native american resistance, etc.----Also covered the words of the Day: Burly, Chastise, Contrive, Quandary, Futile (students used the words in three sentences that illustrated the definition of the words.)

9-04-07 through 9-07-07

Lectured chapter 3 sections 1-3

also did section 1&2 assessment of chapter 3 #1 also geography skillbuilder #1&2 p.67

Students viewed Video 1&2 from roots and wrote a 2 page response to it.  Also covered the words of the day: Jovia, umbrage  Chapter 1-3 Test and review

9-10-07 through 9-14-07  ----Lecture chapter 4 sections 1-4--- assigned

crossword puzzle---group activity---assigned chapter 4 section 3 & 4 assessment.  Words of the day

to be covered: Vigilant, genteel, expeditious