Week One

Go over syllabus. Discuss the beginning of colonization. 

Homework: Complete Notes for Chapter 1 in the textbook. Finish the Quote Assignment and turn in both next Wednesday. 

Quote for Week 1: Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Benjamin Franklin

Week Two

We will be completing blue samples first. We will finish discussion on colonization and go into the American Revolution. 

Homework: Complete notes on Chapter 2. Complete new quote assignment. Be prepared for a minimal quiz the following week.

Quote for Week 2:  
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

-Thomas Jefferson


Due Dates: Chapter 1 Notes 8/26
Franklin Quote 8/26
Jefferson Quote 9/2
Chapter 2 Notes 9/2 

Week Three

We will start class with a short Practice Test which will go over the first two chapters of the text book. We will then finish our discussion on the American Revolution. I will collect notes from Chapter 2. Lastly, we will do a classroom activity to learn about the Constitution and forming the government.

Quote for Week Three: 
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."- Abraham Lincoln

Due Dates:  Chapter 2 Notes  9/2
                      Jefferson Quote 9/2
                      Practice Test 9/2