• 8/7/2023-8/11/2023

    Homework Assignment: Create an all about me timeline. You will need to start with a picture of yourself from when you were a baby (how old are you in that picture) and add a picture of each age. For example, baby picture, 1 year old, 2 year old, 3 year old, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year, 8 year old,  9 year old, and 10 year old. 

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    8/14/23-8/18/23

    This week we will be learning about the Indian tribes of Virginia. Homework for this week will be to pick one of the three Indian tribes and write a paragraph about them. Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian: Make sure to answer the questions who, what, where, and include language that each spoke. 

     

    Week 3: 8/21/23-8/25/23

    This week students are learning about American Indians throughout the United States.  Students are to complete one of the task listed below. 

    QUESTION: How accurate (culturally correct) are the mass-market images of American Indians? TASK 1: • The Smithsonian United States Postal Museum has a virtual exhibit titled “American Indians in Stamps.” Visit http://postalmuseum.si.edu/American-Indian-in-Postage-Stamps/. • As you analyze the images on the stamps of American Indian people, culture, and art, read the accompanying text to further your content knowledge. • Respond to the QUESTION above in a three-paragraph essay. Be sure to support your opinion with facts you have learned throughout this chapter, as well as information from the virtual exhibit.

    TASK 2: • Create an image for a U.S. postage stamp that accurately depicts the people, tradition, and/or culture of each American Indian people learned in Chapter 2. You will design a total of five “stamps.” Inuit Kwakiutl Lakota Pueblo Iroquois • Write a minimum of two sentences to accompany each “stamp” to explain your image choice and how your design is an accurate reflection of the people, tradition, and/or culture of each American Indian group.

    8/28/2023-09/01/2023

    This week in social studies we will be learning all about the Europeans and American Indians and the conflicts that they had amongst each other. 

    Homework: Study the vocabulary words listed below. Pick two words and write them in a sentence. There will be a quick check at the end of the week to see if they understand the definitions.

     

    1. Interaction: An exchange of ideas or products.

    2. Conquistador: A Spanish word for “a person who conquers.” Conquistadors used force to take whatever they wanted.

    3. Plague: disease that causes a high death rate, affects many people, and spreads easily.

    4. Navigation: The guiding of a ship from place to place.

    5. Mission: Combination church and school designed to spread religion. 

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