Friday, October 24, 2025

World Geography Topic 3 Lesson 6 Living in Mexico and Central America

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Essential Question: Who should benefit from a country's resources?

Explore:

  • Read pages 178-181
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page 178
  • Summary
  • Summary (Spanish)

Evaluate:

  • Active Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 86
  • Lesson Check questions 1-4 on page 181
  • Lesson Quiz

World Geography Topic 3 Lesson 5 History of the Caribbean

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Essential Question: Who should benefit from a country's resources?

Explore:

  • Read pages 173-177
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page 173
  • Summary
  • Summary (Spanish)

Evaluate:

  • Active Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 83
  • Lesson Check questions 1-5 on page 173
  • Lesson 5 Quiz
Extend: 

History Topic 3 Lesson 4 1776 The Musical

Since 2015 the biggest musical, let alone history based musical has been Hamilton. Here is a clip from the Tony's. 


What you may not know is there was a musical over the same time period that started on Broadway in 1969 and later became a movie in 1972. We are going to watch the movie and try to parse what is factual and what is changed for the medium (besides the congressman not randomly breaking into song.)


EQ: Why did the Declaration of Independence get written and who wrote it?

Engage:
Explore:
  • Vocabulary: declaration, independence, self-evident, equal, endowed, inalienable, liberty, derive
  • Vocabulary: government, destructive, transient, accustomed, usurpations, assent, tyranny, justice
  • 1776 the Musical
Explain:
  • What held up the Continental Congress from declaring independence from Britain?
  • Who was the most ardent supporter of independence?
  • How did slavery complicate declaring independence?
Evaluate:
  • Questions
Extend:

Thursday, October 23, 2025

World Geography Topic 3 Lesson 4 Independence for Mexico and Central America

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Collage_Independencia.jpg

 Essential Question: Who should benefit from a country's resources?

 Explore:

  • Read pages 168-172
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page 168
  • Summary
  • Summary (Spanish)

Evaluate:

  • Active Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 81
  • Lesson Check questions 1-5 on page 172
  • Lesson 4 Quiz

History Topic 3 Lesson 4 The Move Towards Independence

 Essential Question: When is war justified?

Engage:

  • Video: The Declaration of Independence

Explore:

Evaluate:

  • Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 70
  • Lesson Check page 176
  • Lesson Quiz

Extend:

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

History Topic 3 Lesson 3 Boston Tea Party

     

The difference between a riot and a protest may simply be which side of the political argument you are on. But, what happens when the riot or protest isn't really about politics at all, but about money? As we learn about the Boston Tea Party think about the reasons behind it and determine for yourself if it was a riot, a protest, or something else completely.

 EQ: Why did the Boston Tea Party take place?

Engage:

  • Tea!!!

Explore:

Explain:

  • Who was involved in organizing the Boston Tea Party?
  • What happened at the Boston Tea Party?
  • What was the result of the Boston Tea Party?
  • What do you think of the tea?

Evaluate:

  • Class Discussion

World Geography Topic 3 Lesson 3 Spanish Colonization and Geographic Sources The Florentine Codex

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Essential Question: Who should benefit from a country's resources?

Explore:

  • Read pages 163-166
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page  163
  • Summary
  • Summary (Spanish)
  • Read The Florentine Codex page 167

Evaluate:

  • Active Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 79
  • Lesson Check questions 1-5 on page 166
  • Lesson 3 Quiz

World Geography Topic 3 Lesson 2 Aztec Civilization and Analysis Skill


Essential Question: Who should benefit from a country's resources?

 Explore:

  • Read pages 158-161
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page 158
  • Summary
  • Summary (Spanish)
  • Read p. 108 Analyze Visual Data 

Evaluate:

  • Lesson Check questions 1-5 on page 161
  • Lesson 2 Quiz

Friday, October 17, 2025

History Topic 3 Lesson 3 Taking Up Arms

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Essential Question: When is war justified?

Engage:

  • Video: The Boston Tea Party

Explore:

Evaluate:

  • Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 68
  • Lesson Check page 163
  • Lesson Quiz

Extend:

History Topic 3 Lesson 2 Growing Resentment Against Britain

By Rhododendrites - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84157347


Essential Question: 
When is war justified?

Engage:

  • Video: The Rights of Colonists
  • Analysis Skill p. 141 Identify Physical and Cultural Features

Explore:

Evaluate:

  • Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 65
  • Lesson Check page 152
  • Lesson Quiz

Extend:

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

World Geography Topic 3 Lesson 1


Essential Question: Who should benefit from a country's resources?

 Engage:

  • Video A Long Way from Home

Explore:

  • Topic 3 Intro p. 144-145 Explore the Essential Question
  • Regional Atlas Political p. 146-147, Physical 148-149, Climate 150-151
  • Lesson 1 Read pages 153-157
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page 153
  • Digging for the Truth Passage to the Maya Underworld
  • Summary
  • Summary (Spanish)

Evaluate:

  • Active Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 79
  • Lesson Check questions 1-5 on page 157
  • Lesson Quiz

History Topic 3 Lesson 1 French and Indian War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War#/media/File:Indians_ambush_British_at_Battle_of_the_Monongahela.jpg

Engage:

  • Video: Causes of the French and Indian War

Explore:

Evaluate:

  • Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 63
  • Lesson Check page 140
  • Lesson Quiz

Extend:

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

World Geography Topic 2 Review

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 Review: page 143

  • Vocabulary and Key Ideas 1-7
  • Critical Thinking and Writing 8-13
  • Analyze Primary Sources 15
  • Analyze Maps 16-18

History Topic 2 Review

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Review page 127:

  • Vocabulary and Key Ideas 1-7
  • Critical Thinking and Writing 8-12
  • Analyze Primary Sources 14
  • Analyze Maps 15-17

Friday, October 10, 2025

World Geography Topic 2 Lesson 7 Challenges Facing the United States and Canada

By Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, , pp. 324-325. - https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97502086, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5108973

Essential Question:
 What should governments do?

Explore:

  • Read pages 138-141
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page 138
  • Summary
  • Summary (Spanish)

Evaluate:

  • Active Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 61
  • Lesson Check questions 1-5 on page 141
  • Lesson 7 Quiz

Wednesday, October 08, 2025

History Topic 2 Lesson 7

Essential Question: Why do people move?

Engage:

Explore:

  • Read pages 121-125
  • Define and Draw Vocabulary page 121

Evaluate:

  • Journal Practice Vocabulary p.49
  • Lesson Check page 125
  • Lesson 7 Quiz

World Geography Topic 2 Lesson 6 The United States and Canada at Work

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Essential Question: What should governments do?

 Engage:

  •  Video The US Economy

Explore:

  • Read pages 131-136
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page 131
  • Summary
  • Summary (Spanish)

Evaluate:

  • Active Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 58
  • Lesson Check questions 1-5 on page 136
  • Lesson 6 Quiz

World Geography Topic 2 Lesson 5 Living in the United States and Canada

A poster featuring a man riding a bucking horse on an open prairie field. In each corner is a photograph of four different middle-aged well-dressed gentlemen.
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Essential Question: What should governments do?

Explore:

  • Read pages 125-130
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page 125

Evaluate:

  • Active Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 56 
  • Lesson Check questions 1-5 on page 130
  • Lesson 5 Quiz

Friday, October 03, 2025

World Geography Topic 2 Lesson 4 Building Nations

Head and shoulders portrait of George Washington
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Essential Question: What should governments do?

 Explore:

  • Read pages 116-124
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page 116

Evaluate:

  • Active Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 54
  • Lesson Check questions 1-5 on page 124
  • Lesson 4 Quiz

American History Topic 2 Lesson 6 Colonial Society

Engage:

Explore:

  • Read pages 110-120
  • Define and Draw Vocabulary page 102

Evaluate:

Extend:

American History Topic 2 Lesson 5 The Southern Colonies

 Essential Question: Why do people move?

Explore:

  • Read pages 100-109
  • Define and Draw Vocabulary page 100

Evaluate:


Topic 2 Colonial House

Colonial House is a television show created by PBS to examine what life would be like in Plymouth Colony circa 1628. 17 people were chosen to be on the reality show, living the life of a settler in a re-created Plymouth Plantation.

Imagine you have been selected to participate in Colonial House. Write journal entries describing about your living conditions. Are you a freeman, indentured servant, or even the Governor? What kinds of things do you do day by day? Are you having trouble keeping the rules? 

Essential Question: What would it be like to live in an early American colony?

 

Engage:

Explore:

  • Watch Colonial House episodes

Explain: 

  • What is your role in the colony?
  • What events took place during the episode?
  • What are your daily chores?
  • Are you a rule breaker or a rule follower?

Evaluate:


Thursday, October 02, 2025

American History Topic 2 Lesson 4 The Middle Colonies

Essential Question: Why do people move?

Engage:

Explore:

Evaluate:

World Geography Topic 2 Lesson 3 European Colonization

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Essential Question: What should governments do?

Explore:

  • Read pages 109-115
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page 109

Evaluate:

  • Active Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 51
  • Lesson Check questions 1-5 on page 115
  • Lesson 3 Quiz

Wednesday, October 01, 2025

World Geography Topic 2 Lesson 2 Three American Indian Cultures

By ToranTarzan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62319308


Essential Question: What should governments do?

Explore:
  • Read pages 104-107
  • Analyze diagrams and pictures in the lesson
  • Define vocabulary words on page 104

Evaluate:

  • Active Journal Practice Vocabulary p. 49
  • Lesson Check questions 1-5 on page 107
  • Lesson 2 Quiz