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:

  • Journal Practice Vocabulary p.46
  • Lesson Check page 120
  • Lesson 6 Quiz

Extend:

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 5 The Southern Colonies

 Essential Question: Why do people move?

Explore:

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

Evaluate:


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