Complete all the course requirements and enrichment that you choose to do.
3. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back. Also be sure to write the requirements and enrichment that you have completed on the check-in sheet.
How would YOU define a “right?” Do you think it is the same as how the Founders defined the rights they laid out? Do ALL rights come from God?
2. Constitution Journal:
Amendments 18-27
Your Constitution Journal is due on April 21st.
3. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back. Also be sure to write the requirements and enrichment that you have completed on the check-in sheet.
Remember we will have our Constitution Bowl on April 14th. You can prepare by learning the Constitution Bowl questions. You can totally do this!!! Here is a link to the questions if you need them:
(You will finish Amendments 18-27 after spring break. Your constitution journal will be due on the April 21st.)
3. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with any requirements or enrichment that you have completed.
4. Hero Paper: (Not due until later in April)
Feel free to take time during Spring Break to work on your Hero Paper. If you lost the paper with the guidelines, you will find it at the following link:
1. Thought Paper – Answer the following questions:
The Judicial Branch’s job is to interpret the law. What information would you need or want to know to be able to interpret the law? Why do you think it might be difficult to interpret the law?
2. Read: The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation
1. Thought Paper – Answer the following questions:
Why are the checks and balances of the three branches of government important? How do you think the checks and balances would be different if we only had two branches of government? (Think about rock paper scissors in class). Give an example of what would happen if we only had two branches.
2. Read: The United State Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation
Pages 65-87
3. Constitution Journal:
Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
4. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back.
1. Thought Paper – Answer the following questions:
The legislature is probably not the most effective way to govern people. What changes could be made to make the process easier? Why do you think the founders kept it “inefficient”?
2. Read: The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation
1. Thought Paper – Answer the following questions:
Knowing all that you have learned about the founding up to this point, why do you think the words “We the People” are so powerful? How would a new American citizen explain the magnitude of these words to their family members back in England?
2. Read: The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation
Pages 25-52
3. Constitution Journal:
Article 1, Sections 1-10
4. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back.
1. Thought Paper – Answer the following questions:
How do people sometimes misunderstand the 3/5ths compromise? How do YOU understand it? Do you think it accomplished what the majority of the Founders hoped it would? Also, tell about a time when you had to compromise.
2. Read: FINISH reading your Book of Choice
Amos Fortune, Free Man, pages 146-181
The Cabin Faced West, by Jean Fritz, Chapters 8 and Postscript
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham, Chapters 20-24
Toliver’s Secret, by Esther Brady, Chapters 12-13
3. Read: History of US
Book 3: Chapters 35-39, pages 158-188
4. Constitution Lapbook:
Keep all the paper pieces of your lapbook in your binder and bring them next week. We will finish the lapbooks during class after our book discussions.
Constitution Journal:
Using your own words, write what the Preamble means in your Constitution Journal in your binder.
4. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back.
1. Thought Paper – Answer the following questions:
Describe a time when you saw the hand of God in YOUR life? Or in your family’s life? Did things go exactly how you wanted? How do you know God was watching out for you?
2. Read: Book of Choice
Please take the survey at the following link to let us know which book you have chosen to read for your book of choice:
1. Thought Paper – Choose one of the following options and answer the questions:
OPTION 1: According to the Founders, what do people need to understand about themselves, about government, and about the kind of people they need to be in order to freely govern themselves?
OPTION 2: How far are you willing to stand up to protect your God given rights? What makes it easier to take a stand? What makes it harder?
2. Read: Book of Choice
Please choose one of the following books to read by March 3rd: (Feel free to start reading now if you’d like)
Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates, 181 pages (audio book available)
The Cabin Faced West, by Jean Fritz, 124 pages
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham, 251 pages
Toliver’s Secret, by Esther Brady, 176 pages
3. Read: History of US, Book 3
Chapters 24-31 (pages 116-146)
4. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back.
5. Watch the 9 videos on this playlist before class on Feb 3rd:
The following link is to a GoogleDoc that summarizes the battles that you will learn about in the videos:
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back.
Additional Information
To review the questions from our last class, check out the links below. There is a BONUS question at the bottom of the question page. Sister Mock will have a small treat for everyone who discovers the answer by watching the video.
Watch this video for the answer to the BONUS QUESTION.
Watch this music video taken from a popular song. It’s called a parody! There are a few people in the video you may know. Thomas Jefferson (the main character), Samuel Adams (He has the mug. Remember his family made drinks!), John Adams (He has the gray wig), and Ben Franklin (He has the long hair and small glasses).
In the beginning of this class we talked about perspective and bias in history. But what about perspective and bias in every day interactions with people? Come up with an argument and try to defend both sides. Can you start to see from a different point of view? What is easy or hard about doing that?
2. Read: Book of Choice
Adventures into the Unknown Interior of America pp. 50-74
His Indian Brother, Chapters 7-9, pp. 58-82
Ocean-Born Mary, Chapters 8-11, pp. 137-225
Out of Many Waters, Chapters 10-13, pp. 81-124
3. Read: History of US Book 3
Chapter 12, pp. 56-62
4. Timeline Assignment
Complete your timeline through 1773.
5. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back.
Additional Information
Watch the following videos before class on October 28th:
What were the benefits of the colonies having such close ties to England? What might be the benefits of NOT being responsible or being the one in charge of everything yourself?
2. Read: Book of Choice
Adventures into the Unknown Interior of America pp. 23-49
His Indian Brother, Chapters 4-6, pp. 25-57
Ocean-Born Mary, Chapters 5-7, pp. 75-136
Out of Many Waters, Chapters 5-9, pp. 41-80
3. Read: History of US Book 3
Chapters 7-11, pp. 36-55
4. Timeline Assignment
Complete your timeline through 1765.
5. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back.
Additional Information
If you have not filled out the Google form to let us know which book you are reading, please do that by clicking the link below. Thank you!!!!
While thinking about the Native Americans, how would you feel and what would you do if someone came to your land and began living there? Would you welcome them, tell them to leave, fight them or trust them? Why?
2. Read: Book of Choice
Adventures into the Unknown Interior of America pp. 1-22
His Indian Brother, Chapters 1-3, pp. 1-24
Ocean-Born Mary, Chapters 1-4, pp. 1-74
Out of Many Waters, Chapters 1-4, pp. 1-40
3. Read: History of US Book 3
Chapters 3-6 (pages 21-35)
4. Timeline Assignment
Complete your timeline through 1763.
5. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back.
Additional Information:
REMEMBER to study a map of the 13 British Colonies to prepare for a quiz this week.
What did you learn about the Pilgrims, Puritans, and/or the Wampanoag that you didn’t know before? You can include things you’ve learned from your reading, class, or other sources. Did anything surprise you or catch you off guard? Why do you think this piece of American history is so popular?
3. Timeline Assignment
Complete your timeline through 1746.
4. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back.
5. Book of Choice
Let us know which book you choose to read by filling out the form at the following link:
You are sailing to a NEW place that most people have never been to or know much about. You do know a little about the climate, that there are some people who are already there, but people say they are wild, uncivilized, and dangerous, while others say they are “gentle.” How do you prepare? What do you bring?
4. Timeline Assignment
Complete your timeline through 1675.
5. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back.
Additional Information:
Choose and get a copy of one book from the following list to read for your “Book of Choice”:
Adventures into the Unknown Interior of America by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
His Indian Brother by Hazel Hutchins Wilson
Ocean-Born Mary by Lois Lenski
Out of Many Waters by Jaqueline Dembar Greene
You can read more information about each book on page 2 of your binder.
In case you missed the additional butter instructions:
When you get home, pour off the buttermilk (liquid surrounding the butter) from your butter jar. Then rinse your butter by adding very cold water to your jar and shaking it. Repeat this several times to remove as much buttermilk as possible. You can even use cheesecloth to squeeze out the excess buttermilk if you would like.
How should we judge people in the past? Should we judge them at all? Can we still learn from the past if we don’t judge it somehow? Is it possible NOT to judge? What things do we need to understand about the past in order to understand it better and not make rash, emotional, out-of-context judgements?
4. Timeline Assignment
Complete your timeline through 1621.
5. Weekly Check-In Sheet
Fill out the weekly check-in sheet behind the yellow divider in your binder. Bring it to class with your thought paper stapled to the back.
