8th--Topic 4, Lesson 4: Westward Movement, Native American Removal Begins Constructed Response.
7th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "describe how the environment affected the expansion of agriculture, population, cities, and empires in Mesoamerica," they will "analyze the relationship between religion and government in the Mayan civilization," and they will "describe the advances made by the Maya in writing, mathematics, science, and architecture."
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "analyze how Indian removal changed the country," they will "explain what the frontier meant to the nation in the first half of the nineteenth century," they will "describe the cultures of the Native Americans living west of the Appalachians," and they will "explain the conflict over land occupied by Native Americans between the Appalachians and Mississippi."
Homework for Friday Night: None. Have a great 3 day weekend!