7th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will “determine why a water supply is as important to city life as bridges and roads through a warmup” and they will “analyze the Roman Empire through Accountable Talk, Cornell Note Taking, and a Triangle-Square-Circle Exit Slip.”
7th Grade Guiding Questions: What was the Pax Romana and how did it affect Rome? How did the Roman empire gain and maintain power over people and territories? How did Rome's achievements in architecture and technology encourage its growth? How did Rome's environment affect its growing economy and trade networks?
8th Grade Agenda: Warmup, Topic 0, Lesson 3: The Original Thirteen Colonies with Cornell Notes, Triangle-Square-Circle Exit Slip.
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will “determine why settlers in the Middle Colonies had larger farms than the New England Colonies through a warmup” and they will “analyze the 13 English Colonies through Accountable Talk, Cornell Note Taking, and a Triangle-Square-Circle Exit Slip.”
8th Grade Guiding Questions: How did the 13 colonies develop their economies? How did slavery start in the colonies and what were its effects? What resources did the settlers of the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonies use to build their economies?
HW for 7th and 8th: None. (Complete missing work over the weekend).