8th--Topic 4, Lesson 5: New Spain and Independence for Texas, Manifest Destiny Reading Like A Historian, Native American Removal Begins Constructed Response (if necessary).
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 “explain what the frontier meant to the nation in the first half of the nineteenth century,” they will describe the challenges presented by the Oregon Trail,” they will “summarize how mountain men helped explore the Far West,” and they will “discuss the role played by missionaries in Oregon.”
Homework for Thursday Night: 7th--Topic 6, Lesson 1: The Maya Active Journal Practice Vocabulary page 143 due tomorrow, 8th--Topic 4, Lesson 4: Westward Movement Active Journal Practice Vocabulary page 110 due tomorrow.