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 “explain what the frontier meant to the nation in the first half of the nineteenth century,” they will “describe how the Westward movement changed family life,” they will “discuss how geography affected life in the West,” and they will “list the steps Americans took to improve their roads.”
Homework for Tuesday Night: 7th--Topic 6, Lesson 1: The Maya Active Journal Practice Vocabulary page 143 due Friday, 8th--Topic 4, Lesson 4: Westward Movement Active Journal Practice Vocabulary page 110 due Friday.