Speech to Parliament

Pay close attention to all that is written.

1. Pretend that you were a colonist. What would you say to parliament given the chance to plead your case as to why you should have a say-so? Give me examples of situations you were put in that you should have had a say-so.

2. What is something serious you would like for Christmas?

3. What is something fun you would like for Christmas?

gobble, gobble

Hope you had a turkey-iffic Thanksgiving!!

One series of questions this week, but I want nice full answers....

What do you think it would have been like to have been a colonist? Would you have been a patriot or loyalist? What would have made you that way? Would you have gone through any extreme measures to protest what the British were doing? Would you have left your family to fight in the war for either side?

Don't forget your name!!!!!

Events leading to the Revolutionary War

1. What event did your group study?
2. What was the most interesting thing you learned in your study?
3. Briefly summarize your event.


YOU MUST ANSWER ALL THREE QUESTIONS TO GET CREDIT!!!!!!!!
DON'T FORGET YOUR NAME!!

Revolutionary Leaders

You had the privilege to research someone last week:

1. Who was the person you researched?
2. What was the most interesting fact about the person you researched?

3. What was the most interesting fact about someone else that you heard about and who was that person?

ANSWER ALL 3 QUESTIONS TO GET CREDIT!!

DON'T FORGET YOUR NAME!!!

Everyone needs rules

What is a rule you think the we should have today:

--at home?
--at school?
--in our city?
--in our country?

Answer all four.

What is a rule you don't think we need today:

--at home?
--at school?
--in our city?
--in our country?

Answer all four.

There must be a total of 8 answers for full credit.
Don't forget your name!!!!

mercantilism vs. free enterprise

Mercantilism: government controls what is bought, sold, etc. so that the nation can become wealthy.

Free Enterprise: people can buy, sell, etc. as they wish...competition

Questions:
1. What would the US be like today if we had a mercantilism economy?

2. What do you NOT like about Free Enterprise?

3. What do you LIKE about Free Enterprise?


Answer all for full credit!!!!!!!!

Colonial Jobs

To get full credit, you must answer all the questions!!!!

1. If you had been a colonist, which colonial job/industry would you have wanted to do?

2. What does that job do?

3. What resources do you need for that job?

4. Which colony would that job be located: New England, Middle, Southern?

don't forget to put your first name and last initial!!

The environment part two

You wrote a paper on changes and modifications the Native Americans and colonists did to the environment.


Questions for you....answer both in one post to get credit!!

1. What are some adaptations/modifications the colonists or Native Americans did to their environment in the 1700's that affect us today?

2. How do they affect us?


Off topic....Are you going to the peanut festival carnival? Which night? If you go Thursday, look for me...I should be there!! I might even ride something with you :)

The environment

We are starting a new lesson on the environment and will be studying the impact the Native Americans and colonists each had on the environment.


Questions for you:
1. What are your thoughts on the environment?
2. Do you think overall people today take good care of the environment or do they take it for granted and why?

For full credit this six weeks, you must answer the questions completely....all components of the question must be answered.

Don't forget your name!!

Clash of Cultures

Hope you had a great week last week for homecoming week!!

Last week in class we talked about the cultures of African American, Native American, and English. We sorted out their culture features, pasted them, and then drew pictures to represent them.

Your question to answer this week is:

1. Which culture do you think will cause the most problems and why?

Don't forget to include your name and also....if you don't answer the full question you do NOT get credit this week!!!!

Leaders of the Colony

Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, John Smith, and William Penn are all leaders of certain colonies in the New World. We thoroughly studied each to see what their reasons for coming were, their accomplishments and troubles while here, and their actions based on their beliefs. In fact, you have written a speech pretending that you are one (or a combination) of them and you are trying to invite colonists to your colony.

Questions for you:
1. Which person can you relate to most?
2. If you were to live in the colonial New world, whose colony would you go to and why?

Bonus questions:
1. What do you like most about homecoming?
2. Are you going to the game Friday night?

My answer to last week's question:
I would live in Colorado. I get such peace from being in the mountains. I love snow skiing, hiking, and sitting by the fireplace. The weather is wonderful in the summer...white water rafting is GREAT!!

Where do you live?

Last week we studied the geographic factors of the 13 colonies, which in turn is why colonists settled where they did.

Question for you....

If you could live anywhere in the world, what GEOGRAPHIC FACTOR would interest you to live there? In order to receive credit...you must answer the question: tell me where you want to live, the geographic factor(s) involved (topography, climate, natural resources, etc.), AND what those factors have to do with you wanting to live there ....the why!!!!

Don't forget to put your first name and first letter of your last name.

Maybe later in the week....I'll tell you mine :)

Moving to the New World

I sure did enjoy the 3 day weekend. I went to Dumas, TX (in the panhandle) to visit my mom's family. My grandpa is turning 80 years old this coming weekend! 80 years old....that's a lot of living. Can you imagine all the history he's been through...all the life changing events for our country??

That brings me to this...
The past two weeks we studied the Europeans moving to the New world...or what we call today, the United States of America. The English, French, Dutch, and Spainish all wanting to come over and make their home here. Leaving their own country for a variety of reasons: religious freedom (because the government was telling them how to worship), to find gold, to find bigger pieces of land, just to find something new.

We talked about why our classmates have moved to the Whitesboro community and we discussed the reason you would move if you could move anywhere. WOW!! That was a big lesson. We discovered that yesterday, today, and tomorrow noone moves for the exact same reason.

You may answer one of the following questions or all or some...

1. What historic event do you wish you had been alive for?

2. If you had been a colonist 400 years ago, what country did you choose to be from on your poster and what colony were you encouraging people to move to? (this answer would be about your poster you designed).

3. What was your favorite part about the lesson?

1st week of school

This week has started off really well. All the students are wonderful and put a smile on my face. I enjoy coming to work each day to inspire these students to be the best that they can and to give their best in all that they do. Today we had a character assembly. What a neat story at the end about the students choosing to be coal "the mother of diamonds" or shaping their character to turn into the diamond. That applies to us as adults too. For me, I learned that I need to work on my citizenship and caring better. Knowing that there are people fighting at this very minute for my freedom and sometimes I am too lazy to pick up trash from food or drinks I ate or to send a card to someone or to even smile and be happy because I do live in the land of the free!! If we all pick something in our lives to work on, we can make this country that much better!!

My questions to you are:

What have you enjoyed about your first week of school?
What was your favorite part about the assembly?
What is one thing you need to change to become more of a diamond than coal?

Welcome to 5th Grade!!

Welcome to 5th grade social studies. Meet the Teacher night is Thursday, August 20 from 5 to 6:30. I look forward to a great year!