Mr. Peters - Social Studies - Room 208 - Wilbur H. Lynch M.S.
Daily Classwork and Assignments
HISTORY MYSTERY: The Pilgrims famously made their voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower - but there were suppose to be TWO ships for the crossing - what was the name of the second ship ?
Answer : ________________________________________
Thursday, February 9 - Primetime: Explore Your Imagination - Continue Pilgrims Game - Homework: Design A Ship
Wednesday, February 8 - Primetime: Pilgrim Picture - The Pilgrims Game - No Homework
Tuesday, February 7 - Primetime: History Review Timeline - 5 Facts "Jamestown Settlement Musuem" - Homework: Late Portfolio #1 / French Come to America Packet
Monday, February 6 - Primetime: 4 Jamestown Questions Pg. 85-86 - "T" Chart for Jamestown Settlement Listening/Reading Comprehension Quiz - Homework: Late Portfolio Projects #1
Friday, February 3 - Packet "The French Come to America - Homework: Finish Packet / Portfolio Project #1
Thursday, February 2 - Primetime: Map Question Pg. 87 - Notes: "Trading Game" - Play Trading Game - Homework: Portfolio Project #1
Wednesday, February 1 - Primetime: Review Questions for Lost Colony Notes - Reading: "Lost: One Colony" - Reading Comprehension Quiz - Homework: No Homework / Portfolio Project #1
Tuesday, January 31 - Primetime: 13 Colonies Practice Quiz - Finifh Notes "Map Exercise: The Thirteen Colonies" - Homework: Map Page 15 B+C
Monday, January 30, Primetime: Intro. Bottom 3 Questions - New Seats - New Country Club - 3rd Quarter Credit System Opens - Passout 2nd Quarter Social Studies Report Cards - Passout Notes: "Map Exercise: The Thirteen Colonies" - Homework: Portfolio Project #1 (due: 2/3/12) - Organize 3 Ring Binder
History Mystery # 6 - Marco Polo is given the credit for making a historic trip to Cathay and later writing a book titled "The Travels of Marco Polo" - but what two other people were also a part of the "Exploration" ?
Answer (+5 Credits) : Niccolo ( Marco's Father) + Maffeo (Marco's Uncle)
Monday, January 30, Primetime: Intro. Bottom 3 Questions - New Seats - New Country Club - 3rd Quarter Credit System Opens - Passout 2nd Quarter Social Studies Report Cards - Passout Notes: "Map Exercise: The Thirteen Colonies" - Homework: Portfolio Project #1 (due: 2/3/12) - Organize 3 Ring Binder
Friday, January 27 - Primetime: The Southern Colonies Map Pg. 109 - Passout Portfolio Project #1 (25 Points) Due 2/3/2012 - No Homework / Portfolio #1
Thursday, January 26 - Primetime: The Middle Colonies Map Pg. 102 (Questions 1-3) - Finish "13 Colonies" Intro - No Homework / Portfolio Contracts (?)
Wednesday, January 25 - Primetime: The New England Colonies Map Pg. 96 (Questions 1-3) - Chapter 4 Credits Quiz - Vocabulary Building and Timeline Intro "The 13 Colonies" - Homework: Vocab Part B / Portfolio Contracts (?)
Tuesday, January 24 - Primetime: 13 Colonies Pre-Test - Collect Portfolio Contracts - 13 Colonies Map (Label) - Homework: No Homework / Portfolio Contracts (?)
Monday, January 23 - Primetime:Exploration Post Test - Passout "Colonial Period" Portfolio Option - Passout 13 Colonies Map - Homework: Portfolio Contract (?)
Friday, January 20 - Unit Test Make ups - Passback Unit Tests + Review Grades - SSR or Finish any back work from 2nd quarter - No Homework
Thursday, January 19 - "Age of Exploration" UNIT TEST - No Homework
Wednesday, January 18 - Primetime: Copy both VOCAB and Famous Explorers List from Whiteboard - "Exploration" Jeopardy - Homework: STUDY FOR EXPLORATION UNIT TEST
Tuesday, January 17 - Primetime: Pg. 72 Map - "Hernando Cortes - To Tell The Truth" - Study for Unit Test
Thursday, January 12 - No Primetime - Finish NY State Chapter 5 Reading, Highlighting, Fill Ins - Homework: Questions Page 32
Wednesday, January 11 - Primetime: Exploration Map Page 80 - Continue Reading "Exploration of NY" - No Homework
Tuesday, January 10 - Primetime: "Exploration Word Web" - Collect Contest - Passout Packet NY State: "The Exploration of the New York State Area" - No Homework
Monday, January 9 - Primetime: Finish Magellan Page 8c Questions 1-3 or "Spanish Explore America" Packet - Videostream: "Magellan" - Passout Contest Homework: "Magellan" Connect the Dots
Friday, January 6 - No Primetime - Passout Packet: "The Spanish Explore America" - Homework: Any Incomplete Work from Packet
Thursday, January 5 - Primetime: Exploration Pepper - Finish Reading "The Voyage of Magellan" - Homework: Magellan Questions 1-3 Pg. 8C
Wednesday, January 4 - Primetime: Pick 3 words or names you do not know and look them up - Continue Reading "The Voyage of Magellan" - No Homework
Tuesday, January 3 - Passback Columbus Short Answer Essay Questions - Passback Holiday Puzzle w/ New Credit Totals - Passout Reading: "The Voyage of Magellan"
HISTORY MYSTERY #5 - How long a distance (in miles) is one degree of LATITUDE ?
Answer (+5 Credits): 69 Miles
Friday, December 23 - Primetime: How Should We Judge Columbus? - Passout "Holiday Contest" (+10 Credits) - Columbus Quiz Make ups - No Homework
Thursday, December 22 - No Primetime: Study for QUIZ - Columbus QUIZ w/ Short Answer Questions - No Homework
Wednesday, December 21 - Primetime: Columbus Terms "Hangman" - SSR Reading "Pedro's Journal" - Homework: Study for Columbus QUIZ
Tuesday, December 20 - No Primetime - 5 Facts - Movie: "The Discovery" - No Homework
Monday, December 19 - ELA Testing Periods 1,2,3 - No Primetime - 5 Facts - Movie: "The Discovery" - No Homework
Friday, December 16 - No Primetime - 5 Facts - Movie: Christopher Columbus "The Discovery" - No Homework
Thursday, December 15 - Primetime: 5 Facts Setup - Movie: "Christopher Columbus: The Discovery" - No Homework
Wednesday, December 14 - Primetime: Journal Entry - Play" "A Fateful Voyage" - No Homework
Tuesday, December 13 - Primetime: Columbus Constructed Response - Collect and Review Columbus Contest - No Homework
Monday, December 12 - Primetime: Finish Completion + True/False Page 6A - Columbus Listening Quiz - Homework: Columbus Unscramble Contest
Friday, December 9 - Primetime: Columbus + Astronaut - Finish Mapwork "Christopher Columbus" History of Events - No Homework
Thursday, December 8 - Primetime: "Space Travel" 3 Paragraph Creative Writing - Check and Review "Sail w/ Columbus" Homework - Passout Mapwork "Christopher Columbus" - No Homework
Wednesday, December 7 - Primetime: Exploration VOCAB Matching -Reading "The World in 1492" - Homework: Map "Sail with Columbus"
Tuesday, December 6 - Primetime: 4 Columbus Quotes - Reading: "Who Was Columbus" - No Homework
Monday, December 5 - Primetime: Latitude and Longitude - Finish Page 4C - No Homework
Friday, December 2 - Primetime: Modern "Scientific Discovery" - Latitude and Longitude - No Homework
Thursday, December 1 - No Primetime - Game: "The Explorers Game" - Homework: Map Page 4D
Wednesday, November 30 - Primetime: 3 Complete Sentences from VOCAB list - Finish Notes "The Explorers Game" - Homework: Bring in a Game Piece for Thursday's Game
Tuesday, November 29 - Primetime: Interview Lief Ericson - Passout Packet "The Explorers Game" - No Homework (or Late Vikings Questions)
Monday, November 28 - Primetime: "Survivor" - Passout Article Voyage of the Vikings" Read + Highlight - Homework: Viking Questions 1-10
HISTORY MYSTERY #4: Much to Sponge Bob's pleasure, in 1964 the United States Congress authorized and requested President Lyndon Johnson to proclaim what month+day as "Leif Ericson Day" ?
Answer: (+5 Credits if you email me the correct date):OCTOBER 9th
Tuesday, November 22 - Primetime: Study the Flashcards - QUIZ: Europe Trades with the East - No Homework - Happy Thanksgiving
Monday, November 21 - Primetime: Camel Caravans and the Silk Road - Finish Mapwork "Europe Trades witht the East" - Homework: Study for QUIZ "Europe Trades" Map
Friday, November 18 - Primetime: Deskmap Geography 4 Questions - Continue World Map - No Homework
Thursday, November 17 - Primetime: Self-Quiz (+5 Credits) - Continue Mapwork "Europe Trades with the East" - No Homwrok
Wednesday, November 16 - Primetime: Exploration Chart (Pg. 64) - Passout Map "Europe Trades with the East" + Begin Mapwork - No Homework
Tuesday, November 15 - Primetime: "What Have You Learned" Timeline - Finish Mapwork "Explorers Come to the New World" add 15 Explorers Names - No Homework
Monday, November 14 - Primetime: Finish Exploration Intro Timeline - Passout Mapwork "Explorers come to the New World" - No Homework
Wednesday, November 9 - Primetime: 4 Sentences - Finish Notebook Checks + Unit Two Intro - No Homework
Tuesday, November 8 - Primetime: "Exploration" Pre-Test - Notebook Check - Begin Chapter 3 Intro "Vocab Building" - No Homework
Monday, November 7 - Primetime: Indians Post-Test - Assign 2nd Quarter Seats - New Country Club - New Credit System - Passback 1st Quarter Grades - Passout 1st Quarter Student Awards - Clean Out 3 Ring Binders (Notebook Check Tuesday 11/8) - No Homework
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History Mystery # 3
"Mohawk" is the European name for the Indians that lived right here in the Amsterdam area over 500 years ago.
Question : How did the Mohawk people refer to themselves during this time period ?
Answer : KANIENKEHAKA (+5Credits)
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Friday, November 4 - Catch Up Day - Unit Test Make Ups - All Late 1st Quarter Assignments due by End-of-Day - No Homework
Thursday, November 3 - Native Americans Unit Test - No Homework
Wednesday, November 2 - Primetime: Native American Culture Word Web - Unit Test Review "Concentration" - Homework: Study for UNIT TEST, Finish Late Reserach Papers + Homework
Tuesday, Nomber 1 - S.S.R. "Seneca Village" - Reading Comprehension QUIZ - Homework: Late Research Papers, Late Homeworks from 1st Quarter, Study for Native Americans UNIT TEST (Thursday 11/3)
Monday, October 31 - Primetime: Indian Canoe Race - Passout Pages 16-18 and Finish "Space and Time" Notes - Homework: Late Research Papers + Page 18 (Space and Time) - Reminder: 1st Quarter ends Friday, November 4th + Credit System Closes for the 1st Quarter at End of Day Friday !
Friday, October 28 - Primetime: Review Basic Needs/Space/Time - Finish Page 15 - Homework: Finish Late Research Papers + Start Studying for Native Americans Unit Test
Thursday, October 27 - Primetime: Research Paper Checklist - Passout Packet Chapter 3 "How the Iroquois Used Space and Time" - Homework: Finish Native American Research Paper
Wednesday, October 26 - Primetime: Archeology Dig at your Native Americans Tribe Site - Archeology Dig #1-3 - Homework: Continue Native American Research Paper Final Copy
Tuesday, October 25 - Primetime: Time Machine - Review Homework Page 12 - Passout "Digging for Clues to the Past" + Answer Questions 1-7 - Homework: Research Paper Final Copy
Monday, October 24 - Primetime: Native American Culture Areas - Review what final copy of Research Paper should look like - Finish Notes: Chapter 2 "NY During Indian Times" - Homework: Page 12 Questions + Research Paper
Friday, October 21 - Primetime: 5 VOCAB Sentences - Check Research Paper Outlines - Passout Page 10+11 and Read / Highlight Notes - Homework: Continue Research Outline or begin typing Final Copy
Thursday, October 20 - Primetime: Mohawk Village - Continue Ch:2 "NY During Indian Times" - Homework: FINISH Research paper Outline
Wednesday, October 19 - Primetime: 3 Questions (NY State) - Pass back reading comprehension credit opportunity - Passback QUIZ and review - Passout Packet: "NY During Indian Times" - Homework: Continue Research Outline (due: fri. 10/21)
Tuesday, October 18 - Primetime: 10 Flashcards - QUIZ: "The First Americans" -S.S. Reading: "They Were Here First" (+10 Credits) -Homework: Continue Research Paper Outline (due: Friday 10/21)
Monday, October 17 - Primetime: Interview 6 Questions - Collect and Correct First Americans Contest (+ 5 Credits - 5 Winners) - Homework: Study for "The First Americans" QUIZ - Continue Research Outline
Friday, October 14 - In Library: Native American Research Paper Outline (due: Friday 10/21) - Homework: Continue Research Outline + Contest
Thursday, October 13 - Primetime: Write 3 Questions to the Answers - Check Homework 8 Sketches (Pg. 3b+c) - Finish Questions 2-6 (Pg. 3b+c) - Passout "First Americans" Contest (Pg. 3e - Due Monday, October 17th) - Homework: Continue Research Paper + Contest 3e
Wednesday, October 12 - New History Mystery Posted Today - Primetime: Pepper (General Knowledge) - Collect Late Homework - Passout Pages 3b+c and begin Questions - Homework: Pages 3b+c (8 Sketches)
Tuesday, October 11- Primetime: Write 3 Complete Sentences (Vocab.) - Check/Collect Homework - Continue Notes "The First Americans" - Homework: Chapter 1 Make Up / Continue Research Paper
Friday, October 7 - In Library: "Native Americans" Research - Homework: Finish Packet "New York State Workbook Chapter 1: The Importance of Geography to New Yorkers"
Thursday, October 6 - Passout Packet "The Importance of Geography to New York" - Finish for Homework
Wednesday, October 5 - Primetime: The Land Bridge - Passout Notes "The First Americans" - Homework: Continue Research Paper
Tuesday, October 4 - Student Council SS Class Rep. / Alt. Election - In Library: Native American Research - Homework: Begin Research Paper (Tentative due date: Friday, October 28th)
Monday, October 3 - Passback Classroom Map (0-5 Credits) - Select Native American Tribe from the hat - Passout Research Paper Directions + Review - No Homework
Friday, September 30 - Primetime: Map of the Classroom (+5 Credits) - Finish Native Americans Timeline Intro Handout + Review - No Homework
Thursday, September 29 - Primetime: Time Zones Map - Finish Chapter 2 Vocab + Review - No Homework
Wednesday, September 28 - Primetime: Geography Latitude + Longitude Map - Finish Credits Quiz from Textbook - Passout Native Americans "Intro" Handout (Ch. 2 Vocab + Timeline) - Homework: "ME" Poster due Thursday 9/29 (if necessary)
Tuesday, September 27 - Primetime: Geography - Passback "Native Americans Pre-Test + Review - Textbook Credits Quiz - No Homework
Monday, September 26 - Primetime: Describe NativeAmerican Sketch - Passback Pre-Test and Review Results (Annouce Winner - Highest Grade) - Review Native American sketches - Homework: Finish Infos + Me Posters
Friday, September 23 - Passout Plain White Paper: NATIVE AMERICANS sketch - Homework: Finish "ME" Poster
Thursday, Septemeber 22 - Finish Social Studies Pre-Test - Do Question 51 Writing Sample - Passout "ME" Posters (due Monday 9/26 - Homework: "ME" Poster - Late INFO's - Late Parent Rules Slip
Wednesday, September 21 - Primetime: East Main Street 100 Years Ago - Collect INFO's - Passout Pre Test and Begin - Homework: Late Notebook Checks, INFO's, Parent Rules Slip
Tuesday, September 20 - Primetime: 3 Answers, Passout "INFO's" - Notebook Check - Homework: Finish INFO's - Late Rules Slip
Monday, September 19 - Primetime: 3 Answers, You write the Questions - Finish "Credit System-Things that automatically cost Credits" - Homework: Notebook Check (Tuesday), Get Parent Rules Slip Signed, Bring 3 Goals 1 College for "INFO"
Friday, September 16 - Primetime: 5 Questions Credit System - Collect Parent Rules Slip (Deadline Tuesday 9/20) - Continue "Credit System" - Homework: Get Parent Rules Slip Signed, Organize Notebook, 3 Goals
Thursday, September 15 - Primetime: 5 Question "Rules" - Finish Rules and Passout Parent Rules Slip (Please return ASAP) - Begin "Credit System" - Homework: Get Parent Rules Slip Signed, Organize Notebook, 3 Goals
Wednesday, September 14 - Primetime: 5 Questions - Review Class Requirements - Finish "Rules" - Homework: Organize 3 Ring Binder 3 Goals/Accomplishments - Don't forget to try the History Mystery trivia question in the blog section of our website !
Tuesday, September 13 - Primetime: 9 Dots (2nd Try) - Finish Reviewing Class Requirements (Notebook Check: Friday9/16) - Passout "Classroom Discipline Policy" - No Homework
Monday, September 12 - Finish Reading "Info About Me" - Review 9 Dot Answer - Passout Class Requiements / Supplies Handout - Homework: Think about 3 things you would like to accomplish in the future ???
Friday, September 9 - Welcome Back ! - PBIS Intro. - 9 Dot Activity - "Info About Me" Reading - Class Outline - Class Requirements - No Homework !
