Colonial Life

**Test on Tuesday and Thursday this week**
Parents: This week's test will be over life in Colonial America. The students have a few different graphic organizers that they can use to study. The students will be tested on Tuesday and Thursday of this week. Tuesday's test will be over labeling the original 13 Colonies and telling me which colonies make up each region. Every student has a map that we made in class to use to study. Thursday's test will be the weekly test.

Students: Use this link to review your colonies. Click on each colony to see it's facts.
You can do activities and play games with the 13 colonies here.
Use this link to find out what life was like for children and for different workers in Colonial America.

*Next week we will begin reviewing for Posttest 1. It will be given the following week.

Notes for this week's quiz:

Why did settlers want to come to America? economic opportunity and religions freedom
What does religious freedom mean? the freedom to practice whatever religion you want
What is a self-sustaining farmer? a farmer who grows crops for himself
What is a cash crop? crops grown to make money
What is an indentured servant? a person who would work in exchange for a trip to the New World (usually working for 7 years)
What is a navigable river? a river that is deep & wide enough for a ship to get down
What is a plantation? a large piece of land that would include a farm, master's house, and slaves houses

New England Colonies: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, & Rhode Island
-thin, rocky soil that was not good for growing crops
-shipbuilding made the people of New England successful
-not navigable rivers
-self-sustaining farmers
-community minded (they took care of each other; distrusted outsiders)
-against slavery

Middle (Mid-Atlantic) Colonies: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, & Delaware
-flat land that was great for farming; especially grains and wheat
-nicknamed "the bread basket colonies"
-navigable river that allowed them to trade with other regions
-people were open-minded
-people had religious and economic freedom
-against slavery and helped slaves escape the South

Southern Colonies: Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, & Georgia
-flat land that was great for farming
-cash crops made the southern colonies successful: tobacco, indigo, & sugar
-navigable rivers
-people were close-minded and not willing to change
-people lived on plantations
-settlers imported slaves to work on the plantations

European and Native American Conflict

Parents: This week's quiz will be over all of the explorers we learned and a few questions about European and Native American conflict. We will be beginning to learn about the formation of the 13 Colonies this week.

Notes for this week's quiz:
(Use explorer notes posted last week)

How did Pocahontas help the colonists and Native Americans communicate? she translated for them
What did Europeans think they could find in the Americas? gold
What did the Europeans and Native Americans compete for? land
Native Americans had to teach the settlers how to _____________. grow crops

European Explorers

Parents: We have finished Native Americans and are now moving on to European Explorers. We will cover six different explorers over the next two weeks. Next week the students will be tested on basic information about each explorer.
*Every student has a graphic organizer with this information on it.

To learn more about each explorer click on their names.
Christopher Columbus , John Cabot, Juan Ponce de Leon, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Jacques Cartier, Henry Hudson

Notes for this week's quiz:

Christopher Columbus:
-1492
-sponsor was Spain
-His purpose was to sail west to reach Asia.

John Cabot:
-1497
-sponsor was England
-He reached the eastern coast of Canada where fish were plentiful.

Juan Ponce de Leon:
-1513
-sponsor was Spain
-He wanted to find gold and the 'fountain of youth.'
-He ended up in Florida where the Native Americans were.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa:
-1531
-sponsor was Spain
-He was the first to cross Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean.

Jacques Cartier:
-1531
-sponsor was France
-He sailed over 1,000 miles down the St. Lawrence River in Canada.

Henry Hudson:
-1607
-sponsor was England
-He sailed up the Hudson River in New York, but his crew turned against him.

What did a sponsor do for the explorers? paid for their trips

Native Americans: Hopi, Pawnee, and Seminole

To learn more about the Hopi, Pawnee, or Seminole, click their names.

Notes for quiz this week:

The Hopi lived in what region of the US? Southwest
What kind of houses did the Hopi live in? Pueblos
What is a peublo made of? mixture of dried clay
The Pawnee are from what region of the US? Plains
The Pawnee lived in _______________. Teepees
What did the Pawnee do to the buffalo skin they wore? painted it
What region are the Seminole from? Southeast
What kind of houses did the Seminole live in? Chickees
Why did the Seminole build their houses on top of poles? in case it flooded
Since it was so hot in the Southeast, the Seminole people wore ______________ clothing. light

*Parents: Keep reviewing these Native American notes with your children each night. Next week, we will have a cummalitive test on all of the tribes we covered.

Hopi Kochina dolls

Native Americans: Kwakiutl, Nez Perce, and Inuit

We are learning about 6 differnt tribes of Native Americans. So far, we have 3 tribes; Kwakiutl, Nez Perce, and Inuit. Click on the names of these tribes to learn more about them. Each student has a note 'packet' to use to study.

Notes for quiz this week:
What region are the Kwakiutl from? Northwest
What was a major natural resource for the Kwakiutl? Cedar Trees
What region are the Nez perce from? Plateau
What did the Nez Perce use for food and clothing? Deer
How were the Kwakiutl and Nez Perce alike? They both lived in long houses.
What region are the Inuit people from? Arctic
What was one way the Inuit kept warm? They ate whale fat.
What pole is the Arctic close to? North Pole
When it was really cold, what did the Inuit people live in? Igloos
What kinds of food did the Inuit people eat? seal, whale, caribou, and walrus

*Study your 'intersting facts' about each tribe.

Native American Regions

Parents: We are beginning a 3 week unit on Native Americans. We will start by learning the different regions of the US that Native Americans lived in. We are also learning vocabulary for this unit. This weeks test will be over the vocabulary (your children have notes with the terms) and labeling the regions.

Students: Study your vocabulary! Here is a map with the regions. You can click here to go to the site we used in class to learn more about each region.

Vocabulary:

Glaciers: slow moving sheets of ice
When the Native Americans reached Alaska, glaciers blocked their path.

Migration: movement of people that takes place very slowly
The Native Americans migrated from Asia through North and South America.

Archaeologists: scientist who studies cultures of people from long ago
Archaeologists think that a land bridge existed between Asia and Alaska.

Artifacts: objects made by early people
An arrowhead is a Native American artifact.

Descendant: a person's relative who is born after they are
Native American decendants carry on a lot of the traditions from long ago.

Origin Stories: stories about the beginnings of Native American people
In one origin story, the world formed from a single grain of sand.

Ancestors: relatives that came before you
Native Americans have learned origin stories from their ancestors.

Nomads: wanderers who moved from place to place
Many Native Americans were nomads who followed their animals wherever they went.

Agriculture: farming; growing your own crops
When the Native Americans discovered agriculture, they could produce their own crops.

Tribe: group of Native Americans who share the same language and customs
There were over 80 different Native American tribes in the pacific northwest.

Pueblo: Native American homes
Some pueblos were built on the side of cliffs.

Time Line: shows events that took place during a certain period of time
Decade: 10 years
Century: 100 years
Millennium: 1,000 years

Maps and Direction

Parents: This week we are labeling all 50 states on a map. The students have a corresponding T-chart that list all states and their acronyms. We will be studying geography all year. I have asked the students to keep their map and chart in a safe place. If they keep up with it, they will be able to use them on test.

Students: Here are some questions you need to study for this weeks test.

What do all acronyms have to be? capital letters
What ocean is on the western side of the US? Pacific Ocean
What ocean is on the eastern side of the US? Atlantic Ocean
Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia are all in the ____________ region of the US. northeast
Is Mexico north or south of the US? south
Is Canada north or south of the US? north
Political maps show _______________. political units(the way land is divided)
Physical maps show _________________. the way the land looks

*Remember students* I will be asking you what region and what direction different places are . If you do not know how to use your map and t-chart, you need to talk with me. You have to use them for the test!

Never Eat Soggy Waffles:

You also need to know where Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia are located.

Political map of the US

Physical map of the US

United States Map

Please use this map to learn all of your states and state capitals!