Week of September 16

For class discussion:
author Jerry Spinelli explained in Maniac Magee "the history of a kid is one part fact, two parts legend, and three parts snowball."  How is this also a description of Christopher Columbus? 

Due  Tuesday:
15(5) Effects of Global Contact (491-495)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 491.
Read the "Uniting the World" reading on page 491. What did Adam Smith say were the two greatest and most important events in world history? Why were they so important?
Look at the picture on 492. What two sources do the Spanish credit their victory in the new world? Read tulipmaina? Where and why did it occur and what year did it crash?
Read Comparing viewpoints on page 494. What was the cause of the trade war?
Why do you think this was an important commodity during the "Age of Sail"?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences OR questions #3,4,6 on page 481 in complete sentences.

Due Thursday:
15(2): Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Americas (477- 481)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 477.
Read Witness History (477) What did Las Casas say overshadowed the deeds of the famous men?
Why do you think Native American figures are included in the painting with the Magi on page 478?
What is pictured on page 479? How can you tell this is a vital part of town life in Mexico?
What populations of Spanish America are growing in the pie graph pictured on page 480?
What smuggled commodity is pictured on page 481?  Why do you think this was an important commodity during the "Age of Sail".
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences OR questions #3,4,6 on page 481.

 Due Friday
15(3)Struggle for North America (482-486)
Identify the terms, people, and places listed on page 482.
Read A piece of the past on page 482. What was discovered in a newly plowed field in 1867?
Read the biography on page 483. What was Jacques Cartier sent to find by the French king?
Look at the picture on page 484, what were English settlers promised in Virginia? Why do you think John Smith in Jamestown later said "those who do not work do not eat."
Read page 485, answer map skills questions #2+3.
Answer Comprehension questions #3-6 on page 486 OR 3 checkpoint questions in complete sentences.