Bella wrote about the theme of trust. She then read and analyzed the next chapter of Escape from Camp 14. She watched an interview with the author as he discussed the protagonist of this nonfiction novel. She continued her vocabulary study.

N/A was double booked

We learned about the difference between accuracy and precision. We also learned about percent error and how to calculate it.

European nations fought to establish their own empires in North America. Today we learned about their motivations for exploring, key people involved and the places they explored, and the failed colonies of France and England. Beginning in the 1400s, explorers from just about every seafaring European nation sought the legendary cities of gold. These explorations were paid for by rich European merchants or monarchs with their own motives; they wanted to catch up with Spain. An economic policy called mercantilism dominated the era, in which nations competed for the most favorable balance of trade. The goal was to amass the most silver and gold. After 1492, we know Spain had an extensive colonial empire, mostly in Central and South America, that was making them wealthy under mercantilism. It wasn't just the resources in the colonies that made Spain rich. By dominating South America, Spain had control of the only known western route to Asia, at the southern tip of the continent. So the other European merchants and monarchs really wanted to find a fast, safe, western route to Asia that completely avoided Spanish territory. This goal became known as the Northwest Passage. When England begins to search for this passage, they send explorer John Cabot, but he only got as far as what is today Newfoundland.
Sailing for France, Giovanni da Verrazzano made three trips, exploring most of the North American coastline, as well as South America and many Caribbean islands. He didn't find the Northwest Passage or any cities of gold, but his knowledge was instrumental in creating a widely distributed outline map of the east coast of the continent. Jacques Cartier was also sent by the king of France to find a Northwest Passage, but he too, was unsuccessful. Sir Francis Drake, an English pirate, aka 'Sea Dog,' finally turned the tide of world history in favor of England. He sailed around the world for Queen Elizabeth. What Francis Drake managed to carry back to England, with only one surviving ship and a third of his men, was still twice the Queen's income for a year. This bounty led Queen Elizabeth to consider establishing a permanent New World colony of her own, as a base for launching even more raids. Five years later in 1585, Sea Dog Sir Walter Raleigh financed a group of settlers to a small island called Roanoke off the coast of Virginia. A delayed supply ship didn't get back to Roanoke until 1590. The village was abandoned without sign of obvious struggle, and without human remains, eliminating the likelihood of war or disease. The word 'Croatoan' engraved on a fence post, and the letters 'Cro' hastily carved into a tree were found. There was a nearby island known as Croatoan, but it couldn't be searched since a hurricane was moving in. Though there are plenty of theories, the fate of the Roanoke settlers is one of history's true mysteries. Founded in Virginia in 1607, Jamestown Settlement began as a new colony in a new world, facing both setbacks and triumphs as it evolved into the site of Virginia's first organized government and the setting of a very lucrative economical staple, John Rolfe's tobacco. In spite of conflict with Native Americans, illnesses, and rough weather, Jamestown managed to succeed until the mid-1700s, leaving a legacy of political foundation and perseverance. The arrival of indentured servants in Jamestown in 1613 ushered in the first recorded enslaved people from Africa in 1619. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the New World, now known as North America. It was founded on May 14, 1607, and located on the northeast bank of the James River. The Jamestown Settlement was slightly southeast of what is known today as Williamsburg, Virginia.

First class with Bella - started with discussion and goals for the class... We then did sun salutations and some light stretching/postures.

We learned about dimensional analysis and how to use conversion factors to convert between units. We also learned the prefix ladder method to convert between metric units.

After Columbus found the New World, even if it was by accident, a wave of explorers went out under the Spanish flag. Off to find riches and glory, these explorers and conquistadors found and conquered much of the new world. After conquering the native people, a system had to be set up for how the land and the people would be ruled and profited off of. In this lesson, we will learn about several explorers and conquistadors, and the encomienda and hacienda system, which was employed by the Spanish in their colonies. Many conquistadors followed Columbus after his discovery of the New World. America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. The hacienda was a land grant from the Spanish crown, usually given to a conquistador. The encomienda system granted people as labor to those who were granted land in the Spanish colonies. We then discussed the Columbian Exchange. We should really ask some other important questions about his 'discovery,' such as: How do you discover a place that is already populated? How do you discover a place for Europe when other Europeans have already been there? What is the Columbian Exchange? The Columbian Exchange is the term used to describe the flow of ideas, people, plants animals, technology, and disease that took place because of Columbus' discovery of the New World. The starting point of the Columbian Exchange is 1492. For all the bad and for all of the good, the world we know today would not exist as we know it without Columbus' discovery. I'm sure someone else would have started the exchange… maybe a year later, a decade, or even a century or two, but it was Christopher Columbus who has lent his name to the Columbian Exchange, and without this exchange of agricultural goods, people, diseases, and ideas, we would have a very different world.

Goals:
Introduction to the class
Go over the 9 elements of Drawing that we’ll be covering this year...
Brainstorm ideas for project one to catch up with the rest of class...
Choose and print a reference image for project one...
Use light board to trace design...
Start lesson and exercise sketches if there’s time...

Bella watched a Ted Talk by Blaine Harden as he discussed the novel he wrote The Escape from Camp 14. We discussed North Korea, its leadership, and its effects on the North Korean people. She then read, analyzed, and discussed the next chapter of the book.

Goals:
Finish outlines for Lesson 1 Project...
Go over the quarter plan...
Learn how to prepare a project and create a border...