Governments: Understanding the government of our country, states county, city and towns. Ethan understood the leader of our country, states, county and cities. He did good job naming them and expressing the requirements of naturalization. Great job Ethan

Bobby and I explored the E-studies weekly online and print versions for the Black Seminole Indian tribe and the Seminole Wars. Through this session Bobby examined primary sources (newspaper articles, pictures from the Library of Congress), watched brief videos, read first hand accounts, and took mini-quizzes on each topic.

Change: Change in our lives, the environment, technology, and many things around us. Ethan discussed his life and how it has changed, involving schools, homes, brothers and sister, etc. He made good points how boats and planes have changed. Good lesson Ethan.

Change: How change effects things, places, and ourselves. Time changes our lives and surroundings, including our culture, likes and dislikes. Marina reasoned well with this topic as we discussed change. Very good lesson.

Introduction of the 3 branches of government and how each was created. Student was attentive and excited to begin with new teacher. The major compromises were introduced:
The Great Compromise, the 3/5 Compromise, The Federal Compromise and the Bill of Rights.

Gwendolyn was out sick today. Feel better!

Country, states, counties, cities, towns, suburbs: Marina was shown the difference of each listed in our topic, she was shown the comparative size of each. Great job Marina

Country, state, counties, cities, towns, suburbs: Ethan did a great job recognizing the difference between the above and learn the order by size. Great job Ethan

I had a session planned for Bobby, but he was absent.

Gwendolyn began class by taking a short vocabulary quiz. She earned a 100% on her quiz! Gwendolyn and I then began talking about timelines and what every good timeline needs (a title , internals, dates). Gwendolyn began brainstorming the events she would put on a timeline of her life. She finished class by setting up her timeline. She will add all the important information next class.