Dutch read in the textbook about when England began to create colonies in America. Dutch identified the first English colony Roanoke. Dutch read how and why it was created. Dutch explained why it is considered the "lost colony". Dutch watched a video about different theories of what happened to the colonists and why they maybe disappeared. Dutch wrote the different theories and circled the one he agrees with the most.

Cabo learned about current events. Cabo learned about the Level 1 Space Expedition at the Gardens Mall and the hurricane of 1928 mass burial site that was found in 1991. Cabo also learned that the Church of Bethesda-by-the-sea is the oldest house of worship in Palm Beach County.

Baylie completed the chart on ten Christian missionaries everyone should know. She submitted the assignment to her World History teacher at St. Simon's Christian School. Baylie read the stories of two different mission projects that are currently in place in Asia and Europe. Baylie does excellent work on all of her assignments.

Baylie began the session by reading about ten notable Christian missionaries. After reading a short biography about each one she completed a chart about them.

Baylie and the instructor watched a video on the history of missions. Dr. Howard Culbertson spoke about how missions are mentioned throughout the Bible - both Old and New Testaments. He gave some interesting facts regarding the number of people world-wide who have never heard the name Jesus. After the video Baylie had to respond the several questions about missions. The final question dealt with a time line of missions from 30 AD to 2006 AD. Baylie's work was excellent.

We began today's lesson watching a re-enactment of John Adam's speech arguing for the need to declare independence from the British and form a Republic government "based on laws, not men." Ben was queried on content and vocabulary, and demonstrated good synthesis and analysis of the material. He was able to extrapolate meaning from context clues and offered appropriate synonyms that reflected competent and accurate understanding.

Baylie and the instructor finished watching the video on the life of Elinor Young, a missionary to Papua. After watching the video we discussed Ms. Young's life and service. Baylie wrote a summary of the video and submitted it to her teacher at St. Simon's Christian School.

Baylie completed her essay exam comparing Asian religions and the effect of Christianity on that society. The exam was submitted to her St. Simons Christian School teacher. For the last portion of the session Baylie and the instructor began watching a video called Bad Legs. It is about a missionary and how she served in Asia.

Ben read a text passage about Adams, noting his accomplishments and involvement in events such as the Boston massacre, Continental Congress, the Declaration of Independence, negotiating the Treaty of Paris - which ended the Revolutionary war, and ultimately, seeking the presidency. Ben then viewed a clip reenacting the events. He was interested and remained engaged while watching. It also served to reinforce recently acquired gains in learning.

Baylie continued to work on the Asian essay exam. The majority of the essay is complete, she just needs to write the conclusion and edit the paper. It is due tomorrow.