Honors Updated Snow Day Homework

Hello Lovely People,

In class I mentioned two NEW homework assignments:
- map
- reading

MAP is due on the day of the test (next Tuesday).
Instructions for the map:
- label ALL states, no capitals, no cities, no anything else!
- color-code the regions based off of THIS map:  http://www.ducksters.com/geography/us_states/us_geographical_regions.php

When coloring, use different colors for each region and put those colors in the key. Make sure to follow all of the mapping rules.

READING is due on Friday
For the reading, read the entire packet and be prepared to discuss the following topics
- describe Grandfather, Carl, Jody (think about each of them as a representation for their generation, what do they have in common? different? what seems to make them tick? could they be symbols for something?)
- why is this reading historically relevant?
- what is "westering"?

We will discuss the reading AFTER some Wild West Speed Dating.

Stir-Crazy!!

Good Evening Lovely Students,

I hope y'all haven't gone stir-crazy yet! We all get to sleep in tomorrow though - yeah! :)

Unfortunately this means we are going to PLOW through (pun intended) our notes and activities tomorrow and push super fast through this unit. Good thing, this is a baby unit and doesn't tend to have a TON on the NCFE. :)

I am reworking some future units though to shorten stuff up, and you can check out the links above to the Unit Syllabus for your respective courses to see what has been changed. Due dates and activities have been squished, but don't worry - we'll still have fun with a little dabbling in Wild West mythology.

Over this second break I enjoyed some quality R&R as well as planning and thinking for the semester. I hope you guys are all super rested and ready to go, because even though we just met I think I miss y'all already ;)

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