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Monday, January 25, 2016

Monday January 25, 2016

Today we spent the entire period reviewing for our semester.   Tomorrow students will be taking the essay part of the semester test.   Then on Wednesday students will be taking the multiple choice part of the test.   I am including the essays below to give students a chance to be prepared for the essay portion of test.

60% Part 1 –Themes (Short Answer) Using the examples and notes studied in class, choose four of the following questions to answer
Geography:   Describe the climate in which you live. Compare your climate with at least two other climate areas of the United States.

Native of Americans:  Choose three Native American cultures.  Explain how the climate and the resources influenced their culture, include housing, dress and any other adaptation you can think of.
Age of Columbus:  Explain how the voyages of Columbus and the Columbian Exchange marked a turning point in the history of the Americas. Include details from the chapter in your explanation.

The Colonies:   Choose one colony from each of the following regions: New England, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. Compare and contrast life in these three colonies.

Trouble in the Colonies:   Choose one of the following laws: the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, or the Townshend Acts. Suppose that you are a mediator between the colonists and the British government. Write a short report that explains each side’s position with regard to that law and suggests an acceptable.

Trouble in the Colonies:  Colonists based their opposition to the actions of the British Parliament on principles that they believed violated their rights as British citizens. Explain how each of the following acts violated citizens’ rights, according to the colonists: the Stamp Act, writs of assistance, the Quartering Act.


Revolutionary War:  Several factors contributed to the Patriot victory in the Revolutionary War. Choose the three factors that you consider most important to the American victory, and explain how each one affected the war’s outcome.

1 comment:

  1. To study should we answer four of these questions in the Tree format then..?

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