1. TasksDue DateComments Bring Notebook & NetbookEveryday Read Syllabus & Take NotesFri, Aug 31Netschool QuizFri, Aug 31Info covered the last four days Tues, Aug 28Objective: Getting to Know Each Other & Expectations Closing: List top 3 items that will help you be successful in class Warm UP (7 minutes) 1.Pick-up Folder from Table. 2.Sit in Your Assigned Seat. 3.Write Your Name and Number on Folder 4.Complete Student Inventory 1.Share

2. Respect Yourself Respect Each Other Respect This Classroom Rules

3. Netbook Composition/Spiral for taking notes Pencil/Pen Homework (if necessary) What Should I Bring to Class?

4. Privileges Gum- Chew IT Only, IPODs – Listen only during Independent study time or when I give you permission –Earbuds –wear only when listening to IPOD Small Snacks Passes PAT

5. Pre-AP Tues, Aug 28Objective: Getting to Know Each Other & Expectations Any Questions Closing: List top 3 items that will help you be successful in class in Notebook

6. Wed Aug 29 Warm UP – (5 minutes) Objective: Locate places and regions of importance in the United States 17 th, 18 th, and 19 th Centuries Closing: If you were a settler coming to the New World, which region would you settle and how would you adapt to the environment? TasksDue DateComments Bring Notebook & NetbookEveryday Read Syllabus & Take NotesFri, Aug 31Netschool QuizFri, Aug 31Info covered the last four days 1.Pick-up Discipline Sheet, write name and NUMBER 2.Power-on your Netbooks 1.Go to http://netschool.nisdtx.org/http://netschool.nisdtx.org/ 2.Login with your student login information 3.Click Middle School 4.Click Social Studies 5.Click 8 th grade 6.Click 8 th Pre – AP US History – Aroach 7.Put in your “Enrollment Key” – Refer to board 8.Click on “Syllabus”

7. Write Your Name, Pre-AP US History, Class Period, & 2012-2013 on the cover of your NOTEbook. 1.Title the first page Table of Contents (TOC) 2.Draw a three-column table with the headings Page #, Title, and Date 3.Leave the next 5 pages blank, this is for your TOC 4.On the next blank page, number it 1 and title it “Important Landforms and Regions in the US 17 th -19 th Century 5.Update TOC Notebook setup

8. TODAY’s Activity Map Activity Objective: Locate landforms and regions of importance in the United States 17 th, 18 th, and 19 th Centuries Closing: If you were a settler coming to the New World, which region would you settle and how would you adapt to the environment?

9. “Sea to Shining Sea”

10. US Geography Basics Third largest country in the world. Share of world land area (1990): 6.2% One third the size of Africa. Half the size of South America.

12. Thurs Aug 30 Warm UP – 5 minutes 1.Notebook: Title page #2 – Geography 2.Write the keywords of the statement and the answer 1. The capitol of the United States is.... a.Washington state b.Austin c.Orleans d. Washington D.C. 2. The Mountain range that lies on the Eastern side of the United States is... a.Rockies b. Appalachians c. Sierra Nevada d. Alps 3. The Mountain range that lies on the Western side of the U.S. and is known as the continental divide is known as... a.Alps b. Rockies c. Urals d. Appalachians 4. The river that starts in Minnesota and drains out of Louisiana into the Gulf and also was a major transportation and trade route is known as... a.Missouri River b. Mississippi River c. Rio Grande d. Ohio River Objective: Describe the physical characteristics of the regions and how humans adapt Closing: How would you adapt to a new area TasksDue DateComments Bring Notebook & NetbookEveryday Read Syllabus & Take NotesFri, Aug 31Netschool QuizFri, Aug 31Info covered the last three days

13. TODAY’s Activity 1.Using Pages 3 & 10 of the textbook and your knowledge of social studies, complete the following on your map for each region (10 minutes) Climate Soil Natural Resources How they made a living 2.Adaptations (5 mins) 3.Closing---on page 2, answer the following statement (10 mins): Select a region and explain in one sentence how you would adapt? Objective: Describe the physical characteristics of the regions and how humans adapt Closing: How would you adapt to a new area

14. Rivers and Bodies of Water Mississippi R. Ohio R. Missouri R. Rio Grande R.

15. The Mississippi River: America’s Great River Road The Mississippi River: America’s Great River Road The “Big Muddy”, “Mighty Miss” 2,350 miles. Draining all or part of 31 states & 2 Canadian provinces. Covers 40% of the U. S.

16. Missouri RiverOhio River Rio Grande River

17. Mountains & Plateaus Appalachian Mts. Rocky Mts..

18. Appalachian Mountains

19. Rocky Mountains

20. The Contour of the US

22. The Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth.SuperiorMichiganHuron ErieOntarioEarth

25. Fri Aug 31 Warm UP – (8 minutes) Quiz Objective: Analyze social studies information by finding the main idea and summarizing Closing: Describe a time in your life when history was important. TasksDue DateComments Bring NotebookEveryday QuizTODAYInfo covered the last three days

26. TODAY’s Activity 1.Current Event Analysis Article – “2 Hood County girls arrested over fake Facebook page” 2.Share 3.Closing Objective: Analyze social studies information by finding the main idea and summarizing Closing: What is your reaction or opinion to the article

27. TODAY’s Activity 1.Article Analysis Article- “Why Study History?” 2.Discuss & Share 3.Closing Objective: Analyze social studies information by finding the main idea and summarizing Closing: Describe a time in your life when history was important.