Our journey through American History this year begins on the eve of independence. BUT, just because we are beginning there doesn't mean you know how we got there! So, your first SOS activity is a review of the past. Click the Scott Foresman link:
http://www.sfsocialstudies.com/g5/ and complete the following
three activities; EARLY LIFE EAST AND WEST, CONNECTIONS ACROSS CONTINENTS, and COLONIAL LIFE IN NORTH AMERICA. Once you have completed all three activities, return to the blog and post a reflection answering the following questions:
1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of.
2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye."
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ReplyDelete1.I was knew about the Aztec one first because of the head. I didn't know that the Iroqouis made the moccasins.
ReplyDelete2.Christopher Columbus was from Spain and he set out to find the West Indies when he actually found America.
3.The city that was eye opening to where its name came from was that St. Louis was a French colony name. I would have thought that St. Louis was a British colony because it sounded like a British colony name.
1.Aztec. They would sacrufise hearts to there gods.Clothing?
ReplyDelete2.Fedric magellin. ?
3. san deago.warnth
1.I new most about the Aztec because of the sculptures. The Kwakiutl was interesting because their clothes were made out of tree bark. It kept them rain proof.
ReplyDelete1. Probably the native group that I was most knowledgeable would be the Aztec and Pueblo.
ReplyDelete5 Groups were made up of the Iriquois Confederacy: Mohawk, Oneida, Onandaga, Cayuga, and Seneca
The Cheyenne are viewed a lot in movies.
The Kwakitul were fishermen and hunters
2. Christopher Columbus was born in Italy but spent a lot of time in Portugal. Christopher Columbus was trying to find the Indies but found the Bahamas.
3. Quebec is split into 2 sections. It caught my eye because I haven't heard of a city that's split in 2. I've heard of countries but not cities.
1.aztec,because we learned a lot during 6th grad s.s. I wasn't the one in the northwest. We didn't learn a lot about them.
ReplyDelete2.Magglenne his from spain, sailed around the world,he died in the phillipes. He wanted to sail the world.
3.St.louis,because I have been there a lot, and I knew it was a french name because of louis and I remember they were the first to cross the missisippi. I think
1. I was the most knowledgeable on the Aztecs. The Pueblo were descendants of the Anasazi.
ReplyDelete2. Christopher Columbus was from Spain. He intended to find a North Passage Way there the Americas. He actually found The Carribean Islands.
3. Quebec is divided into two sections an upper town and a lower town. It caught my eye my just how far north it is and it's in Canada. I love Canada.
1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of.one of the tribes were in Mexico North Dakota, and Canada, one tribe had a lake and see the pyramid.
ReplyDelete2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.christopher Clombus went from England to America
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye." boson, i didn't know it came from England
I knew the most about the Aztecs. I knew the least about the Kwawiuki. I learned that they had 30 colonies along the Pacific coast.
ReplyDeleteI chose Christopher Columbus. He was born in Italy and lived most of his life in Portugal. He worked for Spain since they where the only ones that would pay for his trip. He was wanting to explore the west and found Haiti and a few other islands.
I found Boston interesting because they have a focus on technology and have about 60 universities.
1.Aztecs and pueblo were most knowledgeable.
ReplyDelete2.columbus was the first european to establish lasting contact between europe and american.he was born in italy.he wanted india and found the bahamas.
3.i didnt think the aztecs were that knowledable.. they dont sound like they would be?
1.I knew right away that Aztec's and Cheyenne. One fact that i found out was Cheyenne was famous for there horse back ridding.
ReplyDelete2.Christopher Colombus was from Italy and he wanted to find the Indee's and he intend for the Bahama's.
3.San Diego..After the Mexican War the United States took prossession of the city.
1.Aztec the built pyrimeds.
ReplyDelete2.Columbus tryed to shorter route to India but found America.
3.New Orleans birth place of Jazz.
1) Cheyenne. Iroquois Confedarcy- made moccasins
ReplyDelete2)Christopher Columbus was from Spain, tried to go to indies and ended up in AMERICA!!
3)Pensilvania - Was the 3rd largest city to know English. I found that interesting because English is the hardest language to learn.
2. Henry Hudson was from the Netherlands and he was the first to sail what is now the Hudson River in New York.
ReplyDelete3. New Orleans is the birth place of jazz and the reason it caught my eye is because I play jazz for school. :)
#!. I knew the most about the Aztec, Cheyenne, Pueblo, and Iroquois Confederacy. One fact about the Kwakiutl is when the Europeans came they had about 30 settlements in British Colombia.
ReplyDelete#2. Henry Hudson. He was from The Netherlands, he was trying to find the shortcut Northeast Passage to Asia. He discovered the Hudson River in New York.
#3. I liked Boston because it has over 60 colleges and universities. It is also a good place for research and technology!
The native group I was knowledgeable of was the Aztecs. The native group that i was least knowledgeable was Iroquois Confederacy. Did you know there were five groups made up at the end of the sixteenth century.
ReplyDeleteChristopher Colombus was born in Italy. He wanted to go to India.They ended up somewhere in the Bahamas.
In Boston there are more than 60 colleges and universities. This place caught my eye because it seemed interesting so i wanted to learn more.
1. I knew the most about Aztec because I like the history or the Aztecs and I also like their stone heads. I was the least knowledgeable about the Iroquois Confederacy. I've never, ever heard of it.
ReplyDelete2. Christopher Columbus was from Spain. He intended to go to Asia. He ended up going to the Americas.
3. I liked Montreal because it's in Canada. Justin Bieber lived in Canada.
1. The Iroquois Confederacy, Aztec, and Cheyenne.Kwakiutl. They where hunters and fisherman
ReplyDelete2.Francisco Vasquez de coronado. and he led the first european exploratio of what is now SW of the U.S.
3.Quebec. It has tow sections a upper and lower town. it was sort of my fav. and it was the last one.
1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of. aztec indians the gruop i learned most about was the iroquois
ReplyDelete2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find. christopher colambas came from spain and intended to find new land and founded caribian islands (america)
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye."
1.pueblo. Aztec because they sent both boys and girls to school
ReplyDelete2.Henry Hudsen
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ReplyDelete1. I knew most about Aztecs
ReplyDeleteI did not no about the kwakiutl and how they lived in canada.
2. cortes was from spain and he want to Aztec
3. st.louis that they were frence and they had a big arch
1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of.
ReplyDeleteWell i knew the iroquois because i knew that they used turqouis alot and the moqosins had turqouise on them. then i learned about the kwakeutl that the used bark to make clothes.
2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.
Henry hudson was from england he was trying to find a northeast passageway to asia he discovered the hudson river.
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye."
Colonists were not allowed to develop there own industries. it caught my eye because i think thats mean.
1. I knew about the Pueblo and the Aztecs. And i was least knowledgeable was the Iroquois Confederacy. I learned there's about 50,000 living in the U.S now.
ReplyDelete2. I chose John Cabot. He was from England he was the first European to reach the Netherlands mainland since the vikings.
3. In 1834 Mexico took over San Diego away from the Spanish.
1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of.I was most knowledgeable about the aztecs.
ReplyDelete2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find. Ferdinand Megellin. He was from Spain.
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye." St. Louis, because it's the coolest town on there and it has the arch there!
1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of.
ReplyDeleteThe three groups I knew right away were Cheyenne, Aztecs, and Pueblo. The other two I figured out by process of elimination.
2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.
Fransisco Pizarro sailed for Spain in Balboa's boat to Hispaniola, which is now present day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He stayed in the Panama area. His first expedition was stopped, and he had to turn around because of weather. His second expedition went farther and reached the swampy coastline region between Colombia and Ecuador. His third expedition went even farther south, into present-day Peru. He met the Inca's and promised friendship. Pizarro lied and the Incas did not even try to protect their land while being invaded, many were killed.
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye."
My favorite fact was the one about Quebec, and the walls built over the upper city. It "caught my eye" because it would be interesting to have a wall surrounding your town. It would also be different to have a split city.
1. I knew most about the Aztecs and one thing I learned is that the Kwakiutl was made up of 30 different settlements.
ReplyDelete2. Hernando de Soto lived in Europe and went on an expedition to the southern united states.
3. I like New Orleans the best because I always remember it as the place of jazz and music and I love the music. And it's actually known as the birthplace as jazz.
1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of.
ReplyDeleteCheyene/ iriqouis confederacy, they were a group of iriqouis tribes that came together
2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.
Christopher Coulumbus/ spain, india, the bahamas.
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye."
New orleans because it was named after a king
1. I knew the most about the Irroqiose because I did a report about them once. I didn't know that the kwatuktle wore bark to keep off rain
ReplyDelete2.Henry Hudson is from England was looking for the arctic but ended up sailing down the Hudson River
3.St. Louis has the Arch, it caught my eye because i went there once.
1. Which Native American group were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group you were least knowledgeable of.
ReplyDeleteI was most knowledgeable of the Aztecs. I was the least knowledgeable about the Kwakiutl, and i learned that they were hunters and fisherman, and became fur traders and sellers.
2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.
Ferdinand Magellan went to Spain. He also led an expedition, and became the first to sail around the world!
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye."
I think its pretty cool how two-thirds of the population in Montreal still speak French on a regular basis. It "caught my eye," because its amazing how they kept there old language!
1. the aztec and the one i didnt no w would be the iorquois they were slipt up into five diffent groups
ReplyDelete2.cariter was the first european from st. lwarence river of presaant day canda.
3. by the 1800 phillidphia was the 3rd lagest eglish state
1. The one i knew about the most was the Aztecs. I learned that the Iroquis confederacy all lived in New York.
ReplyDelete2. Christopher Columbus was from spain. tried to go to the indes.
3.trying to become powerful.
1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of.
ReplyDeleteI was most knowledgeable about the Aztecs.I didn't know the rest of them.Iroquois Confederacy purpose was to out an end to wars. Cheyenne are known for there horseback riding skills and ceremonies, sun dance. the Kwakiutl were hunters and fisherman.
The Pueblo, who were descendants of the Anasazi.
2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.
Columbus was one of the first explorers to reach America. He found land gold and other resourses.
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye." Europeans attacked ships to other countries.
aztec. but i didnt know they sent both boys and girls to school
ReplyDeletehenry hudson...netherlands ... sailed the hudson river(giving the river its name)
all of the ones the spanish found caught my eye because there were so many
1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of. I new about the Aztec but did not know about the Iroquois
ReplyDelete2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.Henry Hudson was from the Netherlands was the first to sail in the Hudson river
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye." Boston
1.I know the most about the Aztecs, Cheyenne, and Pueblo. I learned that the Kwakiutl lived in Canada.
ReplyDelete2.I chose Pizarro, he was from Spain, he intended to find the Inca Empire, and once he found it he took over and betrayed the Inca.
3.I choose Montreal because they still speak french there and I choose it because it sounded unique!
1.Iroquois Confederacy they had the Mohawk indians
ReplyDelete2.Henry Hudson, found hudson river
3.st. Louis and the Arch.
1.The Pueblo. I learned that all the people from the group Iroquois Confederacy live in New York.
ReplyDelete2.Ferdinand Magellan was from Spain and was the first to sail the world.
3.the fact that caught my eye was from Philedelphia by 1800 was the 3rd largest English-speaking world wide.
1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of. I remember learning about them but i dont remember any facts about any of them.Toward 1929, there were only approximately 1,000 Kwakiutl
ReplyDelete2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.born in Italy.west across the Atlantic ocean. and found the bahamas.
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye." Sometimes the mother country did not allow its colonies to trade with other countries.it cuaght my eye because it seem starnge but also make since at the same time.
1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of.
ReplyDeletethe aztecs were the group i was most knowledgeable of i didnt know of the kwakiutl
2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.
christopher columbus was from spain
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye."
1 Aztec because they had stone faces and that they did fishing.
ReplyDelete2. Christopher Caulumbus because they live in Italy and then went to Spain.
3. Santa Fe because i didn't know that it was a spanish conlinie
1. I knew the most about the aztecs. I learned that the iroquois confederacy lived in what is now new York.
ReplyDelete2.Ferdinan Magellen was from Spain and he led a voyage around the world.
2. San Diego
1.Aztecs. I didn't know much about the kwak and a fact is that Canada is also know as British Columbia. 2.Christopher Columbus, he was from Spain, he went to Asia
ReplyDelete1. Which Native American group(s) were you most knowledgeable of? Then, state one fact you learned about the group(s) you were least knowledgeable of.
ReplyDeleteAztec. The Kwakiutl had thirty settlements along the Pacific coast.
2. Choose one explorer from the list and explain where they were from, where did they intend to go, and what did they actually find.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa is from Spain and had no intentions on any certain areas. He traveled to Hispaniola and Panama.
3. Choose and share your favorite fact about one of the American cities from the map. Explain why it "caught your eye."
1. I knew a little about the aztecs. I did not know the main purpose of the Iriquos was to end wars.
ReplyDelete2. Hernando Cortez he was from Hispaniola and searched for the treasures of the aztecs and found the aztecs.
i learned that the Pueblo lived in adobe houses.
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