7th Grade - Journals 21-30

Journal 21 - Why did cargographers depend on exploreres to help them make maps?

Journal 22 - Why did Europeans migrate to and settle in North America?

Journal 23- Write a letter to an explorer who searched for a Northwest passage. Explain why this discovery is important to your nation.

Journal 24 - Describe the first two attempts of English colonizations in North America.

Journal 25 - How were Indian and European ideas of land ownership different?

Journal 26 - Free Write

Journal 27 - Free Write

Journal 28 - Who were the Puritans? Who were the Pilgrims?

Journal 29 - Why was the Mayflower Companct an important document?

Journal 30 - Describe the history of New York using the following words: New Amsterdam, New Netherland, New York, King Charles II, England, proprietary colony, 1664.

8th Grade - Journals 41-50

Journal 41 - What should a country do to ensure that its trade routes and political influence are secured?

Journal 42 - A reason often given for taking territory was that the backward people who lived there needed the blessings of civilization. Would you agree with that attitude? Why?

Journal 43 - How would you convince a group of friends to play a game by your rules?

Journal 44 - Knowing about how the Panama Canal was built, and how the U.S. got Hawaii, describe how the U.S. was behaving towards other contries. (provide 2 pieces of evidence)

Journal 45 - Describe how the Panama Canal was built.

Journal 46 - What were the causes of the Spanish American War? What were the outcomes and effects of the Spanish American War?

Journal 47 - What do you do when you need food and clothes in 2013? How about in 1813?

Journal 48 - Why were railroads so important to the future of a town in the 19th Century? What would be the modern equivalent of the railroad?

Journal 49 - Describe and give examples of horizontal and vertical integration.

Journal 50 - Which invention discussed in class fascinates you? Why?

Journals 41-50 due: Thursday, May 9, 2013.