Monday, October 1st, 2012
On Friday, we studied the colonies. We got into groups of four and were supposed to use voki.com to create little people to illustrate life in each of the three regions of the colonies, which are New England, middle colonies, and Southern colonies. Unfortunately, the website didn't work with the devices in my group, so we drew ours out on paper! It was confusing looking at all the different maps, but drawing everything out and trying to make it in time for the end of class was super fun. Today, we did a massive bit of reading on George Washington's French and Indian War. We would read a little in groups, then Mr. Boyle would stop us and summarize, which I was thankful for because I understood almost none of what was on the essay otherwise. Part of that was because it was so long. We didn't quite finish, but Mr. Boyle summed up the rest while we took notes. From this point, we're going to connect it to the beginning of the revolutionary war, because the taxes resulting from the French Indian war are the same taxes that start the revolution. I think. I suppose I'll find out on Wednesday.
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