Today our seventh graders:
- Continued their analysis of a color-coded Chronology of Spanish Texas, noting how Spanish interest in Texas waxed and waned, based on perceived threats from the French
- Used this map on Spanish Texas to gain further understanding of the concepts
- Asked questions about the Chronology dealing with the French and Indian War, the War of 1812, the Spanish-American War of 1898 (and its leading to the acquisition of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba), and the just-released Senate report on the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation on suspected terrorists
- Were introduced to the historical novel, The Crimson Cap, dealing with the Talon children, survivors of La Salle's French colony at Matagorda Bay (aka "Fort St. Louis)
- Collaborated on the Class Christmas Carol of A Christmas Carol by
- Working together on this Google Doc
- Gathering around the piano in the parish hall and practicing singing our lyrics to 12345's piano accompaniment
Assignments
- Finish reading the Chronology of Spanish Texas
- Reread textbook Ch. 4/Sec. 3 on La Salle's colony
- Read the following in The Crimson Cap:
- Acknowledgments (I added this; sorry, guys.) - page v
- Characters in This Story
- Before
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