New Teacher Orientation

7th & 8th Grade HistoryHistory7th/8th
Assigned: Oct 13, 2025
In class

Assignment Description

-Welcome new teacher and make acquaintance with students.

-In honor of Christopher Columbus Day (10/13), recap on Christopher Columbus' motivations for exploration and his first voyage:
-Land of Hope: Pages 8-9
Discussion:
-Why were the Spanish willing to take a chance on Columbus' plan?
-What were Columbus assumptions for landing in what he thought were "the Indies"?
-How did Columbus' European concept of land ownership conflict with the Indigenous peoples' communal understanding? How would this set up for the colonialization of the rest of the Americas?

-Recapped pages 95-108:
-Emergence of two-party system
-Precedent of Marbury vs Madison, comparison to 1973 Roe vs Wade and 2022 overturn.

Student Progress

Student Status Completed Actions
AW
Andrew Woodlee
Ambrose
Pending
AM
Archer Matthews
Aquinas
Complete Oct 14, 3:29 PM
CW
Caleb Whelan
Augustine
Pending
JW
Josiah Woodlee
Ambrose
Pending
KG
Keene Garrett
Athanasius
Pending