SS – Homework 38 due Dec. 7

Founding Fathers

Check out books from the school library and read about the America's Founding Fathers: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and James Monroe and, of course, Benjamin Franklin.

These men left a legacy that has shaped the world. Find out more about them and write a strong paragraph about each of them. Each paragraph should come together with a picture of each founding father.

Recommended websites:

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/revolutionarywar/tp/foundingfathers.htm

http://www.foundingfathers.info/

http://www.biography.com/people/groups/founding-fathers

SS – Homework 37 due Nov. 26

When is Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, which will be on November 26th, 2015.

Learn more about it.

Your job in this homework 37 is:

Visit the suggested websites, read and outline information, and then from the outline write a personal Response on Thanksgiving.

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/turkey.htm

http://www.manataka.org/page269.html

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/first-thanksgiving/

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-greener/the-true-story-of-thanksg_b_788436.html

American Revolution: Battle Of Bunker Hill

STORY: How the Europeans Conquered the Indians

Early European Settlement of North America

SS Activity 03: The Southern Colonies

SS Activity 02: The Middle Colonies