Review: Regions of Colonial America

Another section of Unit 4 that is typically tough for students relates to the regions of Colonial America.  For each area/region, students should be knowledgeable in the following areas :

*Geography & Climate

*Social Life

*Political & Civic Life

*Specializations

*Natural & Human Resources

*Examples of Interdependence

Use the review games below to help you study and master the regions for the upcoming test. 

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Areas of Colonial America Review Quiz
Areas of Colonial America Battleship

Areas of Colonial America Jeopardy

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Colonization Quiz

Today you will be taking a content quiz on Colonial America.  This quiz covers information that you have learned about in class so far in Unit 4.  

Blocks 4B, 6B, 8B

Click here for the Colonization Quiz

Colonization Quiz

Today you will be taking a content quiz on Colonial America.  This quiz covers information that you have learned about in class so far in Unit 4.  

Blocks 1A & 3A

Click here for the Colonization Quiz

Block 7A

Click here for the Colonization Quiz

Colonization Quiz Review Games

Use the games and quizzes below to review the material we have covered so far in Unit 4 on Colonization.  If you are only using games to review please make sure you play ALL of the games and quizzes below.  They all cover different information so play them all and continue to study your notes for a full review!! 

QUIZ:

 WEDNESDAY, 11/20 (A Day Classes)

THURSDAY, 11/21 (B Day Classes)

Colonization Quiz Jeopardy

Colonization Quiz Hangman

Colonization Quiz Millionaire

Colonization Quiz Battleship

Colonies Battleship

Colonies Map Practice

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Make sure your map is completed if you didn't finish it in class!!!

In 1607...

We sail the open sea... for Glory, God & Gold and the Virginia Company!

As an introduction to our Colonization Unit today in class we listened to the Virginia Company of London song from Disney's Pocahontas.  We discussed the lyrics of the song and how they directly relate to the Virginia SOLs we are covering in class.  Here is a clip of the video to practice at home :)

Unit 4 Vocabulary Review

Today, students started working on their Unit 4 Vocabulary.  Use the games and practice quizzes below to help you become familiar with the key terms in this unit :)
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Unit 4 Vocabulary Battleship

Unit 4 Vocabulary Hangman
Unit 4 Vocabulary Millionaire

Unit 4 Vocabulary Jumbled Words

Unit 4 Vocabulary Practice Quiz

Unit 4 Vocabulary Pre-AP Practice Quiz

Unit 3 Test

Today you will be taking your test on Unit 3 (Exploration).  READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY...WORK HARD...DO YOUR BEST!!!  

Good luck!

Blocks 4B, 6B, 8B

Click here for the Unit 3 Test

Unit 3 Test

Today you will be taking your test on Unit 3 (Exploration).  READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY...WORK HARD...DO YOUR BEST!!!  

Good luck!

Blocks 1A & 3A

Click here for the Unit 3 Test

Block 7A

Click here for the Unit 3 Test

Unit 3 Test Review Quizzes

LAPTOP REVIEW
For the laptop review, you must first complete the Review Quizzes 1 & 2 listed below with the score of a 85% or higher.  After completing the quiz play the Challenge Board (Jeopardy) game listed below by yourself .  When you are finished you can try to improve your Challenge Board/Jeopardy score or play any of the other Unit 3 Test Review games listed below.

Quiz Review #1

Quiz Review  #2

Unit 3 Test Review Games

Use the games below to help you study for your Unit 3 Test on 

FRIDAY, November 8 (A Day Classes)

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MONDAY, November 11 (B Day Classes)

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Unit 3 Challenge Board/Jeopardy
Unit 3 Test Hangman

Unit 3 Test Review Quiz
Unit 3 Test Jeopardy

Unit 3 Test Millionaire

Unit 3 Test Pop-up.

Unit 3 Content Quiz

Today you will be taking the Unit 3 Content Quiz.  

Blocks 4B, 6B, & 8B

Click here for the Unit 3 Quiz

GOOD LUCK!

Unit 3 Content Quiz

Today you will be taking the Unit 3 Content Quiz.  

Blocks 1A & 3A

Click here for the Unit 3 Quiz.

Block 7A

Click here for the Unit 3 Quiz

GOOD LUCK!

Mariner's Museum-Age of Exploration

AGE OF EXPLORATION

Go off and explore the Mariner's Museum website.  There are lots of cool resources available on this page!  Find out more information about the explorers themselves, the ships they traveled on, and the tools they used in order to not get lost!  There is also a section for games located under the RESOURCES tab.

Click here to access the Mariner's Museum website

Unit 3 Quiz Review Games

Use the following review games to review the first sections we have discussed on European Exploration. 

Below you will find the topics that will be covered on the quiz: 
*The relationship between West Africa & Portugal
*Cultural Interactions between the French, Spanish & English and the American Indians
*Unit 3 Vocabulary

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Unit 3 Quiz #1 Battleship

Unit 3 Quiz #1 Millionaire

Unit 3 Quiz #1 Pop-up

Unit 3 Quiz #1 Columns

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Look at the drawings below.  Use them as a visual reminder of how each European group positively OR negatively interacted with the American Indians already living in North America.

Unit 3 Vocabulary Review

Use the games below to help review the important vocabulary terms in Unit 3.

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Unit 3 Vocabulary Hangman

Unit 3 Vocabulary Millionaire

Unit 3 Vocabulary Practice Quiz

Unit 3 Vocabulary Pre-AP Practice Quiz

Test: Unit 2-American Indians

Today students will be taking their Unit 2 Test in History class.   Please remember to take your time and do your best!
GOOD LUCK!!!

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Blocks 4B, 6B, & 8B

Click here for the Unit 2 Test

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Test: Unit 2-American Indians

Today students will be taking their Unit 2 Test in History class.   Please remember to take your time and do your best!
GOOD LUCK!!!

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Blocks 1A & 3A
Click here for the Unit 2 Test

Block 7A
Click here for the Unit 2 Test

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Unit 2 Test Review Quizzes

The test on Unit 2 is next 

TUESDAY, October 8th (A Day classes) 

and 

WEDNESDAY, October 9th  (B Day classes)!!!  Use the review quizzes below to help prepare for the upcoming test.

Complete each review quiz:
--Review Quiz #1 and score a 90% or above;
--Review Quiz #2 and score a 100% or above.  

Review Quiz #1 

Review Quiz #2

When you have finished with BOTH quizzes you may play any of the review games listed in the posts below.

 

Unit 2 Test Review Games

The test on Unit 2 will be next 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8th (A Day classes) 

and 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9th (B Day classes).  Use the review  games below to help prepare for the upcoming test.

Unit 2 Test Battleship

Unit 2 Test Millionaire

Unit 2 Test Jeopardy

Unit 2 Resources Review

Unit 2 Test Hangman

Unit 2 Indians Hangman

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Resources Review

In class, we have discussed the different types of resources in the world around us.  We then discussed the different types of resources used by the American Indian tribes we have been talking about in class.  The types of resources we discussed are:

Natural: Come directly from nature

Human: People (or humans!) working to produce goods & services

Capital: Good produced and used to make other goods & services

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Use the Resources Review Quiz below to make sure you fully understand the different types of resources!

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Click here for the Resources Review Quiz
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Unit 2 Vocabulary Review

The Unit 2 Vocabulary Activity is due by 

FRIDAY, 9/27  (A Day Classes)

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MONDAY, 9/30 (B Day Classes)

Use the review games and practice quizzes to help you learn these key words in Unit 2.

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Unit 2 Vocabulary Battleship

Unit 2 Vocabulary Hangman

Unit 2 Vocabulary Matching

Unit 2 Vocabulary- Practice Quiz Matching

Unit 2 Vocabulary- Practice Quiz Pre-AP

Also, today in class we discussed Cactus Hill, one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America.  Evidence was found that humans lived there as long as 18,000 years ago!  In class, students will work on illustrating Cactus Hill and the dig site there.

Test: Unit 1 Geography

 Today students will be taking their first Unit Test in History class.  

Blocks 4B, 6B & 8B

Click here for the Unit 1 Test

Test: Unit 1 Geography

 Today students will be taking their first Unit Test in History class.  

Blocks 1A & 3A

Click here for the Unit 1 Test

Block 7A

Click here for the Unit 1 Test

Unit 1 Test Review Quizzes

UNIT 1 REVIEW QUIZZES

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You must first take the Review Quiz #1 listed below and score 85% or higher.  (You may take it as many times as you need to achieve this score.)  After finishing Review Quiz #1, you may move on to  Review Quiz #2.  When you have scored an 85% or higher on Review Quiz #2 you may play any of the Unit 1 Review Games.  
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Review Quiz #1

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Review Quiz #2

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EXTRA TICKET OPPORTUNITY!!!

Use the following quiz as practice for the test you will be taking on Unit 1 on Monday, 9/23 (A Day classes) or Tuesday, 9/24 (B Day classes).  You only have ONE attempt at this quiz so read the questions carefully and use your notes (if needed).  Students who make a 90% or better on this practice quiz will receive 2 tickets during our next class meeting : )

Unit 1 Test Review Quiz #3

***Make sure you enter your first and last name in order to get credit for the quiz.***

Unit 1 Test Review Games

Unit 1 Test Review Games

Use the games below to help prepare for your upcoming test on Unit 1.  

A Day Classes will take the Unit 1 Test on 

Monday, September 23rd

B Day Classes will take the Unit 1 Test on

Tuesday, September 24th

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Unit 1 Test Millionaire

Unit 1 Test Jeopardy

Unit 1 Geographical Regions Battleship
Unit 1 Geographical Regions Map Practice

Unit 1 Geographical Regions Practice Quiz

Unit 1 Rivers Practice Quiz

Unit 1 Continents & Oceans Practice Quiz

Geographic Regions of North America

This week in class we began learning about the 8 Geographic Regions of North America.  Use the games below to review the material we discussed in class.

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Geographic Regions Map Practice Quiz

Geographic Regions Practice Quiz
Geographic Regions Battleship

Unit 1 Test Millionaire

Unit 1 Test Jeopardy

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Geographic Regions Song
You will be a PRO at your Geographic Regions if you learn all of the words to this song!  What fun, you can dance the Macarena too!

Quiz: Geography (Bodies of Water/Rivers)

Today you will be taking your first content quiz in U.S. History.  Don't forget that if you are unhappy with your score you can see Mrs. Peters to study and retake it!

GOOD LUCK!

Blocks 4B, 6B, 8B

Click here for the Geography Quiz

Click here for the 50 States Map Quiz

Quiz: Geography (Bodies of Water/Rivers)

Today you will be taking your first content quiz in U.S. History.  Don't forget that if you are unhappy with your score you can see Mrs. Peters to study and retake it!

GOOD LUCK!

Blocks 1A & 3A

Click here for the Geography Quiz

Click here for the 50 States Map Quiz

Block 7A

Click here for the Geography Quiz

Click here for the 50 States Map Quiz

Bodies of Water/Rivers Quiz Review Games

Listed below are some review games to help you prepare for the Bodies of Water/Rivers Geography Quiz that will be on 
Wednesday, September 11th (A day classes)

and

Thursday, September 12th (B day classes).  

These review games and practice quizzes are an EXCELLENT way to help you prepare for your quiz!

STUDY HARD!

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Geography Quiz #1 Hangman

Geography Quiz #1 Battleship

Geography Quiz #1 Millionaire
Continents & Oceans Practice Quiz
Bodies of Water Facts Practice Quiz

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Geography Review Games

Continents & Oceans Review Games

Continents

Continents & Oceans

Continents & Oceans (Cartoon Version)

Continents & Oceans Review #2

Latitude & Longitude Review Games

Treasure Hunt-Latitude & Longitude

World Map-Plotting Latitude & Longitude points

Latitude & Longitude Review

U.S. History Pre-Test

Today, you will be taking a pre-test of the content we will be covering in our U.S. History class this semester.  You ARE NOT expected to do well as you have NOT learned much of this information yet.  It will simply be used as a way for me to collect data from the beginning of the semester and compare it to the end of the semester after we have completed all of our units. 

Do your best, but remember this WILL NOT count as a grade!!!

Click here for the U.S. History I Pre-Test

Name that State!

Click the link below to see how many of the 50 states in the U.S. you can correctly identify.  

***Note***  

You can select the difficulty level (easy, medium, hard) before playing the game. 

Challenge yourself!

Name that State

Unit 1 Vocabulary Review Games

Below are some games you may use at home to help review the important terms in Unit 1. 

Unit 1 Vocabulary Hangman

Unit 1 Vocabulary Battleship 

Unit 1 Practice Vocabulary Quiz

Unit 1 Practice Vocabulary Quiz Pre-AP

You will be having a vocabulary quiz on the terms for Unit 1 on:

Thursday, 8/29 (A Day classes)

Friday, 8/30 (B Day classes)

Unit 1 Vocabulary

Today, students were given key vocabulary terms for Unit 1.  For each vocabulary word students should:

*List 1 thing the word is like (SYNONYM)

*List 1 thing the world is NOT like (ANYONYM)

*Write a sentence using the vocabulary term (Remember, capitalization, punctuation, and GOOD CONTEXT CLUES to show me you know the meaning of the vocabulary term)

VOCABULARY BOXES ARE DUE ON:

FRIDAY, 8/23 (A Day classes)

MONDAY, 8/26 (B Day classes)

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE VOCABULARY TERMS THAT MAY HELP YOU IF YOU NEED A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE WORD.

Welcome to 6th Grade History!!!

Welcome to Mrs. Peters' History class! I will use this blog as a way for communication with parents and students. I will frequently post reminders about upcoming tests and quizzes, review games to help you study, and what we are working on in class. Please feel free to post comments and questions about assignments or anything else we are working on. I am looking forward to a GREAT year!

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