Ohio River

You are a colonist in the New World.  You and your family have decided to move west in order to gain more land.  You need to describe what your journey was like through the Allegheny Mountains and finally to the Ohio River.  What was the land like?  Did you see any other people out there?  What were the First Americans like, friendly or hostile?  Where did you finally decide to settle?  What are you now doing for a living?  What is your life like?

I want you to write a short story and tell me about your adventures.  You need to use your best grammar and be creative.  This should be a few paragraphs and it should answer all the questions I asked above and more.

Geographical Regions

Which geographical region do you think is the most important to the U.S.?  Why?

Continents

Which of the 7 continents would you like to live in and why?

Articles of Confederation vs. The Constitution

Which document do you think created a better government?  Why did you pick what you did?   Use evidence from the "Blue Packet" to back-up your opinion.

Regions

Which of the 8 geographical regions would you most like to live in?  Tell me why you would want to live in that particular region based on the things we learned about it in class (what is on your "Blue packet").

Confused?

Tell me one topic we have discussed this year that has you confused.  Also, tell me what you do remember about the topic.  Finally, tell me what confuses you about the topic.  You write about more than one topic if you wish.

Reconstruction

How do you think the North should have treated the South after the Civil War?  Do you think they should have been oppressive (strict) or lenient (easy)?  Tell me why.