Online Challenge - How many countries can you name in 12 minutes!

http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/how-many-countries-can-you-name.php

Prompt: Read the following article.

www.foxnews.com

Prompt:  Analyze the political cartoon and answer the following questions in the COMMENT section below to prepare for our class discussion today.
1. Who do you think the man with the net represents?  What is your evidence for this claim?
2. Who do you think the flying beetles represent?  What is your evidence for this claim?
3. What historical event do you think is being portrayed in this cartoon?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/20/pennsylvania-man-charged-in-flag-desecration/?intcmp=latestnews

Overview of the Early American Civilizations
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/worldhistory/gwh2003/content.php4/442/1

Prompt:  Read Section 2 and Section 3.  Answer the following two questions in the COMMENT box below:

1)After the European explorers landed in the Americas, do you think the native societies had any chance to continue to thrive?  Defend your response using evidence from the text.  (Expectation: 50-75 words).

Today, you're going to learn to set up your Classroom Blog!

When each student has access to his or her Chromebook, your blog can act as a:

• Prompt page
• Article source
• Discussion thread
• Website link launchpage
• Photo Analysis sourcepage
• and more!

If you can type on Microsoft Word or Google Docs, you can blog!

Let's get started!

Prompt: Choose one of the sites linked below.  Explore that site and then comment below:

1. Which site did you choose?
2. How could this site be helpful to you?

Sites:
Geography Game:  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm
Age of Exploration Museum Site: http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/
Declaration of the Rights of Man: http://www.columbia.edu/~iw6/docs/dec1793.html