February 2014
M
Homework
W
Homework
F
Homework
4
Read Chapter 3: “October 12th” through “Journey’s End”
5
Snow Day
6
8
Start reading Chapter 4: till “The Portuguese Colonizer”
11
Create two Stump Cards and bring to Class.
Finish reading Chapter 4: through “Guaman Poma Assesses the Conquest”.
13
Start Reading Chapter 5: Through “The Potosí Mine”
15
Finish Reading Chapter 5
17
Topic and Thesis Statement (1)
Discuss Chapter 3
New Laws: 1503 The Casa de contratación decree on treatment of slaves, feudalists vs. regalists, 1518 calculation versus saintliness, 1524 Consejo de las Indias abolishes inheritance, 1528 prohibition of slavery and new encomiendas
Leoncico
Lope de Aguirre
Cabeza de Vaca
Discuss Chapter 4
Last Day for Credit-by-Exam
President's Day
18
Brainstorm possible thesis statement for the Research Paper. Write Thesis Statement. Use the library and generate 10 potential sources for this thesis. Begin preparing Preliminary Bibliography in MLA format.
20
Start reading Chapter 6
22
Finish reading Chapter 6
24
Discuss Chapter 5
Ship Hardships (palindrome)
Portobello Monopoly (homophone)
Sieve - commercial system (metaphor)
Honeycomb = gold mine (metaphor)
25
Start reading Chapter 7
27
Finish reading Chapter 7
Start reading Chapter 8
