cherokee quiz

Please answer these questions for a quiz grade. Post to comments.

1. Sequoia spent 12 years doing what?
2. Cherokee people are know for?
3. Appalacian Mountains include (name 1 state).
4. The Indian Removal Act moved Cherokee people where.
5. Name of President who signed the Indian Removal Act.

Slave narratives

Dear Students,
Today we will be analyzing photographs, artifacts and stories of former slaves.

Please go to these websites to do your research.
http://http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/page.cfm?ID=13921
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snvoices02.html

Use the worksheets to take notes.

Save Darfur

Dear Students,
This week we are learning about the genocide in Darfur. You are welcome to stay after school Wednesday, March 5th to paint Tents of Hope panels that will go to Darfur to let people know that we are thinking of them.

Meanwhile, here are some sites for you to read/watch to learn about the situation in Darfur. Please brainstorm questions as you read text and watch videos.
http://stopgenocidenow.org
http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/alert/darfur/staring_genocide_in_the_face/
http://savedarfur.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7elCghe040
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4YoOo_DE5A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q6Ms1vvH6I
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8664385719599276470

Finally, please write a response to one of the links that you read. Write about your questions, feelings and ideas. Post to comments so that your classmates can read.