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==Welcome to Ms. Goad's wikispace! This is a site to help supplement what you learn in class. Feel free to look around and use all the links available to you! And as always, let me know if you have any questions or would like to see anything added to the space.==

= = =How the Units are set up:=

Unit One:
Timeline: The events on the timeline are merely to supplement what you are learning in class. No event has great detail included, but does have pictures, videos, and other links for you to use in case you want to find out anymore information. The links provided will give you a better understanding of what significance the event has.

Unit Two:
This page will be a focus on all the key vocabulary and people that you will be responsible for on the SOL's. It will be divided up into chapters and each term/person will have an accompanying multimedia outlet. The links provided will give you a better understanding of the importance of the person or key vocab.

Unit Three:
For this unit, the major project will be a portfolio in which you will have one paper to write as an individual and three group projects. You have already been assigned to a group, either 1,2,3,4,5, or 6. You will stay with these groups for the remainder of the unit and will grade them in the end based on the rubric you help create. For three of the projects you have been given links to utilize, but the last project is up to you and your group members to show your research skills that we have practiced at the beginning of the semester.

Unit Four:
This unit has been created to help you study for the chapter tests and the unit test. There is a game for every chapter and unit for you to play to test your knowledge of the material. Please do not cheat as this will not help you learn and properly test your skills.

Unit Five:
For this unit, you will have four different journal writing activities. Journal A will strictly be a topic on writing with some research thrown in while Journal B will consist of a small amount of writing as well as a hands on activity that you can do with your group. You have already been assigned to a group, either 1,2,3,4,5, or 6 which is different than Unit Three. As a group you will look at Journals 1-4 and decide whether or not you want to do A or B. You must do two Journal A activities and two Journal B activities. Some of the journal writing activites are not to be done as group work, but as a group you must decide if you want to do that one.

Dicussions:
In every Unit there will be a discussion for you to take part in. Please read and respond to the topics as well as your classmates responses. Your responses must be appropriate to the question and appropriate content as discussed in your Code of Conduct book.

Extra Credit:
In each Unit you will have three extra credit opportunities. The points vary depending on the level of difficulty for each assignment and will be due two weeks before each marking period is over. The extra credit given is vague so that you will have to use your creativity to come up with a good project to present to the class and help them learn about the subject that you are teaching them.

Pictures at top of page Cited:
Colonial America Picture: 10 Oct. 2007 <[|http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/media/zz-Reformation-03.jpg>.]

American Flag: Matheson, Allen. "American Flag." __Photohome.Com__10 Oct. 2007 [|http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.photohome.com/pictures/flag-pictures/american-flag-2a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://photohome.com/photos/flag-pictures/american-flag-2.html&h=450&w=600&sz=61&hl=en&start=19&um=1&tbnid=NdSAKpa3unOYOM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=.http://images.google.com/imgres?] ===Pyramid: 3Dec. 2007<[|http://www.mocpages.com/user_thumbnails/legotrains@yahoo.com/www.brickshelf.com_gallery_legotrains_Buildings_Pyramid_tomb.jpg_SPLASH.jpg>.]===