8.29.2011

WELCOME FROM MS. ALLEN!

I am pleased to be joining you at Riverdale this year! I am originally from Kansas, taught in Italy for a while, and then have been downtown in Greenwich Village for the past 15 years. Now I am lucky to be teaching you.

We'll be learning about the promise and reality of the American Dream as we explore the history of the United States.


I love teaching, and I especially love middle school students.cool

I hope you'll join me on a journey of discovery as we uncover the past. Not every American story is an easy one, but in the process of telling the truth, you'll emerge as expert historians and uncover your own abilities as thinkers, researchers, and writers.

5.25.2011

HW due Thu., 5/26

Read the primary source, "Slavery in Virginia." Answer the three questions at the end, #1-3, on the same page.

5.24.2011

HW due Wed., 5/25

Read the first part of  "A Slave's Story," through the Middle Passage (stop at Barbados Slave Market).

5.21.2011

HW due Tue., 5/24

Read about Southern colonies/New France/Spain, pp. 86-92. Answer #1-5 (just define #1).

Read ONLY (no questions) the next section in the next chapter, pp. 100-106.

5.19.2011

HW due Fri., 5/20

p. 81, #1-2 (graph)
p. 95, # 19-20 (map)
You can do this work on the same piece of paper you used for #1-5, p. 85; you'll turn it all in tomorrow.

5.18.2011

HW due Thu., 5/19

Read Section 2, pp. 82-85. Answer #1-5. Define the vocab. in #1; don't write a paragraph.