Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Classwork-Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Readworks Article of the Day “Sir Francis Drake” 

Vocabulary-practice words on Sadlierconnect.com for test tomorrow 

Grammar-Main & Helping Verbs p. 98-99 

Reading-RNB p. 97-98 News report 

Band/Choir 

Math-Comparing and Ordering Fractions p. 112-113 

Religion-Seven Sacraments and 3 Main Groups p. 126-127 

Social Studies-Lesson 4 notes

Unit 2 Lesson 4


Ponce de Leon landed in Florida looking for gold

Hernando de Soto landed in Florida explored southeastern US diseases carried by men and animals killed thousands of Native Americans



Explorers in Southwest- Cabeza de Vaca landed in Texas arrived in Mexico City after walking across Texas, New Mexico and Arizona

Vasquez de Coronado led expedition across southwest US


2 territories settled: South America called Peru and Central America called New Spain

Rulers gave encomiendas (large areas of land) to loyal colonists

Native Americans forced to work for Spanish landowners many died from disease, starvation and overwork

Bartolommeo de Las Casas a missionary spoke out about mistreatment


Spanish explorers brought African slaves to New Spain

The African slaves also worked in the silver mines 

Many died so more were needed


1570’s slaves rebelled 

Some were defeated and some got away and built their own communities


New Spain social pyramid

Viceroy-new leader 

Peninsulares-Spaniards

Criollos-people born in New Spain

Mestizos-people both Spanish and Native American

Native Americans and Enslaved Africans worked without wages


1600-1680 20 settlements built in New Mexico, important for missions and mining natural resources where priests tried to convert  Native Am. 

By 1800 Spanish controlled the area which is now Texas, New Mexico Arizona and California


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