Today, Mr. Meyer walks you through your first journal assignment. 

Today, Mr. Meyer gets real a little bit about what is going on with racial injustice in our country today, and how it connects to the beginning of American history.

Today, we look at the Declaration of Independence!!

Today, Mr. Meyer tells you a story, of why the colonists wanted to break away from Great Britain. Then, we examine Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

Today, we examine the idea of American Exceptionalism, and examine a speech from John Winthrop, which has the roots of American Exceptionalism. 

Today we look at triangle trade, and why different Europeans came to the Americas. 

Mr. Meyer walks you through the broad strokes of why your grade is what it is for Source Reading #1. 

Today we dig into one part of doing research, and also looking at native people's before European contact.

Mr. Meyer introduces you to Source Reading #1 and what is expected of you in it!

Today start with some updates for the week, and then we start getting into the content of US History with the Columbian exchange, and you get to pretend you are in a cooking competition!