FCAT Journals
Directions: Copy prompt exactly as written. Skip a line and draw box that
contains 8 spaces for short responses and 14 lines for extended responses.
Answer prompt using ONLY text-based information. DO NOT
add your own comments or thoughts. Write only inside the box.
Journals will be written Monday through Thursday and collected on Friday.
8/25
In the opinion of most scientists, how did the first people reach the
Americas? (FCAT Short Response)
8/26
Why was farming necessary for the first American civilizations to emerge?
(FCAT Short Response)
8/27
How did climate and resources affect Native American cultures? Give at least
three examples. (FCAT Extended Response)
9/8
How did exploration set off a global exchange of goods?
(FCAT Extended Response)
9/9
Continued from 9/8
9/14
How did the rivalry between French and Dutch colonists affect Native
Americans? (FCAT Short Response)
9/15
Why were Europeans searching for a Northwest Passage? (FCAT Short Response)
9/16
Why did the French have friendlier relations with the Native Americans than
the Spanish did? Minimum of 4 examples (FCAT Extended Response)
9/21
Describe three problems the Jamestown Colony faced after 1607. Why was the
colony finally able to survive? (FCAT Extended Response)
9/23
How did the Mayflower Compact resolve a conflict among the Plymouth settlers?
Why is this document important? (FCAT Extended Response)
9/28
What company was formed by Puritans in 1629? What was the purpose of this
venture? (FCAT Short Response)
9/30
What problems did the Puritans face in Massachusetts? (FCAT Extended Response)
10/1
Explain why the Pennsylvania Dutch are not Dutch. (FCAT Short Response)
10/5
How was life in the Tidewater different from life in the backcountry South?
(FCAT Extended Response)
(minimum 4 differences)
10/12
No Journal
Re-read pg. 140-145
10/13
Chapter 5-1 Study Questions
1.Why did the British and the French want to control the Ohio Valley?
2.What actions did William Pitt take to turn the tide of the war?
3.Why did the colonial assemblies reject the Albany Plan of Union?
4.After France was defeated, how was its North American empire divided
between Britain and Spain?
5.How did the British defeat the French at the Battle of Quebec?
11/12
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages possessed by each side in the
American Revolution. (FCAT Extended Response)
Quiz 6-1 tomorrow (11/13)
11/16
RE-READ pgs. 173-174
11/17
RE-READ pgs. 175-176
11/18
Review 6-2 (Quiz Tomorrow)
Journal due tomorrow
Journal Prompt:
Describe the cause-and-effect relationship between Common Sense and the
Declaration of Independence. (FCAT Short Format)
11/19
BRING COLORED PENCILS for tomorrow's map assignment
11/20
Complete map assignment if needed
11/23
Re-read pgs.181-182
11/24
Eat too much!
11/30
Teacher absent, no HW
12/1
Re-read pg. 183
12/2
Re-read pg.184
12/3
Complete GR 6-3, Journal 6-3 if needed,Get progress report signed,
QUIZ 6-3 TOMORROW
12/11
In what ways did women participate in the Revolution? How did this change
their thinking?
(FCAT Extended Response)
