September 24

World History 8

Our poor friends, the Babylonians, have left us for good.  They’ve been replaced by the Persians.  Darius was quite the organizer.

REMINDER Period 1: Peer leadership tomorrow…bring stuff for project to work in class on friday.

REMINDER Period 7: Bring book and be prepared to tell me which project you will be doing.

Modern World History

Both the Portuguese and Spanish were the first on the block with exploration.  The Portuguese spent time going around Africa to find a water route to Asia, while the Spanish went West to find the East.  Instead Spain found 2 massive continents in between and claimed most of it for themselves.

US History I

We saw the end of the “Dutch Wedge” between New England and the Southern Colonies.  We then began to discuss Bacon’s Rebellion.

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