European colonization of Latin America

The link below is a summary of what the students will be expected to learn by next Tuesday.

https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ac6eLctgRvTeZGZzenE5OThfMTM1ZmNnOXFkZzI&hl=en

We'll also be looking at the Benchmark scores for second nine weeks, and beginning some individualized review in week areas.

2011

It's a new year, and I'm trying this again. I hope to do a better job by writing less but very frequently. I'll try to update 2 or 3 times a week.

We're going to begin by studying Latin America. Here's a brief overview of why this region of the world is called Latin America.

After viewing this, students should be able to do 3 things.

1. Explain where Latin America is.

2. Explain why it got the name Latin America.

3. Identify which two European countries were the main colonizers of Latin America.