June 4, 2009

Sheridan:

1. History.
Back to American history. Two weeks ago we looked at the Spanish-American War. When the battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, the newspapers in the US started blaming the Spanish and calling for war on Spain to free Cuba. The war took place in areas. First, in the Atlantic, in and around Cuba. Second, in the Philippines. In Cuba, future president Teddy Roosevelt led the Rough Riders. In the Philippines, Admiral Dewey became famous for his attack on Manila harbor. The Spanish were brave, but their ships were not as good as the Americans.

This excellent page describes the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines.

A key outcome of the war was that the US got its first overseas colonies, the Philippines, from Spain. After that we invaded the Philippines, whose leaders thought the US would make the independent. Read this account of the path to war between the US and the Filipinos. Tomorrow we'll look at the invasion of the Philippines by the US.

2.Chemistry: Dan-dan and Zeb: read the next chapter in the chem book, do the next set of questions in the workbook.

3. Big Math books

4. Science: Zeb continue reading Cannibals and Kings, Dan-dan Biology book

5. English practice books

6. reading: danno, either His Dark Materials or The Foundation Trilogy. Zeb, read some more stories in The Past Through Tomorrow (try "If this goes on....")

7. This day is the 20th anniversary of what?

8. Dan-dan THREE ARTICLES IN SCIENCE AND CURRENT EVENTS