Agenda for 9/8

1. NEWSELA Current Event Article (Assignment #1)

• create login (use same as TA email)
• sign-up code: UHTHBM
• Click here to read the article 
• Questions to answer after reading
• What major decision did the supreme court make this June?
• Why is this an important decision?
• How many states had laws against gay marriage?
• Do a majority of Americans agree or disagree with the court's decision?
• What did President Obama think about the court's decision? 

• Submit to eBackpack Assignment #1 

2. Geography 

Map of Maine

• Place the following places on your map of Maine:
• Portland (most people)
• Augusta (state capital)
• Saco
• Freeport (LL Bean)
• Brunswick (Bowdoin
  College)
• Bar Harbor
• Lewiston (Bates Coll.)
• Orono (Univ. of Maine)
• Waterville (Colby Coll.)
• Madawaska
• Mt. Katahdin

Map of New England

• Label the following states and cities:
• Maine
• Portland
• Augusta
• Massachusetts
• Boston
• Worcester
• Connecticut
•  Hartford
• New Haven
• New Hampshire
• Portsmouth
• Concord
• Vermont
• Burlington
• Montpelier
• Rhode Island
• Providence
• Newport

HW:

• Study for map quiz next class