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Archives, Fall 2003


SOL Graphs
Sept. 1, 2003: Who can make SOL info funny?
Sept. 2, 2003: What can a line graph show?
Sept. 3, 2003: How does a bar graph work?
Sept. 4, 2003: What shape is a pie chart?
Sept. 5, 2003: How do you interpret pictographs?

North American Geography
Sept.  8, 2003: What is North America's geography?
Sept.  9, 2003: Where are North America's Great Plains?
Sept. 10, 2003: How big are the Rocky Mountains
Sept. 11, 2003: Where are America's western ranges?
Sept. 12, 2003: What is the Canadian Shield?

Inuits
Sept. 15, 2003:  How did the Inuit live in the north?
Sept. 16, 2003:  What did the Inuit eat in the north?
Sept. 17, 2003:  What did Inuit Indians use for tools?
Sept. 18, 2003:  Who were the mythical little people?
Sept. 19, 2003:  Why do Inuit Indians have ruddy faces?

Fossils
Sept. 22, 2003:  What fossils are in Virginia rocks?
Sept. 23, 2003:  What is Virginia's fossil symbol?
Sept. 24, 2003:  Are vertebrate fossils in Virginia?
Sept. 25, 2003:  Can footprints be fossils?
Sept. 26, 2003:  What are some Virginia plant fossils?

Virginia Settlers
Sept. 29, 2003: What groups settled early Virginia? 
Sept. 30, 2003: Where did Africans settle Virginia?
Oct. 1, 2003: Where did the Scotch-Irish settle?
Oct. 2, 2003: Where did the Germans settle in Virginia?
Oct. 3, 2003: How did settlers shape Virginia?

Who was Alexander the Great?
Oct. 6, 2003:   Who was Alexander the Great?
Oct. 7, 2003:   How did Alexander unite Greece?
Oct. 8, 2003:   When did Alexander conquer Egypt?
Oct. 9, 2003:   How did the Greeks beat King Darius?
Oct. 10, 2003: How great was Alexander's empire?

Marco Polo
Oct. 13, 2003:   Where did Marco Polo explore?
Oct. 14, 2003:   Who invented fireworks?
Oct. 15, 2003:   What did China's farmers grow?
Oct. 16, 2003:   What did the chinese do with Bronze?
Oct. 17, 2003:   How popular were Polo's stories?

Jackie Robinson
Oct. 20, 2003:  Where did Jackie Robinson grow up?
Oct. 21, 2003:  Where did Jackie R. practice ball?
Oct. 22, 2003:  When did Jackie R. join the majors?
Oct. 23, 2003:  How good was Jackie in the majors?
Oct. 24, 2003:  Who followed Jackie Robinson?

Steamboats
Oct 27, 2003:  What power came before steam boats?
Oct 28, 2003:  What steamed James Watt?
Oct 29, 2003:  Who put  steam power into water?
Oct 30, 2003:  When did "Fulton's Folly" float?
Oct 31, 2003:  How far did steamboats go?

Back to Africa Movement
Nov. 3, 2003:  When did some Blacks return to Africa?
Nov. 4, 2003:  Who tried to send Blacks to Africa?
Nov. 5, 2003:  When was Liberia created in Africa?
Nov. 6, 2003:  Who were Lott Cary & Nat Turner?
Nov. 7, 2003:  Which Virginian led Liberia to freedom?

Maryland Colony
Nov. 10, 2003:  Who was Maryland in 1608?
Nov. 11, 2003:  Why did Calvert settle Maryland?
Nov. 12, 2003:  Who fought to control Maryland?
Nov. 13, 2003:  When did Mason & Dixon draw a line?
Nov. 14, 2003:  Why is Maryland "The old line state"?

King Philip’s War
Nov. 17, 2003:  Who was New England's King Philip?
Nov. 18, 2003:  Why did English & Indians dispute land?
Nov. 19, 2003:  What sparked King Philip's war?
Nov. 20, 2003:  When was "The great swamp fight"?
Nov. 21, 2003:  Who won King Philip's war in 1676?

Thanksgiving
Nov. 24, 2003:  Who had the first Thanksgiving?
Nov. 25, 2003:  How was life in the New England?
Nov. 26, 2003:  Why were the Pilgrims thankful?
Nov. 27, 2003:  What did the Pilgrims and Indians eat?
Nov. 28, 2003:  When did others start giving thanks?

Georgia Colony
Dec 1, 2003:  When did others start giving thanks?
Dec 2, 2003:  Who was Georgia's Oglethorpe?
Dec 3, 2003:  What were the rules in Georgia?
Dec 4, 2003:  When did Georgia fight the Spanish?
Dec 5, 2003:  When did others start giving thanks?

John Henry
Dec.  8, 2003:  Was John Henry a legend?
Dec.  9, 2003:  Where was John Henry's setting?
Dec. 10, 2003: Who were John Henry's characters?
Dec. 11, 2003: How did music move John Henry?
Dec. 12, 2003: What was John Henry's conclusion?

Marconi’s Radio
Dec. 15, 2003: What was Marconi's question?
Dec. 16, 2003: What was Marconi's prediction?
Dec. 17, 2003: What variables did Marconi change?
Dec. 18, 2003: What data results did Marconi get?

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