Intro+to+US+History+-+Mars

toc =Why do we study history?=
 * //What makes our US story unique, and what were the challenges and dilemmas that our forefathers faced?//**

This week we will be imagining ourselves as the first settlers to Mars. In this exercise we will have to make some basic decisions about our allegiances, rights and responsibilities. Through this process we will be able to relate our experience to the experience of the original English colonists who traveled to this country in the early 1600s.

=Assignments= Determining Historical Significance:

Link to "This Day in History" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/

Mars Packet:

Mars Character Page:

Mars Link: "Going to Mars... on a One-Way Trip!" http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/18/5312576-going-to-mars-on-a-one-way-trip