1. You Can't Learn Much from Books
You Can't Read
• 1. List three of the problems with textbooks that Allington
identifies. Do these problems ring true to you? Describe how
you have seen this issue play out in a classroom.
mismatch between the textbook and
students reading capacity

2. • 2. What solutions does Allington offer to these
problems? What do you think of his solutions?
Are they realistic and practical? Have you seen
any classrooms that use these solutions?

5. The English Settle at Jamestown
• In April of 1607, the
Virginia Company’s
three ships reached
the North American
shore.
• The ships settled near
Chesapeake Bay and
built a Fort James to
protect the settlement
of Jamestown, named
for their king.

6. A Disastrous Start
• Unlike Spanish Colonies, which were funded
by Spanish rulers, the English colonies were
originally funded by Joint-Stock Companies.
• Stock companies allowed investors to pool
their wealth in support of a colony that would
yield a profit.
• Investors in the Jamestown colony demanded
a quick return on their investment, and the
colonists hoped to find gold to satisfy them

7. A Disastrous Start
• The colonist
neglected farming,
and soon
contaminated river
water struck them;
followed by hunger.

9. A Disastrous Start
• John Smith who craved
adventure; offered his
services as a colonist to
the Virginia Company (a
group of merchants).
• Smith held the colony
together by forcing the
colonist to farm and
securing food and
support from the native
Powhatan peoples.

13. • Smith was
injured and
returned to
England.
• Without Smiths
leadership the
colony
deteriorated to
the point of
famine.
• The settlement
was saved, by the
arrival of new
colonist and by
the development
of a highly
profitable crop,
tobacco.

14. Tobacco Requires a Supply of Labor
• In order to grow tobacco, the Virginia
Company needed field laborers.
• Immigration jumped in 1618, when the
company introduced the “headright system”,
offering 50 acres of land to “adventurers” who
would transport people from England.

15. • Many of those who arrived
in Virginia, came as
indentured servants.
• In exchange for passage to
North America and food
and shelter; an indentured
servant agreed to a limited
term of servitude (usually
4 to 7 years)
• Indentured servants were
mainly from lower classes
of English societies.

16. • America The Story of Us- Life in Jamestown

19. Ch. 8 Business Organization
• A sole proprietorship is a business
owned and run by one person
• About 75% of all businesses in the
U.S. are sole proprietorships,
however, since most sole
proprietorships are small they
account for only 6% of all U.S. sales
• The biggest advantage of sole
proprietorship is that the owner
gets to keep all profits after paying
income taxes (are also easy to start)

21. Partnerships • A partnership is a business
organization owned by 2 or more
persons
• Partners must agree on how
profits and responsibilities are
divided
• General Partnership: is when
partners share equally in both
responsibility and liability
(doctors, lawyers and
accountants)
• Limited Partnership: Only one
partner is required to be a
general partner. That partner has
control over the business but
unlimited personal liability for
the firm’s actions. Other
partners contribute only money

22. • A newer type of partnership is the
limited liability partnership in this
type of partnership all partners
are limited partners and are
shielded from personal liability in
certain situations
• Advantages: responsibility may be
shared: each partner brings,
different strengths and skills to
the business
• Each partners assets, or money
and other values, improve the
firm’s ability to borrow funds for
operations or expansion

24. Holt

26. 5-3: “Understanding Slope”
What distinguishes the graphs of different lines?
y
The Steepness!
This is also
x
called the
SLOPE!

27. How do we actually measure the slope of a line?
Slope is a fraction comparing the RISE
y
RUN
RUN
RISE
x

28. There are 4 cases of SLOPE to consider:
y y
Positive Negative
Slope Slope
x x
y Zero y No
Slope Slope
x x

29. Example: What is the slope of the line passing
through (-2, 3) and (2, 6)?
y
Step 1: Is the slope positive
positive or negative?
6
Step 2: How far apart are the
3
y-coordinates? 3 steps
-2 2 x
Step 3: How far apart are the
x-coordinates? 4 steps
RISE 3
RUN 4
You Try: What is the slope between (-5, 7) and (1, 2)?

31. 5-2: “Graphing Using Intercepts”
y
y-intercept
x-intercept
x
x-intercept: (x, 0) where the line intersects the x-axis.
y-intercept: (0, y) where the line intersects the y-axis.

32. Examples: Find the x- and y-intercepts for each graph
y y y
4
3 2
x x x
5 4
x-int: (5, 0) x-int: (-4, 0) x-int: None
y-int: (0, 3) y-int: (0, 2) y-int: (0, 4)