OBJECTIVES: Determine what colonists believed government should do and what the limits should be. Evaluate the Native American response to the growth of the colonies. Determine the effects of the cost of the French and Indian War.
KEY QUESTIONS: How did the growth and development of the 13 colonies lead to the end of England's salutary neglect of the colonies?
Monday, Oct .19: Consider roots of representative government. Read article on the Middle Passage and annotate it.
Tuesday, Oct. 20: Notes on the French and Indian War.
Wednesday, Oct. 21: Notes on the Navigation Acts. Analyze an image of the Navigation Acts.
Thursday, Oct. 22: Turn in analysis of painting. Notes on the Road to Revolution. Study sheet for the EOC: complete chart #1 and 2. Due BOP tomorrow.
Friday, Oct. 23: Notes on the Road to Revolution continued. Complete EOC sheets #3 and 4 for Monday.
US History October 26 ~ October 30
OBJECTIVE: Write a great essay! Examine the road to the American Revolution and analyze the justification for war.
Guiding Questions: How do you write a great history essay? What were the critical steps on the road to revolution?
Monday, Oct. 26: Final review for EOC essay Tuesday.
Tuesday, Oct. 27: Write EOC essay. Due EOP.
Wednesday, Oct. 28: Consider the role of John Adams in the Boston Massacre trial.
Thursday, Oct. 29: Read varying accounts of the Boston Massacre and complete guided reading. Due Friday BOP.
Friday, Oct. 30: Review the road to revolution. Cash Cab Quiz!
US History Assignments Nov 2~6
OBJECTIVES: Examine opening battles of the American Revolution. Engage in independent research on the effect of the American Revolution on the disadvantaged.
GUIDING QUESTIONS: How did the American Revolution actually begin? How did the Revolution affect socially disadvantaged groups?
Monday, Nov 2: Examine the opening of the American Revolution with notes from Dallek, Garcia et al.
Tuesday, Nov 3: The American Revolution for African Americans. Notes, readings (Hull, Dunmore, Hall) and discussion.
Wednesday, Nov 4: The American Revolution for Women and Children. Notes , readings (Abigail Adams, Grace Growden Galloway, Martha and George Washington) and discussion. PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 7~9
Thursday, Nov 5: The American Revolution for Native Americans. Notes, readings (Joseph Brant, Washburn's excerpts) and discussion. PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 7~9
Friday, Nov 6: No School. Teacher In-Service.
US History November 9~13
OBJECTIVE: Compare Thomas Paine's Common Sense with Thomas Jefferson (and committee)'s Declaration of Independence. Trace the path of the Revolution.
PROBLEM: How did the Patriots justify independence? What was the progression of the war for independence?
Monday, Nov. 9: Compare Common Sense with the Declaration of Independence. Complete worksheet by BOP tomorrow.
Tuesday, Nov. 10 American Revolution in the North. Take notes in booklet and complete booklet by Monday, Nov. 16th.
Wednesday, Nov. 11: American Revolution in the Mid-Atlantic states. Notes in booklet.
Thursday, Nov. 12: American Revolution in the South
Friday, Nov. 13:
US History November 16 ~20
OBJECTIVES: Determine why the Articles of Confederation were insufficient for maintaining the integrity of the United States.
PROBLEM: Why was the first government of the United States so weak? How did Shay's Rebellion highlight the need for a stronger government?
Monday, Nov. 16: Benedict Arnold's role in turning the tide of war. Take home test on American Revolution. Due Wednesday BOP.
Tuesday, Nov. 17: Essay response --> In what ways was the American Revolution a wave of transformation, overturning power and replacing it with a new idea of liberty? Essay due at EOP.
Wednesday, Nov.18: Articles of Confederation simulation. Successes and failures.
Thursday, Nov. 19: Shay's Rebellion and the need for strong government. Cartoon due Monday BOP.
Friday, Nov. 20:
US History November 17 ~ 21
OBJECTIVES: Consider the effect of the American Revolution on Native Americans, African Americans, women and children. Study for test.
PROBLEM: Was the American Revolution primarily a social, political or economic revolution? Who gained power, liberty or equality from the Revolution? Who lost?
Monday, Nov. 17: Notes on the effect of the Revolution on the disenfranchised.
Tuesday, Nov. 18: Work on study sheet for test Wednesday on the Steps to the Revolution and the Revolution. Homework: STUDY!
Wednesday, Nov. 19: Test on the Steps to the Revolution and the Revolution.
Thursday, Nov. 20: Journal write 5 paragraph essay on the role the desire for power, equality and liberty played in the American Revolution. Due Friday BOP.
Friday, Nov. 21: Peer review journal write. Discuss essential question regarding the role power played in creating the new government.