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: Turn in outline of Benjamin Franklin beliefs. 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.
Accelerated 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! Read article from Cod on the economic incentive for the American Revolution and answer related questions.
Accelerated 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: Notes from Lapsanky-Werner et al on the opening of the American Revolution.
Tuesday, Nov. 3: Library research on disadvantaged group during the American Revolution --> create power point presentation from template on African Americans, women, children or Native Americans.
Wednesday, Nov. 4: Library research on disadvantaged group during the American Revolution --> create power point presentation from template. PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 7~9
Thursday, Nov. 5: Library research on disadvantaged group during the American Revolution --> create power point presentation from template. PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 7~9
Friday, Nov. 6: No school --> Teacher In-Service
Accelerated US History Nov 9~13
OBJECTIVE: 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: Go to library and take notes from one another's presentations on the American Revolution as a social revolution (Women 1, Women 2, Women 3, Children 1, Children 2, Native Americans 1, Native Americans 2, Native Americans 3, African Americans 1, African Americans 2). Write response indicating successes and failures of the Revolution a s asocial revolution. Due Wednesday.
Tuesday, Nov 10: Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence. Do analysis of Declaration. Due Wednesday BOP. Select Founding Father or Mother for independent reading. Contract due Thursday BOP.
Wednesday, Nov 11: American Revolutionary battles in the North, Middle and South. Research in library. Due Monday BOP.
Thursday, Nov 12: Founding Father or Mother contract due. Continue research.
Friday, Nov 13: Continue research. Due Monday BOP.
Accelerated 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: Take notes on the progression of the battles of the American Revolution from one another's presentations. Battle of Lexington 1 and 2, Battle of Bunker Hill 1 and 2, Ticonderoga 1 and 2, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Camden 1 and 2, Battle of Cowpens, Battle of Saratoga, War on the Seas, War in the West, Nathaniel Greene, Baron Von Steuben, Thadeus Kosciusko, Marquis de Lafayette, Pulaski. Collect notes in booklet format. Due BOP Thursday. 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: