OBJECTIVES: Examine the role Benjamin Franklin played in shaping the American identity. Focus on the French and Indian War and its effect on the American identity.
PROBLEM: How did the growth and development of the 13 colonies lead to the end of England's salutary neglect of the colonies?
Monday, Oct .13: Electoral College workings. Do Electoral College reading and go to www.270towin.com and to www.fivethirtyeight.com to complete worksheet. Due Tuesday BOP.
Tuesday, Oct. 14: Turn in reading response to Wood's Founding Fathers Preface and Electoral College worksheet. Notes on the Age of Enlightenment, John Locke.
Wednesday, Oct. 15: French and Indian War notes.
Thursday, Oct. 16: French and Indian War notes
Friday, Oct. 17: Examine role of Indian alliances in the French and Indian Was as portrayed in Last of the Mohicans introduction.
Accelerated US History October 20 ~ October 24
OBJECTIVE: Examine the road to the American Revolution and analyze the justification for war.
PROBLEM: The split between the colonies and Britain can be seen as a struggle for power , a struggle for liberty, a struggle for equality, or a combination of the three.
Monday, Oct. 20th: Define power, liberty and equality and determine what it might have meant to the colonists in 1763. Read and answer guided reading to Cod: Certain Inalienable Rights. Due Friday, October 31st BOP.
Tuesday, Oct. 21st: Take notes on the Road to Revolution, 1763 to 1766. Answer the "Checkpoint" questions from Chapter 4, section 1 in complete sentences. Due Thursday BOP.
Wednesday, Oct. 22nd: Take notes on the Road to Revolution, 1766 to 1775. Complete "Checkpoint" questions. Due Thursday BOP.
Thursday, Oct. 23rd: Turn in "Checkpoint" questions. Read varying accounts of the Boston Massacre and complete guided reading. Due Friday BOP.
Friday, Oct. 24th: Turn in Cod reading guide and Boston Massacre response. Evaluate the power, liberty and equality aspects of the acts of Parliament leading to the American Revolution. Compare your answers with a partners. More aboput power, equality or liberty? Homework: Complete EOC Study Guide for essay exam on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Guide due BOP Tuesday, Oct. 28.
Accelerated US History Assignments Oct. 27 ~ Oct. 31
OBJECTIVES: Prepare for the Quarter 1 EOC essay test. Consider the opening battles of the American Revolution.
PROBLEM: How did the rebellious colonists justify warring against Great Britain?
Monday, Oct. 27: Review EOC study sheet. Due Tuesday BOP.
Tuesday, Oct. 28: Turn in study sheet. Write timed EOC essay.
Wednesday, Oct. 29: Take notes on the First Continental Congress, based on HBO's John Adams.
Thursday, Oct. 30: Notes on Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill.
Friday, Oct. 31: Article on George Washington and questions.
Accelerated US History November 3 ~ 6
OBJECTIVE: Distinguish between the myths and realities of epic stories of the American Revolution.
PROBLEM: What do the myths of the American Revolution tell us about power, liberty and equality?
Monday, Nov. 3: Watch 1776 and determine why Thomas Jefferson was selected to draft the Declaration of Independence.
Tuesday ~ Thursday: In library, create a PowerPoint describing a myth of the American Revolution, the truth behind the myth and why that myth might have been created. Due Monday, Nov. 10th.
Accelerated US History November 10 ~14, 2008
OBJECTIVES: Analyze the style of the Declaration of Independence. Determine where, how and why the middle battles of the Revolution were fought in the Mid Atlantic states.
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. 10: Turn in copy of American Revolution PowerPoint and handout notes. Read and analyze the Declaration of Independence. Analysis due Tuesday BOP.
Tuesday, Nov. 11: Notes on the strategies of the American Revolution and on the Mid Atlantic battles. Be reading Chapter 4, sections 2 and 3. No notes necessary be able to pass the end of sections review quizzes on your own.
Wednesday, Nov.12: Read selection from Common Sense and take notes on Thomas Paine.
Thursday, Nov. 13: Notes on the Southern battles of the American Revolution. Read Chapter 4 section 4 and be able to pass the section review quiz.
Friday. Nov. 14: Notes on the social, political and economic aspects of the American Revolution for African Americans, women, children and Native Americans. Test next Tuesday on the Steps to the Revolution and on the Revolution.
Accelerated 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.