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Daily Agenda

8/31/2016

Learning Target:
I can trace the history of the Southern Colonies, and I can analyze the impact of slavery on the region.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: What was the "Middle Passage?" Describe its conditions.
Activity - Slavery in the United States
Reflection Question: What were some of the laws that slaves were forced to follow under the slave codes?

*Use this resource for help answering today's Background and Reflection Questions.

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Daily Agenda

8/30/2016

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Learning Target:
I can trace the history of the Southern Colonies, and I can analyze the impact of slavery on the region.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: How was the English experience in the Chesapeake similar to New England? How was it different?
Read about the history of the South Carolina and Georgia. Use the information you find to complete the "Southern Colonies" portion of your chart.
Create a poster on which you highlight 5 people, events, or concepts essential to the understanding of slavery in the United States. For each item you include, add the following details:

     Image
   Summary
   Impact

   Possible people, events, and concepts include: Middle Passage, Stono Rebellion, Slave Codes, Denmark Vesey, Nat
Turner, The Amistad, Underground Railroad.

4. Reflection Question: How did slave rebellions such as the Stono Rebellion and Nat Turner's Rebellion impact laws in the
   South?

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Daily Agenda

8/29/2016

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Learning Target:

I can trace the history of the New England colonies, and I can describe the religious institutions that developed as a result.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Create a Trading Card for King Philip.
Notes - The New England Colonies
Video - Massacre at Mystic
Chart - The English Colonies
Reflection Question: How was the English experience in the Chesapeake similar to New England? How was it different?

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Daily Agenda

8/26/2016

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Learning Target:

I can trace the history of the New England colonies, and I can describe the religious institutions that developed as a result.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Create a Trading Cards for Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson.
Notes - The New England Colonies
Activity - Sensory Figure (Period 2 Only)
Writing - Comparing the Chesapeake & New England Colonies (Period 2 Only)
Reading - The Silencing of Mary Dyer (Period 5 Only)
Reflection Question: How did the Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island colonies differ? How were they similar?

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Daily Agenda

8/25/2016

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Learning Target:

I can trace the history of the New England colonies, and I can describe the religious institutions that developed as a result.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Create a Trading Card for John Winthrop.
Notes - The New England Colonies (Period 2 Only)
Activity - Sensory Figure (Period 5 Only)
Writing - Comparing the Chesapeake & New England Colonies (Period 5 Only)
Reflection Question: How did religion influence life in the New England colonies?

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Daily Agenda

8/24/2016

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Learning Target:

I can trace the history of the Chesapeake colonies, and I can describe the labor system that emerged as a result.
I can trace the history of the New England colonies, and I can describe the religious institutions that emerged as a result.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: In which region do each of the following colonies belong? (A) Massachusetts, (B) Pennsylvania, (C) Rhode Island, (D) South Carolina, (E) Virginia
Notes - The Chesapeake Colonies (Period 2 Only)
Activity - Sensory Figure (Period 2 Only)
Notes - The New England Colonies (Period 5 Only)
Reflection Question: Why is Bacon’s Rebellion considered to be a turning point in American history?

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Daily Agenda

8/23/2016

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Learning Target:
I can trace the history of the Chesapeake colonies, and I can describe the labor system that emerged as a result.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: What important cash crop saves the Jamestown colony from financial ruin?
Map - The Thirteen Colonies
Notes - The Chesapeake Colonies
Activity- Sensory Figure (Period 5 Only)
Reflection Question: What motivated the founding and settlement of the Chesapeake colonies?

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Daily Agenda

8/22/2016

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Learning Target:
I can trace the history of the Chesapeake colonies, and I can describe the labor system that emerged as a result.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Complete Trading Cards for John Smith and John Rolfe.
Map - The Thirteen Colonies
Notes - The Chesapeake Colonies

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Daily Agenda - 5th Period

8/19/2016

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Today's Learning Target:

I can explain the Columbian Exchange, & I can summarize its impact on both the Old and New Worlds.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: How did the Spanish, French, and British relationship with Native Americans differ? Why?
Notes - The Columbian Exchange
Handout - Early British Colonies
Reflection Question: What ‘items’ did the Spanish introduce to the Americas? What impact did that have on daily life in the region?

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Daily Agenda - 2nd Period

8/19/2016

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Today's Learning Target:

I can compare and contrast the Spanish, French, and English motives for exploration in the New World.
I can explain the Columbian Exchange, & I can summarize its impact on both the Old and New Worlds.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: How did the Spanish and French relationship with Native Americans differ? Why?
New World Beginnings Chart
Reading - The Columbian Exchange

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