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Daily Agenda

8/31/2016

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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.
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Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: What was the "Middle Passage?" Describe its conditions.
  2. Activity - Slavery in the United States
  3. ​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.
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Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: How was the English experience in the Chesapeake similar to New England? How was it different?
  2. Read about the history of the South Carolina and Georgia. Use the information you find to complete the "Southern Colonies" portion of your chart.
  3. 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.
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    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:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Card for King Philip.
  2. Notes - The New England Colonies
  3. Video - Massacre at Mystic
  4. Chart - The English Colonies
  5. 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:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Cards for Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson.
  2. Notes - The New England Colonies
  3. Reading - The Silencing of Mary Dyer
  4. 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:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Card for John Winthrop.
  2. Notes - The New England Colonies
  3. 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.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: In which region do each of the following colonies belong? (A) Massachusetts, (B) Pennsylvania, (C) Rhode Island, (D) South Carolina, (E) Virginia
  2. Notes - The Chesapeake Colonies
  3. 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:
  1. Background Question: What ‘items’ did the Spanish introduce to the Americas? What impact did that have on daily life in the region?
  2. Map - The Thirteen Colonies
  3. Notes - The Chesapeake Colonies
  4. 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:
  1. Background Question: Complete Trading Cards for John Smith and John Rolfe.
  2. Notebook Organization​
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Daily Agenda

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:
  1. Background Question: What was the encomienda system? How did it impact the relationship between the Spanish and Native Americans?
  2. New World Beginnings Chart
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Daily Agenda

8/18/2016

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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.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: What does the image about tell us about European motives for exploration in the New World? Explain.
  2. New World Beginnings Chart
  3. Reflection Question: Summarize the Spanish, French, and English motives for exploration in the New World.
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