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Today's Agenda

8/31/2018

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Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:

I can summarize the social, political, and economic factors that drove the American colonies to independence. 

Critical Vocabulary: King George III, Albany Plan of Union, Treaty of Paris, Proclamation of 1763, Writs of Assistance, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Circular Letter, Boston Massacre, Captain Thomas Preston, Crispus Attucks, Gaspee, British East India Tea Company, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Quebec Act, Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress, Lexington and Concord, Continental Army, George Washington, Olive Branch Petition, Hessian, Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Thomas Jefferson
 
Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Write 2-3 sentences addressing the Declaration of Independence from the perspective of a Patriot.
  2. Citizenship Question: What was the name of the U.S. war between the North and the South? 
    A. Civil War 
    B. World War II 
    C. War of 1812 
    D. Revolutionary War
  3. Collaborative Learning: The Road to the Revolution Project
  4. Reflection Question: Write 2-3 sentences addressing the Declaration of Independence from the perspective of a Loyalist.
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Homework: The American Revolution Reading
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Today's Agenda

8/30/2018

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Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:

I can summarize the social, political, and economic factors that drove the American colonies to independence. 

Critical Vocabulary: King George III, Albany Plan of Union, Treaty of Paris, Proclamation of 1763, Writs of Assistance, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Circular Letter, Boston Massacre, Captain Thomas Preston, Crispus Attucks, Gaspee, British East India Tea Company, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Quebec Act, Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress, Lexington and Concord, Continental Army, George Washington, Olive Branch Petition, Hessian, Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Thomas Jefferson
 
Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Write 2-3 sentences addressing the Boston Tea Party from the perspective of a Patriot.
  2. Citizenship Question: What is one reason colonists came to America? 
    A. education 
    B. better health 
    C. elect a new king 
    D. religious freedom
  3. Collaborative Learning: The Road to the Revolution Project
  4. Reflection Question: Write 2-3 sentences addressing the Boston Tea Party from the perspective of a Loyalist.
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Homework: Revolutionary America Reading
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Today's Agenda

8/29/2018

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Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:

I can summarize the social, political, and economic factors that drove the American colonies to independence. 

Critical Vocabulary: King George III, Albany Plan of Union, Treaty of Paris, Proclamation of 1763, Writs of Assistance, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Circular Letter, Boston Massacre, Captain Thomas Preston, Crispus Attucks, Gaspee, British East India Tea Company, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Quebec Act, Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress, Lexington and Concord, Continental Army, George Washington, Olive Branch Petition, Hessian, Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Thomas Jefferson
 
Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Were the colonists actions from 1763-1775 justified? Explain.
  2. Citizenship Question: Which of the following is an American Indian tribe? 
    A. Huli 
    B. Kikuyu 
    C. Maori 
    D. Navajo
  3. Collaborative Learning: The Road to the Revolution Project
  4. Reflection Question: What two cities emerged as central to the American revolutionary cause? How do their roles differ?
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Homework: Revolutionary America Reading
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Today's Agenda

8/28/2018

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Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:

I can summarize the social, political, and economic factors that drove the American colonies to independence. 

Critical Vocabulary: King George III, Albany Plan of Union, Treaty of Paris, Proclamation of 1763, Writs of Assistance, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Circular Letter, Boston Massacre, Captain Thomas Preston, Crispus Attucks, Gaspee, British East India Tea Company, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Quebec Act, Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress, Lexington and Concord, Continental Army, George Washington, Olive Branch Petition, Hessian, Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Thomas Jefferson
 
Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: What role did Paul Revere play in the Boston Massacre and its aftermath?
  2. Citizenship Question: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 
    A. James Madison 
    B. Abraham Lincoln 
    C. Thomas Jefferson 
    D. George Washington
  3. Independent Learning: Crash Course U.S. History (Watch by Wednesday)
  4. Collaborative Learning: The Road to the Revolution (Located on Google Classroom)
  5. Reflection Question: What role did John Adams play in the Boston Massacre and its aftermath?
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Homework: Revolutionary America Reading
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Today's Agenda

8/27/2018

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Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:

I can summarize the social, political, and economic factors that drove the American colonies to independence. 

Critical Vocabulary: King George III, Albany Plan of Union, Treaty of Paris, Proclamation of 1763, Writs of Assistance, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Circular Letter, Boston Massacre, Captain Thomas Preston, Crispus Attucks, Gaspee, British East India Tea Company, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Quebec Act, Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress, Lexington and Concord, Continental Army, George Washington, Olive Branch Petition, Hessian, Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Thomas Jefferson
 
Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine.
  2. Citizenship Question: Why did the colonists fight the British? 
    A. because of high taxes 
    B. because the British invaded France 
    C. because the colonists wanted a new king 
    D. because the colonists wanted religious freedom
  3. Independent Learning: Crash Course U.S. History (Watch by Wednesday)
  4. Collaborative Learning: The Road to the Revolution (Located on Google Classroom)
  5. Reflection Question: What was the political response to the Stamp Act in the colonies?
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Homework: Revolutionary America Reading
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Today's Agenda

8/24/2018

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Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:

I can summarize the social, political, and economic factors that drove the American colonies to independence. 

Critical Vocabulary: King George III, Albany Plan of Union, Treaty of Paris, Proclamation of 1763, Writs of Assistance, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Circular Letter, Boston Massacre, Captain Thomas Preston, Crispus Attucks, Gaspee, British East India Tea Company, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Quebec Act, Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress, Lexington and Concord, Continental Army, George Washington, Olive Branch Petition, Hessian, Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Thomas Jefferson
 
Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Why did the Albany Plan of Union fail? What does that tell us about the colonies in 1754?
  2. Citizenship Question: What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do? 
    A. fought for civil rights 
    B. became the first black U.S. Senator 
    C. established the Harvard Law School 
    D. ran for President of the United States
  3. Individual Learning: Color and label the map of North America in 1763.
  4. Guided Instruction: The French & Indian War​
  5. Guided Instruction:  The Story of Us: Rebels
  6. Reflection Question:  To what degree did the French and Indian War move the colonists closer to revolution? Explain.
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Homework: Revolutionary America Reading
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Today's Agenda

8/23/2018

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Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:

I can summarize the major events of the French and Indian War, & I can analyze its impact on the colonies.

Critical Vocabulary: Huron Indians, Iroquois Indians, Samuel de Champlain, New France, Louisbourg, George Washington, Fort Duquesne, French and Indian War, Benjamin Franklin, Albany Plan of Union, Seven Years’ War, General Edward Braddock, William Pitt, Paris Peace Settlement of 1763, Acadians, Pontiac's Rebellion, Proclamation on 1763

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Read and answer the questions about The First "Teflon' Hero.
  2. Citizenship Question: Who is the "Father of Our Country"? 
    A. Abraham Lincoln 
    B. Thomas Jefferson 
    C. Benjamin Franklin 
    D. George Washington
  3. Guided Instruction: The French & Indian War​
  4. Reflection Question:  To what degree did the French and Indian War move the colonists closer to revolution? Explain.
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Homework: Revolutionary America Reading
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Today's Agenda

8/22/2018

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Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:

I can summarize the major events of the French and Indian War, & I can analyze its impact on the colonies.

Critical Vocabulary: Huron Indians, Iroquois Indians, Samuel de Champlain, New France, Louisbourg, George Washington, Fort Duquesne, French and Indian War, Benjamin Franklin, Albany Plan of Union, Seven Years’ War, General Edward Braddock, William Pitt, Paris Peace Settlement of 1763, Acadians, Pontiac’s Rebellion, Proclamation of 1763

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Write 5 words summarizing the impact of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening on colonial thought.
  2. Citizenship Question: What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? 
    A. led the U.S. during the Civil War 
    B. led the U.S. during the War of 1812 
    C. led the U.S. during the American Revolution 
    D. led the U.S. during the Mexican-American War
  3. Guided Instruction: The French & Indian War
  4. Individual Learning: The First "Teflon' Hero
  5. Reflection Question: What was George Washington's role in the start of the French and Indian War?
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Homework: Revolutionary America Reading
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Today's Agenda

8/21/2018

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Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:

I can discuss the ideas of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, & I can evaluate the extent to which each influenced the development of the American identity.

Critical Vocabulary: Enlightenment, Benjamin Franklin, Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, “Old Lights,” “New Lights”

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin.
  2. Citizenship Question: Who was the first President of the United States? 
    A. John Hancock 
    B. James Madison 
    C. Benjamin Franklin 
    D. George Washington
  3. Guided Instruction: Revolutionary Thought
  4. Reflection Question: What characteristics make up the American identity in the 17th and 18th centuries? Choose 3 and explain each.
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Homework: Revolutionary America Reading
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Today's Agenda

8/20/2018

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Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:

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

Critical Vocabulary: Pilgrims, Plymouth Bay, Mayflower Compact, William Bradford, Squanto, Massachusetts Bay Company,
John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity," Harvard College, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Hooker, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Pequot War, King Philip, King Philip’s War

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: How did religion influence life in the New England colonies?
  2. Citizenship Question: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? 
    A. Chinese 
    B. Russians 
    C. Pacific Islanders 
    D. American Indians
  3. Guided Instruction: The New England Colonies
  4. ​Individual Learning: The English Colonies Short Answer Question
  5. Reflection Question: What do Bacon’s Rebellion and King Philip’s War have in common?

Homework: The English Colonies Reading
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    • Trading Cards
    • US History Flashcards
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  • Et Cetera
    • Class Toolbox
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      • US History to 1877
      • US History since 1877
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      • US History Overview 1
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