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Today's Agenda

8/31/2017

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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. Independent Learning: Crash Course U.S. History (Watch by Wednesday)
  3. Collaborative Learning: The Road to the Revolution (Located on Google Classroom)
  4. Reflection Question: What was the political response to the Stamp Act in the colonies?
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Homework: Revolutionary America Reading

Tentative Test Date: September 15
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Today's Agenda

8/30/2017

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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: Why did the Albany Plan of Union fail? What does that tell us about the colonies in 1754?
  2. Guided Instruction: The French & Indian War​
  3. 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

8/29/2017

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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. Guided Instruction: The French & Indian War
  3. Individual Learning: The First "Teflon' Hero
  4. Reflection Question: What was George Washington's role in the start of the French and Indian War?
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Homework: The French & Indian War Reading

Tentative Test Date: September 15
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Today's Agenda

8/28/2017

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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. Guided Instruction: Revolutionary Thought
  3. 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: French and Indian War Reading

Tentative Test Date: September 15
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Today's Agenda

8/25/2017

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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 Southern Colonies, and I can analyze the impact of slavery on the region.he Southern Colonies, and I can analyze the impact of slavery on the region.

Critical Vocabulary: Restoration Colonies, James Oglethorpe, Yeomen, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Slave Traders,“Loose Packing,” “Tight Packing,” Middle Passage, Chattel Slavery, Slave Codes

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. Collaborative Learning: Slavery in the United States
  3. Reflection Question: What 5 words best summarize life in each of the colonial regions?
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Homework: The English Colonies Short Answer Question

Tentative Test Date: September 15
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Today's Agenda

8/24/2017

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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 Southern Colonies, and I can analyze the impact of slavery on the region.he Southern Colonies, and I can analyze the impact of slavery on the region.

Critical Vocabulary: Restoration Colonies, James Oglethorpe, Yeomen, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Slave Traders,“Loose Packing,” “Tight Packing,” Middle Passage, Chattel Slavery, Slave Codes

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: How did slave rebellions such as the Stono Rebellion and Nat Turner's Rebellion impact laws in the South?
  2. Collaborative Learning: Slavery in the United States
  3. Reflection Question: What were some of the laws that slaves were forced to follow under the slave codes?​

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this resource for help answering today's Background and Reflection Questions.
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Homework: The Southern and Middle Colonies Reading

Tentative Test Date: September 15
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Today's Agenda

8/23/2017

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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 Southern Colonies, and I can analyze the impact of slavery on the region.he Southern Colonies, and I can analyze the impact of slavery on the region.

Critical Vocabulary: Restoration Colonies, James Oglethorpe, Yeomen, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Slave Traders,“Loose Packing,” “Tight Packing,” Middle Passage, Chattel Slavery, Slave Codes

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Card for King Philip.
  2. Individual Learning: Read about Life in South Carolina and Georgia. 
  3. Collaborative Learning: 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: What was Mercantilism? How did it impact growth in the American colonies?

Homework: The Southern and Middle Colonies Reading

Tentative Test Date: September 15
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Today's Agenda

8/22/2017

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; Th 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. Guided Instruction: The New England Colonies; The Middle Colonies
  3. Reflection Question: What do Bacon’s Rebellion and King Philip’s War have in common?

Homework: The New England Colonies Reading

Tentative Test Date: September 15
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Today's Agenda

8/18/2017

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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: Why is Bacon’s Rebellion considered to be a turning point in American history?
  2. Individual Learning: Create Trading Cards for John Winthrop, Roger Williams, and Anne Hutchinson.
  3. Guided Instruction: The New England Colonies
  4. Reflection Question: How did religion influence life in the New England colonies?

Homework: The New England Colonies Reading

Tentative Test Date: September 15
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Today's Agenda

8/17/2017

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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 Chesapeake colonies, and I can describe the labor system that emerged as a result.

Critical Vocabulary: Virginia Company of London, Jamestown, John Smith, Powhatan,“Starving Time,” Pocahontas, John Rolfe, Headright System, Indentured Servant, House of Burgesses, Opechancanough, Lord Baltimore, Maryland Act of Toleration, Chattel Slavery, Navigation Acts, Nathaniel Bacon, Bacon’s Rebellion

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: How did the Spanish, French, and British differ in their treatment of Native Americans? Why?
  2. Guided Instruction: The Chesapeake Colonies
  3. Reflection Question: What motivated the founding and settlement of the Chesapeake colonies? 

Homework: The Chesapeake Colonies Reading

Tentative Test Date: September 15
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