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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 discuss the key military and political turning points of the American Revolution.

Critical Vocabulary: Second Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Continental Army, Olive Branch Petition, Battle of Bunker Hill, Loyalists, Patriots, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence, General William Howe, Battle of Long Island, The American Crisis, New Jersey Campaign, General John Burgoyne, Battle of Saratoga, Valley Forge, Baron von Steuben, General Charles Cornwallis, General Benedict Arnold, Battle of Yorktown, Peace of Paris

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Complete the Non-Colonists in the American Revolution questions.
  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. Guided Instruction: The American Revolution
  4. Independent Learning: The American Revolution Map Activity
  5. Reflection Question: Why is the Saratoga Campaign considered to be the turning point in the American Revolution?
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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 discuss the key military and political turning points of the American Revolution.

Critical Vocabulary: Second Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Continental Army, Olive Branch Petition, Battle of Bunker Hill, Loyalists, Patriots, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence, General William Howe, Battle of Long Island, The American Crisis, New Jersey Campaign, General John Burgoyne, Battle of Saratoga, Valley Forge, Baron von Steuben, General Charles Cornwallis, General Benedict Arnold, Battle of Yorktown, Peace of Paris

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: What prompted British General Howe to move his troops to Nova Scotia in March 1776?
  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. Guided Instruction: The Story of Us: Revolution
  4. Reflection Question: ​Who do you think was the most important figure during the American Revolution? Why?
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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 discuss the key military and political turning points of the American Revolution.

Critical Vocabulary: Second Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Continental Army, Olive Branch Petition, Battle of Bunker Hill, Loyalists, Patriots, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence, General William Howe, Battle of Long Island, The American Crisis, New Jersey Campaign, General John Burgoyne, Battle of Saratoga, Valley Forge, Baron von Steuben, General Charles Cornwallis, General Benedict Arnold, Battle of Yorktown, Peace of Paris

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired?
  2. Citizenship Question: Which of the following is an American Indian tribe? 
    A. Huli 
    B. Kikuyu 
    C. Maori 
    D. Navajo
  3. Guided Instruction: The American Revolution
  4. Independent Learning: The American Revolution Map Activity
  5. Reflection Question: How long after the Battles of Lexington and Concord did the colonists declare independence? ​
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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 discuss the key military and political turning points of the American Revolution.

Critical Vocabulary: Second Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Continental Army, Olive Branch Petition, Battle of Bunker Hill, Loyalists, Patriots, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence, General William Howe, Battle of Long Island, The American Crisis, New Jersey Campaign, General John Burgoyne, Battle of Saratoga, Valley Forge, Baron von Steuben, General Charles Cornwallis, General Benedict Arnold, Battle of Yorktown, Peace of Paris

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: What was the significance of Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense?
  2. Citizenship Question: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 
    A. James Madison 
    B. Abraham Lincoln 
    C. Thomas Jefferson 
    D. George Washington
  3. Independent Learning: The American Revolution Activity
  4. Reflection Question: ​What other important pamphlet did Thomas Paine write during the American Revolution?
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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.
​
Learning Target:

I can discuss the key military and political turning points of the American Revolution.

Critical Vocabulary: Second Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Continental Army, Olive Branch Petition, Battle of Bunker Hill, Loyalists, Patriots, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence, General William Howe, Battle of Long Island, The American Crisis, New Jersey Campaign, General John Burgoyne, Battle of Saratoga, Valley Forge, Baron von Steuben, General Charles Cornwallis, General Benedict Arnold, Battle of Yorktown, Peace of Paris

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: What were the British strengths and American weaknesses at the outset of the American Revolution? The American strengths and the British weaknesses? (Write your answer on your packet.)
  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: The American Revolution Activity
  4. Reflection Question: What role did George Washington play in the American Revolution?

​Homework: The American Revolution 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: What the the three parts of the Declaration of Independence?
  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: The Road to Revolution Activity
  4. Reflection Question: Were the colonists justified in declaring independence in July 1776? Explain.

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 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 two cities emerge as central to the American revolutionary cause? How do their roles differ?
  2. Citizenship Question: Who is the "Father of Our Country"? 
    A. Abraham Lincoln 
    B. Thomas Jefferson 
    C. Benjamin Franklin 
    D. George Washington
  3. ​Individual Learning: The Road to Revolution Activity
  4. Reflection Question: Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence? From whom did he borrow many of his ideas?

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 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: Who were the Sons of Liberty? How did they further the revolutionary cause?
  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. ​Individual Learning: The Road to Revolution Activity
  4. Reflection Question: Put the following events into chronological order: Boston Massacre, Declaration of Independence, Lexington and Concord, Stamp Act, Tea Act

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 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: Define the following terms: Loyalist, Patriot
  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. ​Individual Learning: The Road to Revolution Activity
  4. Reflection Question: Why is it important to consider multiple perspectives when studying history?

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 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: List 3 people important to the history of the American Revolution.
  2. Citizenship Question: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? 
    A. Chinese 
    B. Russians 
    C. Pacific Islanders 
    D. American Indians
  3. ​Individual Learning: The Road to Revolution Activity
  4. Reflection Question: Explain what each of the people you listed in your Background Question did in relation to the American Revolution.

Homework: Revolutionary America Reading
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