Day 23 - Declaration of Independence

John Adams Part 2 Viewing Guide

Day 22 - Causes of the American Revolution (cont'd)

Progress reports were sent home today.

We will begin today by getting in groups and completing a Flash Card Activity where the students will try to answer 30 review questions on the Early Colonial Period.

Next, in those same groups, the students will brainstorm and write down all the causes of the American Revolution they can think of and then prioritize the list from most important to least.  Then, as a class, we will compile a class list of most important events that led to the Revolutionary War.

Video Clip about the Battle of Lexington & Concord

Video Clip about the Battle of Bunker Hill

Finally, we will spend the rest of the class period going over the key terms from Chapter 4.2 and discuss the Declaration of Independence.

Day 21 - Causes of the American Revolution (cont'd)

We will finish watching John Adams (Episode 1) which features:
The Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Coercive Acts
First Continental Congress

Key Terms Handout

Day 20 - Causes of the American Revolution

We will continue our study of Chapter 4, Section 1 and will do a group activity where we will analyze the Boston Massacre.

Boston Massacre Group Activity

We will watch a dramatic recreation of the Boston Massacre from the "John Adams" miniseries.

Day 19 - Road to the Revolution

We will begin our study of Chapter 4, which is the events that led to the American Colonists decision to declare Independence.
As a class we will complete a Venn Diagram entitled "Road to Revolution"
Key Terms:

British "Occupation"

George Grenville

Sugar Act

Samuel Adams

"No taxation without representation!"

Stamp Act

Stamp Act Congress

Sons/Daughters of Liberty

Declaratory Act

Quartering Act

Townshend Acts

Writs of Assistance

Non-importation Agreements/Boycotts

Boston Massacre

Committees of Correspondence

Tea Act

Boston Tea Party

Coercive (Intolerable Acts)

Quebec Act

First Continental Congress

Minutemen

Lexington & Concord

-"Shot heard 'round the world"

Day 18 - Unit 1 Test

After a short review of the key terms using Quizlet, Students will take their Unit 1 Test.

Day 17 - Review for Unit Test

Today we will be reviewing for a Unit test.  The test will cover the first 3 chapters of the American Anthem which covers Exploration and Colonization up through the French & Indian War.

Day 16 - French and Indian War

EQ:  What was the effect of the French and Indian War on the American colonies economically, socially, and politically?

Review Enlightenment and Great Awakening

Chapter 3.4

Key Terms:

French Territories in North America

Spanish Territories

French & Indian War

Iroquois League

Causes:

-Military Issues

-Relations with Native Americans

-Western Settlement

Albany Plan of Union

-Ben Franklin

Important Personalities:

-George Washington

-William Pitt

Battle of Quebec

Treaty of Paris 1763

Effects:

-Colonial Unity

-Military Experience

-Increased Taxes

George Grenville

Pontiac's Rebellion

Proclamation of 1763

French & Indian War Parody

Students will complete a War Trace on their own.

Day 15 - America's Emerging Culture

EQ:  What impact did the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening have on the American Colonies?

Key Terms:
Enlightenment (Age of Reason):
-Scientific Revolution
John Locke (What does John Locke Say?)
-Natural Rights
-Social Contract
Baron de Montesquieu
Enlightenment in America
-Franklin
-Jefferson
Great Awakening (Video)
-Jonathan Edwards
-"Sinners in the hands of an Angry God"
  (Start on page 13 at the bottom "The wrath of God..." and continue to the middle of page 16)
-George Whitefield
Diversity in the Colonies
-Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
-"What then, is this American?"
Life in Colonial America
Colonial Press
-John Peter Zenger

Day 14 - Colonial Economy

Chapter 3.2 Colonial Economy
(Video)
Key Terms:
NORTH:
Subsistence Farming
-Wheat Farming in Middle Colonies
Fur Trade
Timber
Shipbuilding
Fishing
Whaling

Industries:
Mills
-Flour
Distilling & Brewing
Ironworks
Textiles
*Shipping
 -Commerce
**Triangular Trade
**Middle Passage

SOUTH:
-More Rural
Cash Crops - Plantations
Tobacco
Indigo
Rice
Naval Stores
-Rope, Tar, Turpentine
*Yeoman Farmers
SLAVERY
Slavery and the Making of America Video
Transatlantic Slave Trade
-Olaudah Equiano
Resistance
-Sabotage
-Run Away
-Rebel
*Stono Rebellion 1739

Day 13 - Chapter 3 Mercantilism

Chapter 3 Key Terms:

Mercantilism

Balance of Trade

Navigation Acts

-Smuggling

Political Impact of the English Civil War

Dominion of New England

-Sir Edmund Andros

Glorious Revolution

English Bill of Rights

New England Confederation

Salutary Neglect

First Colonial Governments

Students will complete an Acrostic that accurately describes NAVIGATION ACTS

Link to Chapter 2 Section 2 for tomorrow

Day 12 - Test on Chapter 2 The English Colonies

Students will review using Quizlet Live

Then students will take a test on Chapter 2

Day 11 - Middle Colonies

EQ: What was the makeup of the Middle colonies in Colonial America?

Chapter 2.4 Key Terms:
New England Colonies Video Clip
Middle Colonies Video Clip

English Civil War

-Charles II

Proprietary Colonies

New York

-James Duke of York

-New Netherlands

New Jersey
Southern Colonies Video Clip

Carolinas

Georgia

-James Oglethorpe

-Buffer Zone

Quakers

Pennsylvania

-William Penn

Deleware

Maryland

-Haven for Catholics

-Act of Toleration

Quizlet Review

Test tomorrow on Chapter 2

Day 10 - Chapter 2 (cont'd)

Students will complete notes for Chapter 2, section 3 discussing Life in New England.

Crash Course - The English and the Native Americans

Complete Compare and Contrast Chart for New England and Chesapeake Colonies

Students will have time to complete the Mini-Book Activity

Link to Quizlet Set for Chapter 2

Day 9 - Chapter 2 (cont'd)

EQ:  What were the main differences in the development of Virginia as opposed the development of New England?

Lesson

Video Clip -  America: Story of Us: Rebels (18:00)

Video Clip - 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America: Massacre at Mystic (21:00)

Direct Instruction

Review and complete Key terms from previous day.

Independent Practice

Students will complete a mini-book or an Illustrated/Annotated Timeline covering either the Virginia or New England Colonies

Day 8 - Chapter 2.3 The Northern Colonies

EQ:

Why did the Puritans flee England?

How did dissent among the Puritans threaten the New England Colonies?

What was life like in New England?

Key Terms:

Protestant Reformation

Puritans

Mayflower "Saints"

William Bradford

Mayflower Compact

Plymouth Colony

First Thanksgiving

Massachusetts Bay

John Winthrop

-"City Upon A Hill"

The Great Migration

Puritan Work Ethic

Puritan Dissenters

Thomas Hooker

-Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Roger Williams

-Rhode Island

--Separation of Church & State

Anne Hutchinson

Salem Witch Trials

Life in New England

-Education

-Government

-Interaction with Native Americans

--Pequot War

--King Philip's War

Day 7 - Chapter 2.2 The English in Virginia

Essential Question:

Why were the first English Colonies established?

What helped the Jamestown Colony survive?

How did Virginia grow and change during the 1600s?

Key Terms:

Roanoke

-Sir Walter Raleigh

Joint-Stock Companies

Jamestown - 1607

-"A colony of Gentlemen"

John Smith

Powhatan

Pocahontas

"Starving Time"

John Rolfe

-"Brown Gold"

Push-Pull Factors

Primogeniture

Headright System

House of Burgesses

Indentured Servants

1619 - First Africans

Bacon's Rebellion 1676

Day 6 - Chapter 2.1 - Early American Exploration

EQ: What enabled Spain to get a head start on North American Exploration and how did other European Countries eventually get involved?

Key Terms:

Treaty of Tordesillas

Conquistadors

-Juan Ponce de Leon

-Hernando de Soto

-Hernan Cortes

Encomienda System

Pope's Rebellion

1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada

-Sir Francis Drake

New France

-Sumuel de Champlain

-Fur Trade

-St. Lawrence to Louisiana

New Netherlands

-Henry Hudson

Video: Mankind - New World

Video Discussion Worksheet

Coroner's Report - Aztec Human Sacrifice