Unit 1: The American Revolution
This unit starts with the outbreak of the French and Indian War and ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 and the independence of the American colonies. It covers Chapter 4, Lesson 4 through Chapter 6, Lesson 4.
Monday, September 9: Bell Ringer - To which European power did the American colonies belong?
Students practicing taking notes from the book. We read Ch. 4, Lesson 4: Rivalry in North America aloud as a class and reviewed what the main ideas were from each section.
Tuesday, September 10: Bell Ringer - Who tried to unite the colonies in 1754 under the Albany Plan of Union?
Students finished taking notes on the French and Indian War. Then they began to create a cause and effect map of what lead from the Proclamation of 1763 to the American colonies meeting in Philadelphia in the 1st Continental Congress in 1774.
Wednesday, September 11: Bell Ringer - What did the Proclamation of 1763 declare?
Students finished their cause and effect map about the road to the 1st Continental Congress. Students learned how the colonists were struggling to decide what to do in reaction to the harsh conditions created under the Coercive Acts. Fighting also began between the British and the American colonists at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.
Thursday, September 12: Bell Ringer - Which British Act closed Boston Harbor until the cost of the tea dumped during the Boston Tea Party was repaid?
The class finished discussing the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the start of the Siege of Boston. They also began to look at the call for independence that was made by Richard Henry Lee at the Second Continental Congress in Lee's Resolution.
Friday, September 13: Bell Ringer - What were the 3 bold statements made in Lee's Resolution?
Students took their first Friday Quiz. Class began with students discussing Lee's Resolution and the document that evolved from it, the Declaration of Independence. It ended with them reading and analyzing the Declaration of Independence.
Monday, September 16: Bell Ringer - When did the Second Continental Congress approve the Declaration of Independence?
Students finished reading the Declaration of Independence. Then they participated in an activity where they "translated" the Declaration into more modern English to better understand the meaning of the document.
Tuesday, September 17: Bell Ringer - What does the following excerpt from the Declaration of Independence mean? "In every state of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
Students compared the strengths and weaknesses of the British and Americans during the American Revolution.
Wednesday, September 18: Bell Ringer - What is one strength and one weakness of the Americans (Patriots) during the Revolutionary War?
Students were introduced to their Quarter 1 Project: Biography in a Box. Students will research and create a biography about a person who played an important role in the founding of our country. The entire project is due on Wednesday, October 16.
Thursday, September 19: Bell Ringer - What was the Siege of Boston?
Students completed a Guided Note sheet about the the Early Revolutionary War Battles from 1776-1778.
Friday, September 20: Bell Ringer - Which American military victory led France and Spain to enter the war against Great Britain?
Students took their weekly quiz. Then they learned about some of the foreigners who helped the Americans during the Revolutionary War. Then they watched the first part of Episode 5: World Turned Upside Down from Liberty! The American Revolution.
Monday, September 23: Bell Ringer - Why did the British General Clinton decide to bring the war to the Southern Colonies?
Students finished watching Liberty! The American Revolution and discussed the video.
Tuesday, September 24: Bell Ringer - What happened in Yorktown, Virginia on October 17, 1781?
Students took a few notes on the Treaty of Paris (1783) which officially ended the American Revolutionary War and on the last part of Lee's Resolution, his call for the colonies to create a "plan of confederation" before they were given time to study for the Unit 1 Test. The test is 45 points and covers the content from Ch. 4.4 on the French and Indian War through Ch. 6.4 on the end of the American Revolutionary War.
Students practicing taking notes from the book. We read Ch. 4, Lesson 4: Rivalry in North America aloud as a class and reviewed what the main ideas were from each section.
Tuesday, September 10: Bell Ringer - Who tried to unite the colonies in 1754 under the Albany Plan of Union?
Students finished taking notes on the French and Indian War. Then they began to create a cause and effect map of what lead from the Proclamation of 1763 to the American colonies meeting in Philadelphia in the 1st Continental Congress in 1774.
Wednesday, September 11: Bell Ringer - What did the Proclamation of 1763 declare?
Students finished their cause and effect map about the road to the 1st Continental Congress. Students learned how the colonists were struggling to decide what to do in reaction to the harsh conditions created under the Coercive Acts. Fighting also began between the British and the American colonists at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.
Thursday, September 12: Bell Ringer - Which British Act closed Boston Harbor until the cost of the tea dumped during the Boston Tea Party was repaid?
The class finished discussing the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the start of the Siege of Boston. They also began to look at the call for independence that was made by Richard Henry Lee at the Second Continental Congress in Lee's Resolution.
Friday, September 13: Bell Ringer - What were the 3 bold statements made in Lee's Resolution?
Students took their first Friday Quiz. Class began with students discussing Lee's Resolution and the document that evolved from it, the Declaration of Independence. It ended with them reading and analyzing the Declaration of Independence.
Monday, September 16: Bell Ringer - When did the Second Continental Congress approve the Declaration of Independence?
Students finished reading the Declaration of Independence. Then they participated in an activity where they "translated" the Declaration into more modern English to better understand the meaning of the document.
Tuesday, September 17: Bell Ringer - What does the following excerpt from the Declaration of Independence mean? "In every state of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
Students compared the strengths and weaknesses of the British and Americans during the American Revolution.
Wednesday, September 18: Bell Ringer - What is one strength and one weakness of the Americans (Patriots) during the Revolutionary War?
Students were introduced to their Quarter 1 Project: Biography in a Box. Students will research and create a biography about a person who played an important role in the founding of our country. The entire project is due on Wednesday, October 16.
Thursday, September 19: Bell Ringer - What was the Siege of Boston?
Students completed a Guided Note sheet about the the Early Revolutionary War Battles from 1776-1778.
Friday, September 20: Bell Ringer - Which American military victory led France and Spain to enter the war against Great Britain?
Students took their weekly quiz. Then they learned about some of the foreigners who helped the Americans during the Revolutionary War. Then they watched the first part of Episode 5: World Turned Upside Down from Liberty! The American Revolution.
Monday, September 23: Bell Ringer - Why did the British General Clinton decide to bring the war to the Southern Colonies?
Students finished watching Liberty! The American Revolution and discussed the video.
Tuesday, September 24: Bell Ringer - What happened in Yorktown, Virginia on October 17, 1781?
Students took a few notes on the Treaty of Paris (1783) which officially ended the American Revolutionary War and on the last part of Lee's Resolution, his call for the colonies to create a "plan of confederation" before they were given time to study for the Unit 1 Test. The test is 45 points and covers the content from Ch. 4.4 on the French and Indian War through Ch. 6.4 on the end of the American Revolutionary War.