Oct
30
Learning Goal: Today in class we will make a foldable describing the advantages and disadvantages on both sides during the American Revolution. Bell Ringer: Who do you think would win the war if you thought about which side was stronger in 1776? Activities: 1. Finish writing Open Response question. 2. Turn in Bell Ringers for …
Oct
28
Learning Goal: Today we will review about how the American Revolutionary War began and for the chapter 5 Test Bell Ringer: After reading the Declaration of Independence, what do you feel was the most powerful parts of this document? Activities: 1. Check Guided Reading and Reteaching Activity worksheets 2. Review Game for Chapter 5 Test …
Oct
28
Larning Goal: Today we will learn about the Declaration of Independence. Bell Ringer: What were some of the main points of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” Where did he get some of his ideas? Activity: 1. PowerPoint on Declaration of Independence. 2. Film of actors reading the Declaration of Idependence. Students will follow along in their …
Oct
26
Learning Goal: Today we will learn about the 2nd Constitutional Congress and Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”. Bell Ringer: If you had been a colonists in 1775, would you have been a Rebel or a Loyalist? Why? What does being a Rebel or a Loyalist mean? Activity: 1st – 3rd Periods 1. Check Reteaching Activities from …
Oct
25
Learning Goal: Today we will review the causes and effects leading to the American Revolution. Bell Ringer: When are where did the American Revolution begin? Activities: All Classes – 1. Quizes over sections 1 & 2 of Chapter 5 1st & 3rd Periods – 2. Check Guided Reading and Reteaching Activity from Section 3 3. …
Oct
22
Learing Goal: Today we will learn how the Revolutionary War begain. Bell Ringer: How did the Boston Tea Party challenge British Rule? Activity; 1st & 3rd Periods 1. Check Section 2 Worksheet 2. Film – United Streaming – Lexington and Concord – Independence 3. Assign section 3 Guided Reading and Reteaching Activity 4th Period 1. …
Oct
22
Learning Goal: Today we will continue learning how the colonists reacted to British taxes. Example – The Boston Tea Party. Bell Ringer: What was the effect of the Townshend Acts on the Colonies? Activities: 1. Watch United Streaming Film “Taxation without Representation” 2. Check section 1 Guided Reading Worksheet 3. Read alound section 2 of …
Oct
21
Learning Goal: Today we will learn how the colonists reacted to British Acts. Bell Ringer: If the taxes were really not all that high the British put on the colonists, why did they disagree with them so much? Activities: Read Illustrated History Magazine
Oct
18
Learning Goal – Today we will learn about “Taxation without Representation” Bell Ringer – The French and Indian war was fought because of the competition over the settlement of the Ohio River Valley. When the British won the war, predict what the colonists thought that they would do in the Ohio Valley after the war? …
Oct
06
Learning Goal: Today we will review for the chapter 4 Test Bell ringer: Who won the French and Indian War and what were the results for the the French, the British, and the Native Americans? Chapter 4 Test Review
