Paragraph response due MONDAY HW: STUDY FOR QUIZ ON MONDAY
Assign 13 Colonies Part 1 reading: Readings here (From "Britain in the New World" to "Witchcraft in Salem")
Reading questions: Reading questions due next Thursday
Monday, February 11
Quiz: New World Beginnings
Richard Hakluyt on "planting colonies"
Analyzing a primary source: The New England Primer
Continue researching Early Colonial Societies topics HW: Complete reading/questions for Monday after vacation:
Long version (more detail): Read Chapter 9 through Chapter 10d (The First Continental Congress) in USHistory.org
Note taking chart for Colonial Action-Reaction:
Declaration of Independence analysis/discussion: Compare your notes on the Declaration with table groups. Focus especially on the Statement of Beliefs (Section 2). Compare your notes with these pages on Digital History: Declaring Independence (last paragraph) and Was the Revolution Justified?
The Declaration's missing clause
HW: ZINN, "TYRANNY IS TYRANNY" READING AND QUESTIONS, DUE MONDAY
Monday, January 28
Course syllabus:
Intro to the wikispace
Have your course syllabus signed by a parent/guardian: DUE ASAP
Wednesday, January 30
Native American societies reading (from Digital History): Part A, Part B, Part C
Native American societies questions:
Reading questions due next Monday
Thursday,
January, 31
Course sign-ups for next year
HW: Reading questions due next Monday
Monday, February 4
Course requests
Review Native American Societies reading
Age of Exploration notes:
HW: Unit 1 Map Packet - due Thursday:
Explorers website (use for finding routes)
Wednesday, February 6
Work on Exploration map packet: DUE THURSDAY
HW: STUDY FOR QUIZ ON MONDAY
Quiz study guide:
Thursday, February 7
Paragraph response due MONDAY
HW: STUDY FOR QUIZ ON MONDAY
Assign 13 Colonies Part 1 reading: Readings here (From "Britain in the New World" to "Witchcraft in Salem")
Reading questions:
Reading questions due next Thursday
Monday, February 11
Richard Hakluyt on "planting colonies"
Chesapeake/New England colonies notes
Assign 13 Colonies Part 1 reading: Readings here (From "Britain in the New World" to "Witchcraft in Salem")
HW: Reading questions due Thursday
Wednesday, February 13
Thursday, February 14
Continue researching Early Colonial Societies topics
HW: Complete reading/questions for Monday after vacation:
Monday, February 25
Pd. 1 topics here
Pd. 5 topics here
Pd. 7 topics here
HW: STUDY FOR TEST NEXT WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, February 27
TEST NEXT WEDNESDAY
Thursday, February 28
13 colonies review:
TEST ON WEDNESDAY: DEVELOPMENT OF THE 13 COLONIES
Monday,
March 4
Wednesday,
March 6
HW: Eve of Revolution reading/questions DUE NEXT MONDAY:
Link to reading here
Thursday,
March 7
Eve of Revolution reading questions due on Monday
Monday,
March 11
Albany Plan of Union:
Wednesday,
March 13Finish Albany Plan questions for tomorrow
Thursday,
March 14
Discuss Albany Plan of Union
Pre-revolution review questions:
HW: Complete Pre-Revolution Review questions using your choice of source: DUE MONDAY
Short version (less detail):
Long version (more detail): Read Chapter 9 through Chapter 10d (The First Continental Congress) in USHistory.org
Note taking chart for Colonial Action-Reaction:
Monday,
March 18
"No taxation without representation!"
Rebellions actions in the colonies
Boston Massacre different accounts comparison
"John Adams" tar and feather clip
Source evaluation:
HW: Read "LEXINGTON AND CONCORD" and create a sequence of events chart for April 19, 1775
Thursday,
March 21
HW: Follow-up "responsible secondary source" paragraph about the Battle of Lexington
QUIZ ON MONDAY
Monday,
March 25
Declaration of Independence outline: DUE THURSDAY
Wednesday, March 27
Thursday, March 28
Declaration of Independence analysis/discussion: Compare your notes on the Declaration with table groups. Focus especially on the Statement of Beliefs (Section 2). Compare your notes with these pages on Digital History: Declaring Independence (last paragraph) and Was the Revolution Justified?
The Declaration's missing clause
HW: ZINN, "TYRANNY IS TYRANNY" READING AND QUESTIONS, DUE MONDAY
Monday,
April 1
Use textbooks, websites we've been using in class (like ushistory.org or digitalhistory) or these websites for research to fill in the chart:
History Central Rev. War battles
PBS Liberty
AmericanRevolution.org
BrittishBattles.com
Think about how certain events swung the course of the war and how the colonists were able to overcome their significant military disadvantages.
Wednesday, April 3
Thursday, April 4
"After the war..." reading and questions:
Reading links:
- Creating new state governments
- The Critical Period (read all parts of this section)
READING AND QUESTIONS DUE FOR NEXT MONDAY
HW: CREATING THE CONSTITUTION READING AND QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY: (reading from Don't Know Much About History, on paper only)