Week of 9/26

Monday 9/26
Weigh the Evidence: Boston Massacre

Tuesday
Weigh the Evidence: Boston Massacre continued and ARE Statement

Wednesday
Causes of the War: Boston Massacre to the Intolerable Acts.  Slides #44-55

Thursday

Complete the Causes of War.
Reading of Thomas Paine's Common Sense

Friday
Complete Common Sense

Week of 9/19

Monday 
Map Test
Notes on the Causes of the Revolution Slides #1-9

Tuesday
Continued Notes on the Causes of the Revolution Slides #9-18

Wednesday
Continued Notes on the Causes of the Revolution Slides #19-32

Thursday
Finished watching History of US: Patriots (found on a previous blog page), start at minute 18:00.  Take notes on tools and reasons of protest by colonist.

Friday
Continued Notes on the Causes of the Revolution Slides #33-43
and began Boston Massacre: Weigh the Evidence

Week of September 12

Week of September 12

Monday 9/12

• Complete notes for the Development of Virginia and the New England colonies
• Students begin to analyze passenger lists of ships traveling to New England or Virginia.

Tuesday 9/13

• Complete the questions for Passenger Lists activity

Wednesday 9/14

• Labeled the colonies and the regions on the map.
• Notes on the Development of the Middle and Southern Colonies.

Thursday 9/15

• Writing Task: What opportunities did the Virginia and New England colonies offer immigrants in the 1630's?

Friday 9/16
No School

How did we get here?

Monday 8/29

Take notes on How did we get here? slides.

Thursday 9/1

Add notes on the motivations and challenges of the early settlers from the slides and while watching Story of US: Rebels, up to minute 19:00. 

You should have at least five motivations and five challenges.

Friday 9/2

Are all sources reliable?  Today we learn about how to source documents by investigating: 

Did Pocahontas save John Smith’s life by protecting him from her tribe?

Use the document "Jamestown, Did it happen?" to read the documents, answer the questions, and complete an ARE statement.  Below is the video clip for questions #1-3.  Scene from The New World directed by Terrence Malick, 2005