Unit 2-The American Revolution

Todays Agenda:

Check it out: Cool infographic on the American Revolution

• Read: the Smithsonian has a great article on the Battle of Bunker Hill, the most famous and least understood battle of the American Revolution. After reading the article, write a response in the comment section below. Comments should be one full paragraph about something that you learned or found interesting about the Battle of Bunker Hill. 

• Literary Analysis: The 3 documents of 1776: 

• Common Sense
• Declaration of Independence
• American Crisis

Unit 2-Revolutionary America

Today's Agenda:

• Chapter Attack: Chapter 4 Section 1
• Analyze: Boston, the Heart of the Revolution (The Sons of Liberty, the Tea Party and Massacre)
• View: Liberty: the American Revolution Episode 1

Unit 2-Revolutionary America

Today's Agenda:

• Introduce Unit 2-Revolutionary America
• Activity: Road to the Revolution
• Pass back Unit 1 Exam-Explain test corrections
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 4 Section 1

Unit 1-Colonial America

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Chapter 3 Section 4
• Discuss: the French and Indian War
• Discuss: The French and Indian War: the Emergence of George Washington
• Video: The War that Made America
• Map Activity: before and After the French and Indian War
• Unit 1 Review (Anthem Chapters 2 and 3)

Unit Exam is on Thursday (Study the Review)

Unit 1-Colonial America

Today's Agenda:

Review: Chapter 3 Section 3
Discuss: the European Enlightenment (Look familiar?)
Read: Quotes from Benjamin Franklin (He was the Man!)
Analyze: "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
Chapter Attack: Chapter 3 Section 4

Unit 1-Colonial America

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Chapter 3 Section 1
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 3 Section 2
• Evaluate: the Wheatley Poem
• View: Slavery in America

Unit 1-Colonial America

Today's Agenda:

• Chapter Attack: Chapter 2 Section 4
• Discuss: The Middle Colonies and Religious Toleration
• Watch: the Dutch lose New Netherland to the British

Unit 1-Colonial America

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Chapter 2 Section 3
• Discussion: Native Americans in Colonial America
• Read: 13 interesting facts about the Pequot War
• Video clip: King Philips War
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 2 Section 4 (Don't forget to analyze illustrations)

Unit 1-Colonial America

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Chapter 2 Section 3
• Discuss: Role of Religion in the Northern Colonies
• Analyze: Colonial Problems (Antinomian Controversy/Salem Witch Trials)
• Video clip: Salem Witch Trials

Unit 1-Colonial America

Today's Agenda: The Northern and Middle Colonies

• Quiz on Tobacco/Smith and Bradford handouts 
• Geography: 13 Colonies
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 2 Section 3
• Virtual Tour: Plymouth plantation 

Unit 1-Colonial America

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Chapter 2 Section 2 
• Primary Source Reading: Smith and Bradford Describe the Colonies
• Economics Chart: Tobacco in the Colonies
• Video (3min.) Life in Jamestown

Tobacco Wharf in Colonial America

Unit 1-Colonial America

Today's Agenda:

• Writing a Paragraph/Common Mistakes to Avoid
• Paragraph: Based on the video clips and what you learned in Section 1, how would you characterize the actions of the Spanish toward the native peoples of the "New World?"
• Quiz: Chapter 2 Section 1
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 2 Section 2 (The English in VA)
• Video Clip: Pocahantas

Jamestown VA