Monday, 30 November 2015

Saratoga

Today, we are going to SOAPSTONE a proclamation from the Saratoga compaign.

First let's discuss Benedict Arnold's protrait:

Tomorrow, you have a quiz on chapter 8.


SOAP the Document:  Making Primary Source Documents 
Come Clean! 
 
Source 


Who wrote the document?  

What is the author’s background/point of view?  

Whose point of view, given the topic, is 
missing?  

Do you consider the source a reliable one on this topic?  Why/why not? 

Occasion  

When was the document written?  

What does the date of the document tell you about its content? 

What other historical events were going on during this time? 

Audience  

To whom is the author writing?  

What type of document is this (diary entry, personal letter, public speech, 
etc.)?    

Does the private/public nature of the document inform you about its content 
(is the author sharing private thoughts, making a public pronouncement, 
etc.)? 

Purpose 
Why was the document written?  What is the purpose of the document?  

What is the document saying?

Tone

What is the attitude of the speaker?

Friday, 20 November 2015

AP ESSAY


Viewpoints: Students will read “The War for Independence was Not a Social Revolution” by Howard Zinn and “The War for Independence was a Social Revolution” by Gordon S. Wood.  Using these articles as well as the primary documents from the period, students will write an essay responding to the following: Based on the arguments provided by Zinn and Wood as well as the primary source documents, to what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change society?  In your answer, be sure to address the political, economic, and social effects of the Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800.

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

Chapter 8



Today we are going to begin reading chapter 8

UNIT GOAL

Students will be able to analyze and evaluate how Britain’s victory over France in the imperial struggle for North America led to new conflicts among the British government, the North American colonists and American Indians, culminating in the creation of a new nations, the United States.


4- Students can analyze and evaluate how Britain's victory over France in the imperial struggle for North American led to new conflicts among the British government, the North America colonist and the American Indians, culmination in the creation of a new nations, the United States, and how this war led  to new experiments with democratic ideas and republican forms of government, as well as other new religious, economic and cultural ideas, challenged traditional imperial systems across the Atlantic World.

3 - Students can analyze and evaluate how Britain's victory over France in the imperial struggle for North American led to new conflicts among the British government, the North America colonist and the American Indians, culmination in the creation of a new nations, the United States.

2 - Students can explain how Britain's victory over France in the imperial struggle for North American led to new conflicts among the British government, the North America colonist and the American Indians, culmination in the creation of a new nations, the United States.

1 - Students can recognize how Britain's victory over France in the imperial struggle for North American led to new conflicts among the British government, the North America colonist and the American Indians, culmination in the creation of a new nations, the United States. 

Identity: How did different social group identities evolve during the revolutionary struggle?  How did leaders of the new United States attempt to form a national identity?

Work, Exchange, and Technology: How did the newly independent United States attempt to formulate a national economy?

Peopling: How did the revolutionary struggle and its aftermath reorient white-American Indian relations and affect subsequent population movements?

Politics and Power: How did the ideology behind the revolution affect power relationships between different ethnic, racial, and social groups?

America in the World:How did the revolution become an international conflict involving competing European and American powers?

Environment and Geography: How did the geographical and environment characteristics of regions open up to white settlements after 1763 affect their subsequent development?

Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture: Why did the patriot cause spread so quickly among the colonists after 1763?  How did the republican ideals of the revolutionary cause affect the nation’s political culture after independence?
 

Monday, 16 November 2015

Monday

Today - we are going to go over your Don't Know Much About History information.

Then we are going to create quizlets with information, but first - let's look at a former student's quizlet.

You should have an email inviting you to join U.S. History Quizlet.


Thursday, 12 November 2015

Things to know for the American Revolution




Okay - so how do we get from Lexington and Concord to the Constitution?

Lets look at a video and then in Don't Know Much About History look up the following things:



2nd Continental Congress

People: Sam Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Ben Franklin.

Battle of Bunker Hill
Olive Branch Petition
 Ticongeroda
Battle of Quebec
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Long Island
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Yorktown

William Howe
Richard Montgomery
Benedict Arnold
Daniel Morgan
Lord Charles Cornwallis
John Burgoyne
Nathanael Greene
Ethan Allen
Comte de Rochambeau
Admiral de Grasse

Texts: The Crisis, The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, letters and proclamations from Benedict Arnold and Johnny Burgoyne. 

For a good review video explaining the Road to the Revolution - 1763-1775 go HERE

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Quiz

Today we are going to take a quiz on "The Road to the Revolution".  If you get done early, you need to watch - if you have headphones - the video on EDPuzzle.

Tomorrow, we will begin the REVOLUTION.

Go luck.

Monday, 9 November 2015

The Road to the Revolution

Today we are going to finish - one way or another - chapter 7.

Make sure you know the following for tomorrow:


1763 - The Proclamation Act of 1763
1764- Sugar Act
1765 - Stamp Act
1767 - Townshend Act
1770 - Boston Massacre
1773 - Tea Act
1773- Boston Tea Pary
1774 - Intolerable Acts

Tomorrow, we will play a review game.