TSW: Describe how George Washington changed his military strategy. Explain how the Americans won the Revolutionary War despite many disadvantages.
Teacher Activities
Review/Discuss Chapter 6 as a class
Student Activities
Bellwork: Answer the following in complete sentences: What foregin countries helped the patriots win the war? Why? Assignment: Watch the 12 minute mindjogger video quiz. Highlight bellwork and assignments for important places and names: Charleston, Trenton, Vincennes, Philadelphia, Saratoga, Yorktown, Valley Forge, Carolinas and Georgia. Review for test with a partner.
Assessment/Evaluation
Q & A
Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)
Additional Resources
American Republic Video Program: mindjogger Video Quiz
Class Name
Tuesday
Objective
(Student will…)
TSW: Understand why other nations helped the Patriots. Describe how Washington’s troops survived the winter at Valley Forge. Recognize the challenges Americans faced at home as a result of the war.
Teacher Activities
Student Activities
Ch 6 Test
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Wednesday
Objective
(Student will…)
TSW: Examine how the weaknesses of the Articles led to instability. Explain how the Confederation Congress dealt with the western lands.
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior Knowledge/Discuss
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the Read to Learn p. 192. Read Ch 7.1 Complete the Reading Strategy p. 192. Answer the Reading Check questionsp. 193, 195, 196. 198 Assessment p. 198 #1-6 Answer the Read to Learn p. 192
TSW: Describe how the Constitutional Convention broke the deadlock over the form the new government would take. Understand how the delegates answered the question of representation.
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior Knowledge/Discuss
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the read to Learn p. 199. Assignment. Read Ch 7.2 Reading Quiz. Complete the Reading Strategy p. 199, Answer the Reading checks p. 201, 203,205. Assessment p. 205 #1-6 Answer the Read to Learn p. 199
Assessment/Evaluation
Quiz/Review Assessment
Academic Vocabulary
Depression, manumission, proportional, compromise
Additional Resources
Class Name
Friday
Objective
(Student will…)
TSW: Understand the roots of the Constitution. Explain how the Constitution limits the power of government.
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior knowledge/discuss
Student Activities
Bellwork . Copy the Read to learm p. 207. Read Ch 7.3. Reading Quiz. Complete the reading strategy p 207. Answer the reading checks p. 208, 209, 211, 212, 213. Assessment p 213- #1-6 Answer the read to learn p. 207.
Assessment/Evaluation
Quiz/Review Assessment
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Week of October 19-23, 2009
Class Name
Monday
Objective
(Student will…)
TSW: Understand why some Americans supported the British. Explain how the Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the war.
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior Knowledge: Have you ever worked hard for what you believed in ? What was the cause you worked for? What did you do to support your cause? Did your work make a difference? This section focuses on advantages and disadvantages of the British and the Americans in the American Revolution. Review/Discuss factors leading up to revolution.
Student Activities
Bellwork: copy the Read to Learn p. 162. Assignment: Actively read Ch 6.1. Complete the reading strategy p. 162. Answer the reading check questions p. 165,167,168. complete the Assessment p. 168 #1-6. Answer the Read to Learn p. 162.
Assessment/Evaluation
Grade /Review
Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)
Neutral, mercenary, recruit
Additional Resources
American Republic Video Program: Loyalists and Tories (6 minutes) The American Revoluation (9 minutes)
Class Name
Tuesday
Objective
(Student will…)
TSW: Understand why other nations helped the Patriots. Describe how Washington’s troops survived the winter at Valley Forge. Recognize the challenges Americans faced at home as a result of the war.
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior Knowledge: Have you ever had to ask others for help when you had a problem you could not solve by yourself? How did the people you asked respond? Were they helpful? Did you feel they supported you? How did you feel when you shared your problem with someone who cared and was willing to help? The last section focused on advantages and disadvantages of British and the Americans. This section focuses on the hardships the Patriots faced and the help they received from European countries.
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the Read to Learn p. 172/Ch 6.1 Reading Quiz. Read Ch 6.2. complete the Reading Strategy p. 172, answer the reading checks p. 175,176. Complete the Assessment p. 176 #1-6. Answer the Read to Learn p. 172.
Assessment/Evaluation
Grade Review Assessment
Academic Vocabulary
Desert, inflation
Additional Resources
Class Name
Wednesday
Objective
(Student will…)
TSW: Explain how the war involved Native Americans. Describe how a new kind of fighting developed in the South.
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior Knowledge: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have fought on American soil or at sea along our coasts? How would your life change? How would you feel if your father or brothers had to go off to war? What would happen if members of your family supported different sides? The last section focused on the hardships the Patriots faced and the help they received from European countries. This section focuses on how the war spread to the West and the South.
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the Read to Learn p. 177. Assignment: Ch 6.2 quiz. Read Ch 6.3 Complete the Reading Strategy p. 177. Answer the Reading Check questionsp. 178,179,182. Assessment p. 182 #1-6 Answer the Read to Learn p. 177.
Assessment/Evaluation
Grade Review Assessment
Academic Vocabulary
Blockade, privateer, guerrilla warfare
Additional Resources
Class Name
Thursday
Objective
(Student will…)
TSW: Describe how George Washington changed his military strategy. Explain how the Americans won the Revolutionary War despite many disadvantages.
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior Knowledge: Have any of your relatatives served in the war? In which war di they serve? What role did they play in the war? Were they honored for their service? The last section focused on how the war spread west and south. This section focuses on how the American colonies overcame many disadvantages to win their independence.
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the read to Learn p. 183. Assignment. Read Ch 6.4. Complete the Reading Strategy p. 183, Answer the Reading checks p. 185, 187. Assessment p. 187 #1-6 Answer the Read to Learn p. 183.
Assessment/Evaluation
Grade/Review Assessment
Academic Vocabulary
Ratify, ambush
Additional Resources
Class Name
Friday/
Objective
(Student will…)
TSW: Describe how George Washington changed his military strategy. Explain how the Americans won the Revolutionary War despite many disadvantages.
Teacher Activities
Review of Chapter 6.
Student Activities
Turn in Bellwork. Students will be divided into 4 groups. The students will have 15 minutes to prepare a review of their section for the class. Groups will then present a brief review of their section in front of the class.
Assessment/Evaluation
Student Presentations…
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Week of October 12-16
Class Name
Monday
Objective
(Student will…)
Describe what happened at the Second Continental Congress. Explain why the Declaration of Independence was drafted.
Teacher Activities
TTW: Discuss/Review Declaration of Independence with students
Student Activities
Bellwork: copy the Main Idea p. 147
Pre-AP: Prepare for Quiz
15 minute video of Declaration of Independence
Think-Pair Shair with partners of Ch 5.4
Brief Notes
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)
Propaganda
Additional Resources
Jun
Class Name
Tuesday
Objective
(Student will…)
Describe what happened at the Second Continental Congress. Explain why the Declaration of Independence was drafted.
Teacher Activities
TTW: Facilitate Gameshow Review
Also Mindjogger Video
Student Activities
Bellwork: Read p,152 and answer the 2 questions
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary
Loyalist, Patriot, militia, minutement
Additional Resources
Class Name
Wednesday/
Objective
(Student will…)
Teacher Activities
Student Activities
Ch 5 test
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary
Petition, Preamble
Additional Resources
Class Name
Thursday
Objective
(Student will…)
Review of Second continental congress. Explain why the Declaration of Independence was drafted.
Teacher Activities
Substitute Plans
Student Activities
Video of the American Revolution (50 minutes).
Assessment/Evaluation
Students will take brief notes of the video
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Friday
Objective
(Student will…)
Teacher Activities
Sub Plans: Video presentation of the American Revolution
Student Activities
Students will take notes during the video
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Week of October 5-9, 2009
Class Name
Monday
Objective
(Student will…)
Describe how wars in Europe spread to the colonies
Teacher Activities
Review of Chapter 4 : Question/Answer Time followed by Mindjogger video quiz and Jeopardy Review.
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the Read to Learn p. 121 as questions or in complete sentences.
Assessment/Evaluation
Question/Review on videoquiz and again throughout the classperiod.
Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)
Additional Resources
Mindjogger Video Quiz
Class Name
Tuesday
Objective
(Student will…)
Chapter 4 Test
Teacher Activities
Student Activities
Bellwork: Prepare for Test
Assessment/Evaluation
Chapter 4 Test
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Wednesday
Objective
(Student will…)
Describe why the British had problems in North America after the French and Indian War. Explain how the colonists responded to unpopular British laws.
Teacher Activities
TTW : Activate prior knowledge with questioning:
Have you ever felt that a rule was unfair? How did you react to that rule? Were you able to get the rule changed? If so, what methods did you use to change the rule? This section focuses on the way the British government treated the colonists after the French and Indian War.
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the Main Idea p. 132
Read Chapter 5.1 and create a Newsbroadcast of the section summarizing all Red and Blue Headings. “It’s raining taxes.”
Assessment/Evaluation
Students will present broadcasts at the end of class
Academic Vocabulary
Revenue, writs of assistance, resolution, effigy, boycott, repeal, nonimportation
Additional Resources
Class Name
Thursday
Objective
(Student will…)
Identify the causes of the Boston Massacre. Explain how Britain tried to maintain its control over the colonies.
Have you ever been angry about something someone did or said to you? How did you feel? Did you want to get back at them or get even? Did you tell other friends so that they would take your side and help you? Did you protest in some way or decide to ignore it? This section focuses on growing tensions between the colonists and the British government.
Student Activities
Bellwork: copy the Main Idea p. 136
Students will draw a cartoon strip showing the story of the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre.
Assessment/Evaluation
Grade Illustrations/share with class
Academic Vocabulary
Propaganda
Additional Resources
Class Name
Friday
Objective
(Student will…)
Identify the events that took place at the Continental Congeress. Describe the early skirmishes of the American Revolution.
Have you ever had a disagreement with a friend or family member? What did you do to try to make peace with this person? Did your actions work? Did you have to compromise with this person in order to make everyone happy. The last section focused on the colonists reaction to the taxes and restrictions placed on them by the British Parliament. This section focuses on the establishment of the Continental Congress and the events that led up to the American Revolution.
Student Activities
TSW complete Cooperative Learning Activity / Eyewitness and Others
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary
Loyalist, Patriot
Additional Resources
Week of September 28-October 2,2009
Class Name
Monday
Objective
(Student will…)
Define the triangular trade and explain how it affected American Society.
Describe how the regions in the colonies differed from one another.
Describe why the use of enslaved workers increased in the colonies.
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior knowledge with the following questions: a. What kinds of jobs do people in Hobbs have? B. What jobs do your parents or frinds’ parent have? What type of work would you like to do when you are old enough.
Introduce Ch 4.1 Life in the colonies and discuss the economic development.
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the Read to learn p. 100.
1. Read silently ch. 4.1 while taking Cornell Notes. Students that did not finish their test on Friday will have an opportunity to finish their tests.
Assessment/Evaluation
Students will compare their notes with a partner the last 10 minutes of class. Students will then answer the days objectives.
Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)
Additional Resources
Class Name
Tuesday
Objective
(Student will…)
Bellwork: Copy the Read to Learn p. 108.
Describe why the Navigation Acts angered the colonists.
Identify the people who had the right to vote in colonial legislatures.
Teacher Activities
Activate prior knowledge with the following questions: What kinds of things do your parents teach you? What subjects are you taught at school? Do you practice a specific religion? How does your religion influence your daily life?
Introduce the section by explaining that this section focuses on how religion and public education affected the colonists.
Student Activities
Read Ch 4.2 While taking Cornell Notes.
Assessment/Evaluation
Stand Up / Sit down review at the end of class.
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Wednesday
Objective
(Student will…)
Explain how wars in Europe spread to the American colonies.
Describe the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union.
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior Knowledge with the following questions: Has anyone ever tried to claim something that was yours? How did you react? How did you try to resolve the situation?
Introduce the section focuses on how Native American groups and British colonists were drawn into the rivalry between France and Britain.
Student Activities
Read Ch 4.3 While taking Cornell Notes
Assessment/Evaluation
Question and answer review at the end of class
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Thursday
Objective
(Student will…)
Explain how British fortunes improved after William Pitt took over direction of the war.
2. Describe how Chief Pontiac united his people to fight for their land.
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior Knowledge: Have you ever wondered what caused a particular war? Do you think about the factors that caused one side to win and aonther side to lose?
Introduce this section as it focuses on how leader’s actions led to victories and losses in war.
Student Activities
Read chapter 4.4 while taking cornell Notes.
Assessment/Evaluation
Compare notes at the end of class
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Friday/
Objective
(Student will…)
Review of Colonization
Teacher Activities
Student Activities
Turn in Bellwork
View the Colonization of French settlement series
Assessment/Evaluation
.
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Week of September 21-25, 2009
Class Name
Monday
Objective
(Student will…)
Explain why the Pilgrims and Puritans came to America
Deascribbe how Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the New Hampshire colonies began.
Teacher Activities
Show 2 minute school house rocks video of No More Kings
Review Ch 3.1/Activate Prior knowledge
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the Main Idea and Read to learn p. 76
Assignment: Students will begin group project of colonies
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)
Additional Resources
Class Name
Tuesday
Objective
(Student will…)
Explain why the Middle colonies had the most diverse populations in colonial America.
Identify America’s first town planner
Teacher Activities
Review/Discuss Ch 3.1., 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the Main Idea and Read to Learn p. 82
Group project of Colonies
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Wednesday
Objective
(Student will…)
Understand why the Southern Colonies were established.
Compare and contrast Frances’s colony in North America with the English colonies
Teacher Activities
Review/Lecture/Discuss 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Student Activities
Bellwork: copy the main idea and read to learn p. 86
Group Project of Colonies
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Thursday/
Objective
(Student will…)
Review
Teacher Activities
Show the Mindjogger Video (12 minutes)
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the section theme p. 86.
Jeopardy Review
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Friday/
Objective
(Student will…)
Chapter 3
Teacher Activities
Chapter 3 Test
Student Activities
Turn in Bellwork
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Week of September 14-18, 2009
Class Name
Monday
Objective
(Student will…)
Commemorate September 11, 2001
Teacher Activities
Student Activities
Finish Watching documentary of September 11, 2001
Review for Ch 2 Test
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)
Additional Resources
Class Name
Tuesday
Objective
(Student will…)
1. Examine how technology made long sea voyages possible.
Teacher Activities
Student Activities
Assessment/Evaluation
Ch 2 Test
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Wednesday
Objective
(Student will…)
School Pictures/Commemorate Constitution Day with a video msg from Steve Pearce
Teacher Activities
Discuss Constitution Day/Week
Student Activities
Assessment/Evaluation
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Thursday/
Objective
(Student will…)
Identify the crop that saved the people of Jamestown.,
Explain how the colonists received political rights
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior knowledge. “Have you ever moved from one place to live in another? Did you move far away? What kinds of changes did you face? What factors made it difficult to move. Introduce Ch 3.
Student Activities
Bellwork: Copy the Read to Learn p. 70
Watch 2 minute video clip of “No Kings” from School House Rock Series.
Actively Read Ch 3.1
Read Excerpt from “Dear America”
Assessment/Evaluation
Stand up Sit Down Quiz
Academic Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Class Name
Friday/
Objective
(Student will…)
Explain why the Pilgrims and the Puritans came to America
Describe how the Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the New Hampshire colonies began.
Teacher Activities
Activate Prior knowledge/Discuss Ch 3.1 and 3.2
Student Activities
Bellwork: Answer the Read to Learn p. 70 and complete the Reading Strategy p. 70.
