Mr. Saindon / United States History
Monday, December 9
to
Friday, December 13
United States History Class / Mr. Saindon
What is Due This Week:​
1. Letter Writing Activity.
In the spirit of ‘good citizenship’ and ‘good sportsmanship’ and in keeping with the theme that we are ALL Americans and that WE ALL have a vested interest in a peaceful and powerful America….The students will have the choice to write President-elect Donald Trump a letter …OR… Vice-President Kamala Harris a letter. The letter can be congratulatory and should commend the candidate. You may want to suggest your concerns about an issue(s) that you want the President-elect or VP to focus on. Due Tuesday, December 10
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2. 3-Fold Chart (made with construction paper) of the Will be entered into gradebook on Wednesday
Three Branches of Government
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3. Three Branches WebQuest Due By Wednesday (This can be found on my website: google “Mr Saindon” and in Google Classroom.
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4. CONSTITUTION EXAM is on Thursday
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Crash Course of the Three Branches of Government
Objective for the Week:
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LESSON OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to identify the three branches of U.S. government and for each branch, describe the current leaders, functions, and main locations. Also, students will understand the system of checks and balances
November 1 - November 5
This week we will start the American Revolution
(Period 2 GATE will first finish the Socratic Seminar)
ALL PERIODS:
Capture The Flag (American Revolution Simulation)
We will be completing the pages in the Interactive Notebook for Lesson 7: The American Revolution / Sections: 1-7
More Information will be added daily to Google Classroom
October 11 to October 15
This Week: Test on the Road to Revolution will be on Friday
Please use your timeline and the studyguide to study for this test
This week we will learn a old (1970's) song on the Revolution and watch the iconic Hollywood motion picture (as well as read excerpts from the novel) : Johnny Tremain
Further Instructions and Due Dates will be on the whiteboard in class
Homework Due Friday, October 7: "Stepping Stones to the American Revolution-Timeline"
We will now begin the countdown to the
American Revolution
We will spend class time and time outside of class working on this:
"Countdown to the Revolution TIMELINE"
We will Use TCI Textbook, Lesson 5
(you can find the text in 'Clever')
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We will also use Mr. Saindon's Website:
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1. go to the website and tap "Stepping Stones to War" in the menu bar
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2. Then , scroll down until you see the two :Step-by-step to the Revolution videos
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3. Using the TCI Text and the two videos on Mr. Saindon's website: Fill out an illustrated timeline
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YOU WILL NEED:
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*** A Piece of Construction Paper ( tape two or three pieces of binder paper together)
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***Colored pencils
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***A ruler
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***My Website: Go to menu bar and click on "Stepping Stones" ...then scroll down until you see the videos on "Countdown to the Revolution"
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***Text book in clever / Unit 5
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***Watch video to get ideas
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***Be sure to include all the events (listed below) in your time line.
This Week We Will Will wrap-up:
What is History?
(Lecture and Notes)
Why is the Study of History Important?
The famous .....
and
the Not So Famous...
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This Week We Will Also Find Out Why Europe went Exploring:
Spain
England
France
POSTER PROJECT
We will also cover: The First People
What was life like across the American continent for the American Indian before the arrival of Columbus?​
What were the consequences of contact?
​Poster Project:
The Columbian
Exchange
see Google Classroom
Columbian Exchange
