USA History / Mr.Saindon
November 28 to December 2
OBJECTIVES
We will learn a lot this week:
*What motivated the colonists to send the Olive Branch Petition to the King
*If You were one of the colonial leaders living back in this time period, how would you have responded to the King's Response. What thoughts, feelings and emotions would have been racing through your heart and mind?√ I will be able to explain the causes and the impact of each event leading up to the American Revolution: From the 'French and Indian War' to the Declaration of Independence
√ What Motivated the founding fathers to make the decision to declare independence?
√ What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
√ What principles of government are expressed in the Declaration of Independence
Black History Month
Academic Content Specific Vocabulary
slavery
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
Jim Crow Laws
Integration
Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) outlaws segregation in schools
racism
prejudice
sexism
tolerance
Bullying
Hatred
attitude
discrimination
self-awareness
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Assassination
empowered
equality
class stratification (rich & poor)
Gender