Mr. Saindon / United States History
Monday, September 9
to
Friday, September 13
Once you submit your registration form, you will be placed on a temporary waiting list, pending the 'turning in' of the Checklist.
By registering online, you give Mr. Saindon and Mr. Zoeller permission to speak with your child's 7/8 grade teachers for input on student behavior and compatibility. This will be used in the criteria for student selection.
This Checklist Must be filled out and returned to Mr. Saindon or Mr. Zoeller:
To Register for the Washington DC New York City Tour, Go To:
www.SchoolToursOFAmerica.com
Trip Date: 04/11/25
Trip#: B001
Classwork and Homework Due: This WEEK:
Students are to complete (in class) their INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK, "Lesson 5: Toward Independence", sections 1 to 7 on pages 43 to 48.
If you don't finish in class - Please take your book home and finish at home.
Why was there an American Revolution?
"Things start heating up........."
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The essential question for this unit of study on Colonial America and the American Revolution is “How did the development of the colonies lead to rebellion?”
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The focus questions is, “What sequence of events led to the colonies declaring independence from Great Britain?
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If you were living in the American Colonies, would you have been a Loyalist or a Patriot. Explain yourself.
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How did the Colonists feel and what were they thinking?
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Pretend you are living in the Colonies in the 1770’s, why are you a Loyalist or a Patriot. What are ‘going through?
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Content Vocabulary: plantation, indentured servant, triangular trade, authority, mercantilism, patriot , loyalist , factors, strategy, boycott, tyranny, propaganda , unalienable , charter, militia, tariff, tax
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Why did "No Taxation Without Representation" become the battle cry of the American Colonists?
The 13 Colonies
Jamestown:
The First 'Permanent' English Settlement
Jamestown: The First Permanent English Colony
Unit Objectives Unit
1. To study historical documents in order to experience history as a dynamic discipline which studies, interprets, and debates the meaning of human artifacts and, through those, humanity’s collective past.
2. To explain how the hard times experienced by Jamestown settlers were the result of the peculiar mix of people who emigrated to Virginia, their inappropriate expectations, and their difficulties in adapting.
3. To understand the interaction between the early settlers of Jamestown and the native Americans.
4. To appreciate that human choices determine much of what happens to people and that these choices are subject to different interpretations.
Jamestown
√ How did Europeans explore and establish settlements in the Americas?
√ What drove the Europeans to settle new lands? and, What hardships did they encounter?
√ How were the English Colonies in North America similar and different?
√ Describe the events around the first two English attempts at establishing a settlement in North America.
√ What motivated people to move to The colonies
Chapter 3: The English Colonies in North America
Objectives
Students will analyze sources about the voyage of the Pilgrims to America aboard the Mayflower, the writing of the Mayflower Compact, and the origin of Thanksgiving. These documents include a secondary source about the journey of the Mayflower as well as two primary sources: The Mayflower Compact (1620) and the letter by Edward Winslow (1621). Students will closely analyze these sources and use both textual evidence and visual representation of the text to draw their conclusions and present their understanding as directed in each lesson.
Interactive Notebook Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Life in the Colonies
What was life Really like in the colonies?
Click on the above picture to Read the Instructions on Creating a Colonial Booth
Interactive Notebook Chapter 4
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Government in the Colonies
Our English Heritage
Click on the map to go to the "Colonial Times Project. -- Copy or Print this out
The Week of September 23 to September 27
Go to google classroom
Colonial BROCHURE (periods 4,5,and 7) Due Thursday
Colonial Commercial (periods 1,2,3) Due Thursday
Start: "Life in the Colonies"
Homework!!!!!! Due Thursday: Interactivity Notebook Lessons 3 and 4 (see agenda for details)
This week we will be able to:
Create a dramatic and humorous commercial (flipGrid video)or brochure, I will be able to convey my understanding of:
√What motivated people to settle in the colonies
√How they adapted to the land and made a living
√The religious beliefs of each colony and the role religion played
√What Life,History, Culture was like in each colony
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Colonial Governmentt Power Point from Icivics
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Colonial Government ROOTs Power Point
Government made educational Documentary on Colonial America (circa 1950). You will love the sound track and special effects...
Colonial America (55 minutes)
Listen & Learn and take notes as Freedom Middle School Teacher, Mr. Zoeller walks us through this important chapter
Craftsman of the Colonies.
Life in the Colonies
#1 The First Great Awakening. Well done documentary on a religious revival that became the foundation of America's revolutionary fervor, zeal and passion!!! Produced by Christian Broadcasting Network
The First Great Awakening -Learning Objectives:
After completing this lesson, I will be able to
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Identify when and where the First Great Awakening took place
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Explain the characteristics of religious belief associated with the First Great Awakening
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Identify and discuss the ideas of Jonathan Edwards, one of the leading preachers associated with the First Great Awakening
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Discuss how colonial Americans perceived the First Great Awakening and how it affected the lives of both colonial Americans and Native Americans.
STUDY GUIDE on the GREAT AWAKENING
Click on the above picture to find the reading on how the Great Awakening changed the way colonists thought about the world and how it changed attitudes in the colonies...which will eventually lead to the American Revolution.
So, the question will be: How did the First Great Awakening lead us in the direction of revolution and independence?