USA History / Mr.Saindon
Monday, November 28
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Friday, December 1
The Battle of Yorktown is an essential battle of the Revolutionary War. It contains military strategy, diplomacy, and negotiation tactics. The Movie: Now or Never: The Yorktown Campaign of 1781!
Use these inquiry questions to spark analysis while viewing the film.
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What difficulties might someone encounter when working with another person or group?
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What is the relationship between diplomacy and compromise?
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How does honor play a role in the Battle of Yorktown?
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What makes a good leader? How did leadership contribute to Washington's success?
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Why did the Battle of Yorktown have to be "now or never"?
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What role did the France and Spain in winning this battle?
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Describe the mood and actions of General Lord Cornwallis with the loss and surrender.
Agenda For September
The Week of September 25 to September 29
All classes will be responsible for wrapping up the Unit on Colonial America. Interactive Notebook (Lesson 3 pages) Due Tuesday at the start of class.
All students will be assigned a Video to watch in EDPuzzle. This video is a quick "countdown" to the American Revolution. They will need to go to the Ed Puzzle site and watch the video and answer online. They will have until Tuesday to complete. I will grade these on Wednesday. So pick a a day and sit down and pay close attention to this Video on the steps that led up to the American Revolution.
All Students will watch the famous movie, Johnny Tremain on Thursday and Friday
GATE Classes will be given a colonial play to read Monday night. Students in period 2 will need to read it thoroughly and be prepare to play any role by Wednesday . They will need to complete the "The Background Information Sheet" and the "Points for Discussion and Debate".
GATE Students will be assessed on Friday and Monday on their familiarity with the topic; their grasp of the importance of the idea central to the play; and, their understanding of the importance of people like this in our country then and now. I encourage students to discuss this play and topic with a family member at home for while the topic is controversial to many (for various reasons) , the framers saw "separation of church and state" central to a healthy democracy.
This week we begin reading
We the People (we will do this in class)
Chapter 6: How did constitutional government develop in Great Britain
Students will be responsible for Watching a video and answering questions from Google classroom- Video Due Wednesday!!!!!
All of the "Reviews" that go along with Chapter 6 will need to be completed by Friday
This week students will be responsible for creating a skit for Chapter 6 Review/Assessment. All will be complete buy Friday. See Google Classroom for details.