Mr. Mr. Saindon's
United States History Class
United States History / Mr. Saindon & Mr. Connor Hurst
Monday, March 9 to Friday, March 13
This Week:
Students will be placed in groups to write a skit and fill out a template:
Group Skits
Showtime
Moving West
Act it Out
You be the Teacher
Dramatic Portrayal
This week:
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Read the text and questions in the Interactive Notebook
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Research at home on the internet
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Collect at least three pics and two maps to bring into class
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Write a 5 to 10 minute skit that ‘tells the story’ and addresses the central questions in the I.N.
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Your skit must address the MOTIVES HARDSHIPS and LEGACIES of those groups moving west
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Find a basic format and storyline and reinact/teach/portray what happened
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Be creative
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Put together simple costumes
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Practice and perform a 5-10 minute skit with several scenes
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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?


