Unit+1-+America's+Foundation


 * = **Date ** ||= **Learning Target ** ||= **Opener ** ||= **Class ** ||= **Homework ** ||
 * 8/20/12 ||  || None || * Introductions
 * Icebreaker
 * Student info sheet || * None ||
 * 8/21/12 ||  || None || * Go over syllabus
 * [[file:Syllabus- US History.doc]]
 * Learning styles inventory
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">US citizenship test || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Get syllabus signed (due 8/24) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8/22/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can think historically to analyze events in history. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thinking historically
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is a primary source?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Primary vs. secondary source activity
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Primary v. Secondary Source Activity.doc]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8/23/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can think historically to analyze events in history. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Primary sources sort
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Check out textbooks || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8/24/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can think historically to analyze events in history. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Collect syllabus
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Evaluating primary sources
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Assignment- Evaluating Sources.docx]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Check out textbooks || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8/27/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can evaluate the effects of contact between Europeans and Native Americans. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Who "discovered" America? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Start weekly log
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Weekly Log.docx]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is History Essay
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">KWL: America's Foundations
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Three Worlds Meet
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Christopher Columbus Arrival ([|www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOfEAbNiKFM])
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read Primary Source: The Journal of Christopher Columbus and answer reflection questions(see binder)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Look at Native American and European encounter image. Complete graphic organizer.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:PP- Three Worlds Meet (Chapter 1).pptx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> What is History Essay (due 8/31)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Assignment- What is History Essay.docx]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8/28/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can evaluate the effects of contact between Europeans and Native Americans. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Write two things you already know about the beginning of the United States. || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Finish Three Worlds Meet (see 8/27/12) || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8/29/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can evaluate the effects of contact between Europeans and Native Americans. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Write one new thing you learned about the contact between Europeans and Native Americans. || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Finish Three Worlds Meet (see 8/27/12) || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8/30/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can evaluate the effects of contact between Europeans and Native Americans. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How did disease play a role in Europeans encountering Native Americans? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Jamestown Colony [|(www.youtue.com/watch?v=ZINHFyVDp3s])
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Guided Reading: An English Settlement at Jamestown
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Guided Reading- An English Settlement at Jamestown.docx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8/31/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can evaluate the effects of contact between Europeans and Native Americans. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What one new thing did you learn about the founding of the English colony at Jamestown? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Transatlantic Encounters
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read the John Smith Journal Entries primary source and the Powhatan Speech to John Smith primary source. Using the Historical Reading Skills Chart answer at least one historical analysis question from each category.
 * [[file:Historical Reading Skills Chart.docx]]
 * [[file:Primary Source- John Smith Journal Entries.docx]]
 * [[file:Primary Source- Speech to John Smith by Powhatan.docx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/4/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can evaluate the effects of contact between Europeans and Native Americans. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Write at least one question you have after class last week. || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Collect What is History Essay
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Pocahontas: Did she really save John Smith's life?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Watch Pocahontas video clip
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Look over Pocahontas and John Smith timeline
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Pocahontas Timeline.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read and complete analysis worksheet.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Primary Source- John Smith True Relation and General History .docx]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read and complete analysis worksheet.
 * [[file:Pocahontas Historian Documents.docx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/5/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can evaluate the effects of contact between Europeans and Native Americans. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What do you think about the Hollywood portrayal of Pocahontas? Why do you think she is depicted the way she is? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Finish Pocahontas lesson plan (see 9/4/12)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Puritan New England
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Guided Reading- The Puritans.docx]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Primary Source- The Puritans.docx]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:PP- Puritan New England (Chapter 2-Section 3).pptx]] || * None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/6/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can identify reasons the colonists came to America. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Who were the Puritans? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Puritan New England
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Map- Colonial America.docx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Study for Quiz ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/7/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I can identify the reasons colonists came to America . || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Would you have chosen to leave your home country in the 1600s and come to the "New World?" Why or why not? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Finish Puritan New England (see 9/6)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Colonial America Map
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Map- Colonial America.docx]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review for Quiz
 * [[file:Study Guide- Chapter 1 and 2 Quiz.docx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Work on project ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/10/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Who were the Puritans? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Chapter 1-2 Quiz
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Start Chapter 3 Project
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:Project- The Colonies Come of Age (Chapter 3).docx]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Class time to work on project || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Work on project ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/11/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What questions do you have about the group project? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Class time to work on project || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Work on project ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/12/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is ONE new thing you have learned by doing this project? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Class time to work on project || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/13/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is at least ONE thing you already know about the American Revolution? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Group 1 and 2 Presentations || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/14/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is one thing you learned from the group presentation yesterday? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Group 3 and 4 Presentations || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/17/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is one thing you learned from the group presentation on Friday? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Group 5 and 6 Presentations || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/18/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is one thing you learned from the group presentations yesterday? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Group 7 and 8 Presentations || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/19/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identify the causes of the Revolutionary War and the underlying issues that caused the colonists to seek independence. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is one thing you learned from the group presentations yesterday? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Start Chapter 4- The War for Independence
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[file:PP- The Stirrings of Rebellion (Chapter 4- Section 1).pptx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/20/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identify the causes of the Revolutionary War and the underlying issues that caused the colonists to seek independence. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is one law imposed by the British on colonists that many colonists did not like? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Stamp Act
 * [[file:Document Analysis- The Stamp Act.docx]]
 * [[file:Primary Source- The Stamp Act.docx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/21/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identify the causes of the Revolutionary War and the underlying issues that caused the colonists to seek independence . || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Do you think colonists were right to be upset by British laws imposed on them? Why or why not? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Video: The Making of a Revolution (see me)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Take notes over 10 key points from video || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/24/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identify the causes of the Revolutionary War and the underlying issues that caused the colonists to seek independence . || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What are at least two events that led to the American Revolution? || * [[file:PP- Lexington and Concord (Chapter 4- Section 1).pptx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/25/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identify the causes of the Revolutionary War and the underlying issues that caused the colonists to seek independence . || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is at least one thing you learned about the Battle of Lexington and Concord? || * [[file:Document Analysis- Lexington and Concord.docx]]
 * [[file:Primary Source- Lexington and Concord.docx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/26/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identify the causes of the Revolutionary War and the underlying issues that caused the colonists to seek independence . || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Who do you think fired the first shots at Lexington and Concord? || * [[file:Document Analysis- Loyalists.docx]]
 * [[file:Primary Source- Loyalists.docx]]
 * [[file:Primary Source- Common Sense 2.docx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/27/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identify the causes of the Revolutionary War and the underlying issues that caused the colonists to seek independence . || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Why do you think some people remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ideas Help Start a Revolution
 * [[file:PP- Ideas Help Start a Revolution.pptx]]
 * [[file:Document Analysis- Declaration of Independence.docx]]
 * [[file:Primary Source- Declaration of Independence.pdf]]
 * [[file:Secondary Source- Historians Interpretation Declaration of Independence.docx]] || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">None ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9/28/12 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identify the causes of the Revolutionary War and the underlying issues that caused the colonists to seek independence . || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What do you already know about the Declaration of Independence? || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Finish Declaration of Independence analysis || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> None ||