Students will finish watching the "Independence" episode from the John Adams Series and then have 20 minutes to continue working on their Declaration of Independence mini project

Students will have time in class today to work on their Declaration of Independence Choice Mini Project  this will be the only class time and the assignment is due Friday.

Need help making a political cartoon? read this article...scroll down and a watch a video from a cartoonist and follow his steps! https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/17/drawing-for-change-analyzing-and-making-political-cartoons/

Use We The People pages 60-65 and 68-71

 

Monday students continued to watch clips from the HBO John Adams mini series and discussed the transition from petitioning for change to the revolution of independence.

CALENDAR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26th

Today students will learn about the Declaration of Independence. Here is the slide show that guides our discussion: DOI SlidesThey will put sections of it into their own words Reading for Understanding the DOI and start their DOI-mini choice project

                                                                Reading of the Declaration of Independence

 

Today and tomorrow students will work on editing, revising, and submitting their Building a Case Evidence Outline.  It must be submitted through Schoology before noon tomorrow!

Today students will continue working on their Building a Case.. Boston Massacre Evidence Outline. By the end of class today their outline should be complete and ready for editing.

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Once the outline is complete you should share it with a friend who is also done to edit and double check.  Pay attention to fonts, type size, placement of quotation marks and punctuation. Also make sure the sentences use strong, specific vocabulary and work to prove the thesis statement (topic sentence)

Once you have completed the outline please do the following:

1. Make sure your entire outline is the same font and size

1. Make sure your entire outline is the same color and not bold, italics, or underlined

1. Make sure you start each sentence with a capital letter

1. make sure each proper noun (Name & Location) are capital

1. Make sure each sentence ends in a period

1. Make sure the quotes have starting and ending quotation marks.  The period should come before the end quotation mark

Remember that specific writing is powerful writing... so make sure every word is the strongest, most specific word choice possible!!!When you are done reviewing your own work please swap with a peer to review!

Today students will watch the 2 videos below and complete the Boston Tea Party Video Quiz and the Intolerable Act Examples Chart and turn them in to the period folder at the end of class.

Boston tea Party Video

Intolerable Acts Video

If there is time...

Today in class students began to create their outline using primary source evidence about the Boston Massacre.  This outline is due Tuesday, November 20th and will be submitted through northamptonschools.schoology.com  They will have another full period to work on it either Friday or Monday
Building a Case Outline

Due to a technology issue the lesson planned for today  (based on the calendar) will be postponed until tomorrow.  At this point all students should have submitted their Primary Source Evidence Chart through Schoology. Tomorrow we will move to the next step-which will be to create an outline using the quotes as evidence in favor of one of the arguments.  This outline will be due 11/20. 

In class today students finished their Boston Massacre Primary Source Evidence Chart.  They should submit it through schoology before tomorrow.

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CALENDAR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 13th

Today students in period 2, 3 & 5 were taught by Ms. Callery.  They covered this power point:Propaganda.  Students created propaganda about the Boston Massacre.  If they did not finish in class it is HW due tomorrow.

Students in period 6 & 7 discussed propaganda vs. advertising, compared images of the Boston Massacre and turned in their Massacre HW Propaganda Vs. Advertising & the Boston Massacre

This week's calendar:CALENDAR WEEK OF NOV 5
Choose one of the readings from below (ranked by reading level hardest to easiest).  READ, HIGHLIGHT, LIST THE 5 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW FROM THE ARTICLE

• History.com Boston Massacre
• Ducksters Boston Massacre
• Readworks Boston Massacre

Today in class we reviewed the impact of the French and Indian War on the colonies and discussed the taxation that angered colonists moved them towards declaring independence.  Students worked in small groups on an assigned act.  Groups will share what they researched on Monday in class.
Here is the google slides from class:Acts that lead to revolution Google Slides
Here are helpful resources on the Acts:Info

1. Take the Quiz (take the version you have taken in the past)

• Colonial America Standard Quiz
• Colonial America MODIFIED Quiz

After the Test Option #1

2. Open http://www.videonot.es/ and link it with your school Google Drive Account

3. Copy and paste this url https://youtu.be/Ktkw7iSITkc where it says "load video"

4. Take notes on the video and share them with me fbisbee@northampton-k12.us

After the Test Option #2

1. Get a piece of paper to take notes on

2. Watch the video below and take notes

3. Turn your notes in at the end of the period