Unit 1: Founding the Nation
Essential Questions
* How did regional differences in settlement patterns, labor conditions, and religious identity develop during the
18th century in both New England and Middle Atlantic societies?
* What colonial resistance and British countermeasures prompted the Boston Massacre?
* Was it inevitable that the 13 colonies decided to seek their independence from the British empire?
18th century in both New England and Middle Atlantic societies?
* What colonial resistance and British countermeasures prompted the Boston Massacre?
* Was it inevitable that the 13 colonies decided to seek their independence from the British empire?
Key Topics
European Encounters in Africa and the Americas, The Roots of English Colonization, The Role of Tobacco, Bacon’s Rebellion, Puritan Society, Contrast Between New England and the Chesapeake Regions, Indian Societies in New England, Emergence of a Slave Economy, Mercantilism, Salutary Neglect, Rise of Colonial Assemblies, Great Awakening, Enlightenment in America, Women in Colonial Society, French and Indian War, Stamp/Sugar/Townsend Acts, Ideological Roots of Revolution, Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord, Declaring Independence, Key Revolutionary War Battles, French Involvement in the War, Loyalists vs. Patriots
Unit 1 Timed Write Prompts
What colonial resistance and British countermeasures prompted the Boston Massacre? Explain
Was it inevitable that the 13 Colonies decided to seek their independence from the British Empire?
How did regional differences in settlement patterns, labor conditions, and religious identity develop during the 18th century in both New England and Middle Atlantic societies?
Rubric for Timed Writes handout
Was it inevitable that the 13 Colonies decided to seek their independence from the British Empire?
How did regional differences in settlement patterns, labor conditions, and religious identity develop during the 18th century in both New England and Middle Atlantic societies?
Rubric for Timed Writes handout
Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5 |
1- Colonial Exploration2- Colonization3- Colonial Life4- Causes of American Revolution |
Handouts & Activities
Europe Discovers America Classification
Of the four items in each of the ten groupings, three of the items are related or associated with one another—that is they can be classified together. Your task is to:
state the relationship of the three related items in a sentence.
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Objective: Recognize and classify related information regarding the discovery of America
state the relationship of the three related items in a sentence.
handout
Objective: Recognize and classify related information regarding the discovery of America
Visulizing the New World
Here are the wood chip primary sources examined in class. What do they tell us regarding European perceptions of Native Americans?... You are thinking like a historian!
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Objective: Explore perceptions of Native Americans utilizing visual primary sources
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Objective: Explore perceptions of Native Americans utilizing visual primary sources
Interpreting Maps
Use the map and your readings to complete the handout.
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Objective: To understand both the differences that distinguished sections of the colonies and the similarities that united them.
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Objective: To understand both the differences that distinguished sections of the colonies and the similarities that united them.
North & South Colonial Handout
Runaway Slave Ads
Objective: Analyze runaway slave advertisements and the perceptions they reveal of the colonists, including regional differences
Slave Ads
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Boston Massacre Eyewitness Accounts
Objective: Analyze eyewitness accounts of the Boston Massacre
handout
handout
Causes of the American Revolution Cartoons
Objective: Examine political cartoons to infer messages/pov
Boston Massacre Trial Prep
Objective: utilize primary source accounts of the Boston Massacre to conduct a mock trial Witness Testimonies
Moving Toward Revolution
Objective: Understand the causes of the American Revolution
handout
handout
Declaration of Independence Activity
Objective: analyze concepts of inalienable rights, social compact, and consent of the governed
Causes of the Revolution
Here is the PPT with the answers to the handout given in class on 9/4. PPT
Objective: To understand the causes of the American Revolution
Objective: To understand the causes of the American Revolution