9/20/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
2) Revolution Role Play (Prep Day)
--Option information and "Considering Your Option" sheet
--Create group presentation sheet

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 170-175 ("The Trials of War, 1776-78")
Focus your reading on:  a) "War of attrition"/George Washington  b) Battle of Trenton/Battle of Princeton  c) Battle of Saratoga/Gen. John Burgoyne  d) Valley Forge  e) Baron von Steuben  f) Funding the Continental Army

9/19/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
2) Peer Review of Practice Essays
--3 evaluations/rounds
--Pass back essays and evaluations to owners; staple and hand in

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 166-170 ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
Focus your reading on:  a) 2nd Continental Congress  b) Thomas Paine's Common Sense  c) Thomas Jefferson/Declaration of Independence


American Pop Culture:

1) Oral History check-in and reminder (Have you done your interview yet? Found a person to interview?) Due on Wednesday, 9/28 (next week).

2) 1950s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

9/16/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
2) Finish Practice Essay
--Peer Review on Monday

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 150-151; 154-158 ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
Focus your reading on: a) Tea Act  b) Committees of Correspondence  c) Boston Tea Party  d) Coercive ("Intolerable") Acts  e) 1st Continental Congress  f) Loyalists (Tories)  g) Paul Revere  h) Minutemen  i) Lexington and Concord

9/15/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65") and ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
2) 1st period: Finish yesterday's presentations
3) Hand back "Goldilocks" essays and discuss
4) Practice Essay (for Peer Review on Monday)
--Copy down question from screen
--Points for Notes, Outline, and Essay
--Do Notes and Outline today in class
--Use pages 134-145 in the textbook for information
--DO NOT TYPE!

5) Homework: Textbook, pages 145-150 ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
Focus your reading on:  a) Townshend Acts  b) Non-importation  c) Daughters of Liberty  d) Boston Massacre


American Pop Culture:

1) 1950s Oral History check-in. Do you have someone to interview yet?

2) 1950s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide and lyrics packet

9/14/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
2) Oral Report Presentations
--Audience takes class notes
--Points for Printed Info, Presentation, Visual

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 134-140; 140-145 ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65") and ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
Focus your reading on:  a) Specific ways Britain began to reassert its authority over the colonies after the French and Indian War  b) Sugar Act  c) Stamp Act  d) Stamp Act Congress  e) Sons of Liberty  f)  Declaratory Act

**BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS TOMORROW

9/13/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
2) Assigned pairs: Oral Reports on the Impact of the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment on America
--Prep Day with mobile lab in classroom
--Present tomorrow

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 121-126 ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Details on the French and Indian War  b) How the end of the war impacted the coming of the Revolution


American Pop Culture:

1) 1950s Oral History check-in to see if you have a person selected to interview.
2) Finish "Leave It To Beaver" and discuss

3) 1950s TV (Day 2): ("The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis") and ("The Twilight Zone")
--Finish note guide and hand in

9/12/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
2) Finish "Goldilocks" Essay; attach Scoring Guide
3) "The Coin Exercise"

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 112-115; 118-121 ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening")
Focus your reading on:  a) Enlightenment  b) Deists  c) John Locke  d) Benjamin Franklin  e) Great Awakening/Pietism