10/30 & 11/1_S5. Tensions Mounting /// S6. A “Massacre” in Boston /// S7. Patriots United /// S8. The Tea Party and Its Aftermath /// S9. From Words to Weapons

• DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.

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• Objective: SWBAT trace and explain the significance of events between 1763 and 1775 that led to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.

• Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

Essential Questions: 

• How did colonists respond to the new British policies?
• What was the Boston “Massacre”?
• How did the colonies begin to come together?
• What happened at the Boston Tea Party? How did the British respond?
• What were the final steps leading to war?

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AGENDA

• (Review) S4. The Colonists Respond
• What were the causes of the French and Indian War?
• S5. Tensions Mounting
• How did colonists respond to the new British policies?
• S6. A “Massacre” in Boston
• What was the Boston “Massacre”?
• S7. Patriots United
• How did the colonies begin to come together?
• S8. The Tea Party and Its Aftermath
• What happened at the Boston Tea Party? How did the British respond?
• S9. From Words to Weapons
• What were the final steps leading to war?

*Sons of Liberty and 

secret societies [1766]

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S4: The Colonists Respond

How did colonists respond to the new British policies?

• ROAD TO REVOLUTION SEQUENCING CHART (pg. 79-80)
• after reading S3 and S4, respond to the Focus Questions (pg. 81)
• discussion questions:

• Why did Britain’s victory in the French and Indian War present challenges?

• How did the British address these challenges?

• Why did the colonists oppose Britain's actions? How did the colonists protest?

• Do you think the British actions were reasonable? Explain your answer.

• How might tensions between the British and the colonists have been prevented?

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S5. Tensions Mounting

How did tensions continue to rise after the repeal of the Stamp Act?

• ROAD TO REVOLUTION SEQUENCING CHART (pg. 79-80)

• Townshend Acts [1767]
• Daughters of Liberty and Colonial Boycotts [1767]
• British Officials attempt to seize American merchant ship [1768]

• after reading S5, respond to the Focus Questions (pg. 81)
• discussion questions:

• How did the colonists protest?


• Do you think the British actions were reasonable? Explain your answer.


• How might tensions between the British and the colonists have been prevented?

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S6. A Boston "Massacre"

What was the Boston “Massacre”?

• video: 
• ROAD TO REVOLUTION SEQUENCING CHART (pg. 79-80)

• Boston Massacre [ 1770]

• after reading S6, respond to the Focus Questions (pg. 82)
• discussion questions:

• Why do you think John Adams wanted to avoid immediate conflict with the British?

• What is a "massacre"?


• What happened at the Boston Massacre?


• Was it a massacre?

______________________________________________________S7. Patriots United

How did the colonies begin to come together?

• video: Committees of Correspondence (0:45)
• ROAD TO REVOLUTION SEQUENCING CHART (pg. 79-80)
• after reading S7, respond to the Focus Questions (pg. 82)
• Discussion:
• In what ways were the colonies uniting?

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S8 The Tea Party and Its Aftermath

What happened at the Boston Tea Party? How did the British respond?

• video: The Boston Tea Party (2:40)
• ROAD TO REVOLUTION SEQUENCING CHART (pg. 79-80)
• after reading S8, respond to the Focus Questions (pg. 82)
• Discussion:
  • What happened at the Boston Tea Party? 
  • How did the British respond?

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S9 From Words to Weapons

What were the final steps leading to war?

• video: The Ride of Paul Revere (7:15)
• ROAD TO REVOLUTION SEQUENCING CHART (pg. 79-80)
• after reading S9, respond to the Focus Questions (pg. 82)
• Discussion:
  • What was the First Continental Congress?

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EXIT TICKET

10/30 --- S4. The Colonists Respond /// S5. Tensions Mounting

• DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.

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• Objective: SWBAT analyze and describe key British policies that caused the American Revolution.

• Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

Essential Questions: 

• How did colonists respond to the new British policies?
• How did tensions continue to rise after the repeal of the Stamp Act?

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AGENDA

• CNN 10

• S4. The Colonists Respond
• What were the causes of the French and Indian War?
• S5. Tensions Mounting

• How did colonists respond to the new British policies?

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S4: The Colonists Respond

How did colonists respond to the new British policies?

• ROAD TO REVOLUTION SEQUENCING CHART (pg. 79-80)
• after reading S3 and S4, respond to the Focus Questions (pg. 81)
• discussion questions:

• Why did Britain’s victory in the French and Indian War present challenges?

• How did the British address these challenges?

• Why did the colonists oppose Britain's actions? How did the colonists protest?

• Do you think the British actions were reasonable? Explain your answer.

• How might tensions between the British and the colonists have been prevented?

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S5. Tensions Mounting

How did tensions continue to rise after the repeal of the Stamp Act?

• ROAD TO REVOLUTION SEQUENCING CHART (pg. 79-80)
• after reading S5, respond to the Focus Questions (pg. 81)
• discussion questions:

• How did the colonists protest?


• Do you think the British actions were reasonable? Explain your answer.


• How might tensions between the British and the colonists have been prevented?

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EXIT TICKET

10/28 & 10/29 -- 3.2 Britain vs. the Colonists -- S1 The Cost of Victory /// S2. The British Tighten Control /// S3. No Taxation Without Representation /// S4. The Colonists Respond

DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.

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• Objective: SWBAT explain British efforts to tax and increase controls over colonists after the French and Indian War and evaluate American reactions to these policies

• Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

Essential Questions: 

• What challenges did victory in the French and Indian War bring for the British?
• How did Great Britain tighten control over its North American territory?
• Why did the colonists oppose the new British policies?
• How did colonists respond to the new British policies?

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AGENDA

• INTRODUCTION --- Engage
• S1: The Cost of Victory
• S2: The British Tighten Control
• S3: No Taxation Without Representation
• S4: The Colonists Respond

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{ENGAGE} Britain vs. the Colonists

• What does this quotation mean to you? What wording would you use to restate its meaning?

• How do these words express the Founding Fathers' seriousness about declaring independence from Great Britain?

• Who can you think of in the news or in history who is or was willing to give up his or her life, fortune, and honor for a cause? Who were the people? What was that person's cause?

• What adjectives would you use to describe the Founding Fathers, who pledged to give up their lives, property, and honor, if necessary, for the cause of independence?

• read: INTRODUCTION [BRITAIN VS. THE COLONISTS]

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S1: The Cost of Victory

What challenges did victory in the French and Indian War bring for the British?

• video: Britain Pays for the French and Indian War (3:34)
• discussion questions:

• Why did Britain’s victory in the French and Indian War present challenges?

• How did the British address these challenges?

• after reading S1, finish the Problem/Solution Chart (pg. 78)
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 81)

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S2: The British Tighten Control

How did Great Britain tighten control over its North American territory?

• ROAD TO REVOLUTION SEQUENCING CHART (pg. 79-80)

• after reading S2, respond to the Focus Question (pg. 81)
• discussion questions:
• Why did Britain’s victory in the French and Indian War present challenges?


• How did the British address these challenges?

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S3: No Taxation Without Representation

Why did the colonists oppose the new British policies?

S4: The Colonists Respond

How did colonists respond to the new British policies?

• ROAD TO REVOLUTION SEQUENCING CHART (pg. 79-80)
• after reading S3 and S4, respond to the Focus Questions (pg. 81)
• discussion questions:

• How did the colonists protest?


• Do you think the British actions were reasonable? Explain your answer.


• How might tensions between the British and the colonists have been prevented?

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EXIT TICKET

10/24 & 10/25_Proclamation of 1763

• DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.

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• Objective: SWBAT describe how King George responded to problems on the western frontier.

• Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

Essential Questions: 

• What events led to Great Britain's victory in the French and Indian War?
• Why was Great Britain's victory a mixed blessing?
• How did King George respond to problems on the Western frontier?

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AGENDA

• S6. More Land, More Problems
• Why was Great Britain's victory a mixed blessing?
• S7. A King's Proclamation: 1763
• How did King George respond to problems on the Western frontier?

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S4. A European War on American Soil: 1754-1763

What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

• video --- The French and Indian War (2:30)
• after reading S4, continue working on the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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S5. New Troubles on the Horizon: 1763

• What events led to Great Britain's victory in the French and Indian War?
• video --- The Collapse of New France (4:30)
• after reading S5, finish the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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EXIT TICKET

10/23_After the French and Indian War

• DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.

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• Objective: SWBAT describe how Great Britain's victory in the French and Indian War was a mixed blessing.

• Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

Essential Questions: 

• What events led to Great Britain's victory in the French and Indian War?
• Why was Great Britain's victory a mixed blessing?

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AGENDA

• CNN 10
• S3. The Navigation Acts
• How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?
• S4. A European War on American Soil: 1754-1763
• What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

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S4. A European War on American Soil: 1754-1763

What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

• video --- The French and Indian War (2:30)
• after reading S4, continue working on the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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S5. New Troubles on the Horizon: 1763

• What events led to Great Britain's victory in the French and Indian War?
• video --- The Collapse of New France (4:30)
• after reading S5, finish the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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EXIT TICKET

10/22_The Role of Non-Colonists in the American Revolution

• DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.

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• Objective: SWBAT describe the role of non-colonists in the American Revolution

• Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

Essential Questions: 

• How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?

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AGENDA

• CNN 10
• S3. The Navigation Acts
• How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?
• S4. A European War on American Soil: 1754-1763
• What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

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S4. A European War on American Soil: 1754-1763

What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

• video --- The French and Indian War (2:30)
• after reading S4, continue working on the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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S5. New Troubles on the Horizon: 1763

• What events led to Great Britain's victory in the French and Indian War?
• video --- The Collapse of New France (4:30)
• after reading S5, finish the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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EXIT TICKET

10/15_A European War on American Soil:1754-1763

• DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.

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• Objective: SWBAT analyze the role of the British colonies in a mercantilist economy, and consider the impact of the Navigation Acts on colonists and feelings of "revolutionary fervor."

• Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

• Essential Questions: 
• How did democratic traditions emerge in the American colonies?
• How were Britain's American colonies governed?
• How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?
• What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

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AGENDA

• S2. Local Governments Rule
• How were Britain's American colonies governed?
• S3. The Navigation Acts
• How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?
• S4. A European War on American Soil: 1754-1763
• What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

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S2. Local Governments Rule

How were Britain's American colonies governed?

• Whole class discussion:
• What is democracy?
• What democratic traditions were established in Great Britain?
• What democratic traditions were established by the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights?  How were the American colonists influenced by these documents?
• In what ways were government institutions created by the colonists democratic?

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S3. The Navigation Acts

How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?

• video --- Colonial Economy (2:45)

• DISCUSSION:

• mercantilism
• What was mercantilism? 
• What were the central ideas of this system?
• Navigation Acts
• What were the Navigation Acts? 
• What were the two purposes of these laws?

• after reading S3, begin the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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S4. A European War on American Soil: 1754-1763

What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

• video --- The French and Indian War (2:30)
• after reading S4, continue working on the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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S5. New Troubles on the Horizon: 1763

• What events led to Great Britain's victory in the French and Indian War?
• video --- The Collapse of New France (4:30)
• after reading S5, finish the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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EXIT TICKET

10/14_A European War on American Soil:1754-1763

• DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.

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• Objective: SWBAT analyze and describe the causes of the French and Indian War and its impact on relations between colonists and Great Britain.

• Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

• Essential Questions: 
• How did democratic traditions emerge in the American colonies?
• How were Britain's American colonies governed?
• How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?
• What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

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AGENDA

• S2. Local Governments Rule
• How were Britain's American colonies governed?
• S3. The Navigation Acts
• How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?
• S4. A European War on American Soil: 1754-1763
• What were the causes of the French and Indian War?
• S5. New Troubles on the Horizon:1763
• What events led to Great Britain's victory in the French and Indian War?

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S2. Local Governments Rule

• How were Britain's American colonies governed?

• Whole class discussion:
• What is democracy?
• What democratic traditions were established in Great Britain?
• What democratic traditions were established by the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights?  How were the American colonists influenced by these documents?
• In what ways were government institutions created by the colonists democratic?

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S3. The Navigation Acts

• How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?

• video --- The Navigation Acts and the Glorious Revolution (5:30)
• after reading S3, begin the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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S4. A European War on American Soil: 1754-1763

What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

• video --- The French and Indian War (2:30)
• after reading S4, continue working on the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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S5. New Troubles on the Horizon: 1763

• What events led to Great Britain's victory in the French and Indian War?
• video --- The Collapse of New France (4:30)
• after reading S5, finish the Cause/Event/Effect Graphic Organizer on pg. 71
• respond to the Focus Question (pg. 72)

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EXIT TICKET

10/10 & 10/11_The Colonies Come of Age

• DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.

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• Objective: SWBAT analyze and describe the relationship between the colonial and British governments, including British democratic influences and the degree of colonial autonomy.

• Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

• Essential Questions: 
• How did democratic traditions emerge in the American colonies?
• How were Britain's American colonies governed?
• How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?
• What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

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AGENDA

• Introduction (Engage) A Man's Home is His Castle
• S1. The Democratic Heritage
• How did democratic traditions emerge in the American colonies?
• S2. Local Governments Rule
• How were Britain's American colonies governed?
• S3. The Navigation Acts
• How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?
• S4. A European War on American Soil: 1754-1763
• What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

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Introduction (Engage) A Man's Home is His Castle

• Imagine that you lived in a house on your own and that your parents or guardians lived in a house in another town. In spite of this, you are still expected to follow your parents’ or guardians’ rules. How easy or difficult would it be for your parents or guardians to enforce those rules? Why?

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S1. The Democratic Heritage

• How did democratic traditions emerge in the American colonies?

• video --- The Magna Carta (1:00)

• Whole class discussion:

• How do you think this scenario is similar to the English colonists’ experience in colonial America? How is it different? Explain.
• How do you think the English colonists felt about being governed by a distant English government?
• Why might the colonists have pushed to establish their own colonial governments?

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S2. Local Governments Rule

• How were Britain's American colonies governed?

• Whole class discussion:
• What is democracy?
• What democratic traditions were established in Great Britain?
• What democratic traditions were established by the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights?  How were the American colonists influenced by these documents?
• In what ways were government institutions created by the colonists democratic?

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S3. The Navigation Acts

• How did Britain hope to profit from its colonies?

• video --- The Navigation Acts and the Glorious Revolution (5:30)

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S4. A European War on American Soil: 1754-1763

What were the causes of the French and Indian War?

• video --- The French and Indian War (2:30)

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EXIT TICKET

­­ How did democratic traditions emerge in the American colonies?

- name the document(s) that inspired these traditions

- describe the ideas that these documents inspired