- 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?
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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- 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?
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?
- 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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- 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?
- 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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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?
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
