Essential Question:
-What does colonization mean?
-What can we infer about the values and beliefs of settlers?
-What makes a settlement succeed?
-What can we infer about the values and beliefs of settlers?
-What makes a settlement succeed?
Themes: Settlements on the East Coast and Southwest, Colonial life and struggles, Mercantilism, Colony-building, economic relationships
1. Middle Colonies:
- What were they?
-What made them important?
2. North America Map - circa 1713 VS. Map of the New World - circa 1730
3. America and it’s Colonies - What questions gave you problems? Let's discuss the content in this article and the primary source cartoons.
4. Native Americans and the Invasion of the Coastline: From 500 Nations (58:20 mark to the end!)
6. Please analyze the Join or Die Cartoon below and answer the two questions that follow.
This cartoon, published by Benjamin Franklin on May 9, 1754 in the Pennsylvania Gazette. (Photo Credit: Library of Congress)
Questions:
A. What is the key message in this statement?
B. What do the 8 segments represent on the snake and why are there only eight segments on the snake?
7. Students will either be part of Group 1 or Group 2 - So please just stick to the one subject you were assigned from the weekend homework:
1. Group 1: Colonial Clothing in the 18th Century - Go off and explore using this website and all sections pertaining to clothing.
A. How many layers did men wear? And women?
B. Where did the material for clothing come from? Who made it?
C. Why was clothing and dressing up an important part of the 18th century?
2. Group 2: Colonial Food: A struggle for survival - In small groups, make a grocery list for one month.
a. How will you survive for one month?
b. Come up with a strategy for food - hunting, preservation, etc?
c. What difficulties will you face?
4. Native Americans and the Invasion of the Coastline: From 500 Nations (58:20 mark to the end!)
6. Please analyze the Join or Die Cartoon below and answer the two questions that follow.
This cartoon, published by Benjamin Franklin on May 9, 1754 in the Pennsylvania Gazette. (Photo Credit: Library of Congress)
Questions:
A. What is the key message in this statement?
B. What do the 8 segments represent on the snake and why are there only eight segments on the snake?
7. Students will either be part of Group 1 or Group 2 - So please just stick to the one subject you were assigned from the weekend homework:
1. Group 1: Colonial Clothing in the 18th Century - Go off and explore using this website and all sections pertaining to clothing.
A. How many layers did men wear? And women?
B. Where did the material for clothing come from? Who made it?
C. Why was clothing and dressing up an important part of the 18th century?
2. Group 2: Colonial Food: A struggle for survival - In small groups, make a grocery list for one month.
a. How will you survive for one month?
b. Come up with a strategy for food - hunting, preservation, etc?
c. What difficulties will you face?
Homework:
1. Organize your Binders for a Binder Check tomorrow.
2. Quiz tomorrow on the Jamestown Settlement, New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Mercantilism. You will have a test on Thursday or Friday!
Chapter 2-
Jamestown Settlement
joint-stock company
Powhatan Tribe
Headright system
Puritans + New England settlement (Massachusetts Bay Colony)
Purtians leave - Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
Pequot Wars + Metacom/King Phillips War
Middle Colonies - Quakers, William Penn, Where are they?
Chapter 3
Mercantilism
The 13 Colonies - what did they offer? Raw materials? Labor?
Navigation Acts
The Glorious Revolution's effect on the Colonist - salutary neglect + "Power of the Purse"
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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 1:
Essential Questions:
-Was American expansion overseas justified?
-Did the press cause the Spanish-American War?
-Was the acquisition of the Panama Canal Zone and act of justifiable imperialism?
-Does the need for self-defense give the US the right to interfere in the affairs of Latin America? (Think about the Roosevelt Corollary, "Dollar Diplomacy," and "Watchful Waiting")
Themes: Historical thinking methods, evaluating sources, Thinking like an historian, PEGS (Political, Economic, Geographic, Social), The Beginning of the Progressive Era
1. Silent Conversations for 35 minutes today. Each partnership will have 5 minutes to quietly (museum voice) to pick a question and come up with a strategy.
Homework:
1. Please make sure you Binder is completely organized. A binder check will happen tomorrow in our class.
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International Studies - Period 7
Essential Questions:
1. What does international studies mean?
2. What is Peace Day?
3. What are the most important things individuals can or should do on behalf of a peaceful world?
Themes: Humanitarianism, World Peace, War vs. Peace, Sustainable Change, Non-Government Organizations
2. Brief History of the United Nations:
3. Human Rights - What are Human Rights?
4. United Nation Resources:
United Nations History
United Nations Multimedia Room
United Nations School bus Virtual Field Trip
United Nations Research Guide A-Z on EVERYTHING you can imagine!
United Nations Peacekeeping Missions
University of California organized a UN resources guide - Honestly, the BEST and more ORGANIZED I have seen yet on how to research issues concerning the United Nations.
Homework:
1A. Peacekeeping Missions - You the link to examine where and why peacekeeping missions are currently happening?
1B. UN Peacekeeping Operations - Additionally, check out the data/facts on current Peacekeeping Missions - please look at the tabs on the right hand side as well that share Troops, Fatalities, Gender, Reports, and the actual data-maps on the right hand side of this website.
-What statistics/facts pop out the most to you? Why?
-What evaluations can we make from this data?
2. Please STUDY for your UN Test on Wednesday. The slideshow and class notes from the last 4 days of class should be very helpful. Peacekeeping Missions, statistics, and operations will be on this test as well. This is your only test of Quarter 1 for this class.
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