Week of 12/16/2019

12/16 - Chapter 7 Section 4 The Legacy of the War

Section 4 Objectives

1. To evaluate the strengths of the American army in comparison with the British army

2. To summarize the 1783 Treaty of Paris

3. To analyze the costs of the Revolution

4. To identify challenges that the new United States faced after the war

Group students, read section, take notes

12/17 - Finish Chapter 7, all sections - The Patriot

Economics in history - Independence and Free Enterprise

12/18 - Chapter 7 Review

12/19 - Chapter 7 Test

12/20 - Geography Bee

Week of 12/9/2019

12/9 - Chapter 6 Review

12/10 - Chapter 6 Test

12/11 - Chapter 7 Section 1 The Early Years of the Revolutionary War

Section 1 Objectives

1. To describe colonial opinions on American independence

2. To explain the importance of the mid-Atlantic coastal cities

3. To analyze early British strategy

4. To summarize the causes and effects of the Battle of Saratoga

12/12 - Chapter 7 Section 2 The War Expands

Section 2 Objectives

1. To explain why and how Europeans helped the United States

2. To gain insight into the hardships and sacrifices of the revolutionary forces

3. To describe the war on the frontier

4. To summarize important battles at sea

Group students – read section, taking notes

12/13 - Chapter 7 Section 3 The Path to Victory

Section 3 Objectives

1. To explain why the war shifted to the South

2. To analyze fighting methods and their effects

3. To summarize events that led to the war’s end

Group students, read section, take notes 

Week of 12/2/2019

12/2 - Chapter 6, Section 2, Colonial Resistance Grows

Section 2 Objectives

1. To explain the Townshend Acts

2. To describe why and how the colonists protested the Townshend Acts

3. To explain the Boston Massacre

4. To summarize the Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party

12/3 - America - Story of Us - Rebels video

12/4 - Chapter 6, Section 3 

Section 3 Objectives

1. To describe the Intolerable Acts

2. To explain how the colonies wavered between war and peace

3. To profile the Midnight Ride

4. To describe the battles of Lexington and Concord

12/5 - Chapter 6, Section 4, Declaring Independence

Section 4 Objectives

1. To describe the early skirmishes between the Continental and British armies

2. To profile British and American responses to the deepening conflict

3. To summarize Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

4. To explain how colonial leaders officially declared their independence from Britain

12/6 - Early Out

Finish all of Chapter 6 (Work Day)