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January 24, 2014Update your Table of Contents 1/22/14 A New Nation Vocabulary 41/23/14 Washington’s Domestic Policy 51/24/14 Washington Inference 61/24/14 The Banks Activity 7
Write the following and respond:What does the word domestic mean when
talking about a country’s “domestic policy”?Domestic policy – something that has to do
within the countries borders
January 23, 2014Update your Table of Contents 1/21/14 Warm Ups Week 19 11/21/14 Citizenship Graphic 21/21/14 Washington K/W/L Chart 31/22/14 A New Nation Vocabulary 41/23/14 Washington’s Domestic Policy
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Write the following and respond:What is a natural born citizen?A person born in the U.S. or on U.S. soil.
January 21, 2014Create a new Table of Contents for the 4th Six
Weeks.
1/21/14 Warm Ups Week 19 11/21/14 Citizenship Graphic 2
1/21/14 Washington K/W/L Chart 3
Write the following and respond:What do the stars on the US flag symbolize?
What do the stripes on the US flag symbolize?1. Stars symbolize the 50 states2. Stripes symbolize the original 13 colonies
January 17, 2014Get out your test reviews from yesterday.
You have 5 minutes once the bell rings to study one more time!
When you are finished you have a citizenship activity to complete.
January 16, 2014Write the following and respond:
Give some examples of how a state exercise it’s 10th amendment rights?
Speed limitsMarriage certificatesTaxing gasoline
January 15, 2014Write the following and respond:
What does the 8th amendment protect American citizens from?
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
January 14, 2014Write the following and respond:
What are the 5 rights guaranteed to each American citizen under the 1st amendment?
Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press and Speech
(RAPPS)
January 13, 2014Write the following and respond:
Describe the difference between the system of checks and balances and separation of powers.
Checks and balances allows each branch to “check” up on the other two.
Separation of powers means the government is divided into 3 branches.
January 10, 2014Write the following and respond:
What does the principle of Checks and Balances mean?
Each branch of the government (executive, judicial and legislative) can “check” to make sure the others are doing their jobs correctly.
What about Federalism?Powers are divided between the National
(central) government and the state governments
January 9, 2014Write the following and respond:
Explain the difference between a federalist and an anti-federalists.
Federalists – support ratification of the Constitution
Anti-Federalist – opposes the ratification of the Constitution
Pop-QuizFill in the blanks on the paper provided. Use
the word bank at the bottom. When you are finished, raise your hand and
I will get it from you.
U.S. Constitution PreambleWe the people of the United States, in
Order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America.
January 9, 2014Write the following and respond:Who gives the U.S. government it’s power?The PEOPLE of the United States.
Yorktown13 colonies
Battle of SaratogaPilgrims
"Common Sense"Struggle for control of Ohio River Valley
Columbus discovers the New World Treaty of Paris 1763England goes broke
Boston MassacreJamestown
Acts from the King Roanoke
Intolerable ActsLexington and Concord
Declaration of IndependenceFrench get Involved
Articles of ConfederationFrench and Indian War
Boston Tea Party
Fall Timeline ReviewFind the date of each event and place them in chronological order on your timeline.
Begin as
soon as
you walk
in!
You will
have 20
minutes
to
complete
!
GO! GO! GO!
January 6, 2014Please complete the worksheet I handed
out as soon as you walked in.When you are finished, bring it to me. YES,
it is a grade!
December 20, 2013Please make sure you have the following:
1. a sharpened pencil for your scantron2. an extra eraser, if you need one3. A highlighter. Either your own or borrow
one from me.
December 18, 2013Write the following and respond:What is the main function of:The Executive Branch?The Judicial Branch?The Legislative Branch?Executive – carries out the lawsJudicial – interprets the lawsLegislative – creates (makes) the laws
December 16, 2013Write the following and respond:Where was the second Constitutional
Convention held?
Philadelphia, PA
December 13, 2013Write the following and respond:Why did the delegates of the Constitutional
want to rewrite the Articles of Confederation?
The A of C gave the states too much power!
December 12, 2013Write the following and respond:
Who was chosen as the new President of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
December 11, 2013Get out your test review.
You have 5 minutes to review before your test.
When you are finished with your test, make sure to get a constitutional convention guided reading from me!
December 10, 2013Write the following and respond:Name the person described below:Officer in the U.S. Navy
Worked aboard the USS Bonhomme RichardFamous for saying “I have not yet begun to
fight!”John Paul Jones
December 4, 2013Write the following and respond:
The Northwest Land Ordinance set aside land for public ______________ that are still in use today.
Schools
December 3, 2013Write the following and respond:What was the effect of Shays Rebellion?
Shays Rebellion caused the Continental Congress to rewrite the Articles of Confederation.
December 2, 2013Write the following and respond:List the weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation. 1. Could not raise taxes2. Depended on 13 states to raise an Army3. Only 1 branch of government
November 22, 2013 Write the following and respond:
How many branches of government did the Articles of Confederation call for?• 1 branch of government
How many states were needed to pass a law?• 9 of the 13
November 21, 2013 Write the following and respond:
Why were the Articles of Confederation written?
Americans needed some form of central government
November 18, 2013 Please get out the following:
• 1. one sharpened pencil and extra eraser if you need it.
• 2. one highlighter or you may borrow one from me.
You are taking the district CBA today.
When you are finished please bring your test to me and get a 2nd half of the revolution battle chart. Use pages 188-194 and page 196 to fill in the chart
November 14, 2013 Please get out the following:
1. Guided Reading from yesterday – DOI 2. American Revolution Part 1 Test
Review
Both are due today for grades!
You will have 5 minutes to look over your reviews before we take your test!
November 12, 2013 Write the following and give a
response:
Which political thinker influenced Thomas Jefferson the most when he wrote the DOI?
John Locke and the social contract theory. People have the right to revolt.
November 11, 2013 #1 Create a new page and title it: Week
12 Warm Ups
#2Write the following and give a response:
What are the “3 unalienable rights” guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence?
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
November 8, 2013 Write the following and give a
response:
Who is responsible for having written most of the American Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
November 7, 2013 Write the following and give a
response:
What pamphlet (novel) did Thomas Paine write? Why was it significant?
He wrote Common Sense It was to help unify the American
colonists to fight for their independence!
November 6, 2013 Write the following and give a
response:
“The shot heard round the world” is in reference to which major Revolutionary Battle?
Battles of Lexington and Concord
November 5, 2013 Let’s start new and fresh today!
Write the following and give a response:
Using your map from yesterday, which region of the Colonies (New England, Middle or Southern) did most of the battles of the American Revolution take place?
Middle Colonies
November 4, 2013 Create a new page: Week 11 Warm
Ups
Write the following question and answer:
Who was chosen to be the commander of the Continental Army during the 2nd Continental Congress?
George Washington
November 1, 2013 Please get out your graphic organizer
from yesterday.
1. We are going to take pictures. 2. You will have 30 minutes once we
return to complete your graphic organizer.
3. We will go over your graphic organizer last.
•Write the following question and answer:•Who was Crispus Attucks and why is he important?•He was the first colonist killed during the Boston Massacre and the American Revolution.
October 31, 2013
Happy Halloween!
•Please get out your test reviews from yesterday.•They should be complete.•When the tardy bells rings you have 5 minutes to review.•You are turning in your reviews for a grade. Make sure they are finished!!!
October 30, 2013
Test TODAY!!!
•Write the following question and answer:•Based on the primary source activity from yesterday, write a newspaper headline about who fired first.
October 29, 2013
Remember: Test tomorrow! Study tonight!
•Write the following question and answer:•Who fired first at Lexington and Concord?•We have no idea!
October 28, 2013
•Write the following question and answer:•What are two decisions made by the 1st Continental Congress?•1. Ban trade with the British•2. Formed a militia of American patriots
October 25, 2013
•Write the following question and answer:•Why are the battles of Lexington/Concord significant?•The first battles of the American Revolution AKA Revolutionary War
October 24, 2013
•Write the following question and answer:•What is the difference between a boycott and a protest?•Boycott is the refusal to buy certain goods•Protest is picketing or using signs saying that you refuse to perform a task
October 23, 2013
•Get out your review from yesterday so we can review really quickly before your test.
October 22, 2013
•Write the following question and answer:•If you were Sam Adams in Boston during the 1770’s, what would be a quote about how you feel toward the British?
October 21, 2013
•Write the following question and answer:•If you were Sam Adams in Boston during the 1770’s, what would be a quote about how you feel toward the British?
October 21, 2013
•Write the following question and answer:•Describe the Boston Massacre.•5 Patriots were killed by “lobsterbacks” on March 5, 1770.•Caused an uproar in the American colonies when Paul Revere’s engraving appeared in the newspapers.
October 17, 2013
•Write the following question and answer:•What is a boycott? Smuggling?•Refusal to buy goods from England. •Bringing illegal goods into the American colonies.
October 16, 2013
•Update your table of contents: Entry #8 Week 8 Warm Ups •Write the following question and answer:•What is a direct result of the Tea Act, passed by Parliament, in the American Colonies?•The Boston Tea Party
October 15, 2013
• Write the following question and answer:What is parliament?Parliament is the chief lawmaking body in England.
October 10, 2013
•Write the following question and answer:•What are some reasons the American colonists had the idea to fight for their Independence?
October 9, 2013
From Mrs. Kelley: There will be a student council meeting on Thursday morning at 8am or 4 pm in room 38
•Write the following question and answer:•What were the British and French fighting over at the onset of the French and Indian War?
October 8, 2013
•Turn to the next available blank page in your journal and wait for instructions!
October 7, 2013
•Get out your yellow reviews from yesterday. You will turn these in before your test.•Take a few minutes to sharpen your pencil and get ready!
October 4, 2013
•Clear off your desk of everything except a pencil. We’ve got a review to get through in a short amount of time! •Be ready when the bell rings!
October 3, 2013
•Write the following question and answer:•What is the Great Awakening in your own words?
October 2, 2013
•Get a Triangular Trade map from the desk in the front.•Begin immediately!
October 1, 2013
September 27, 2013Write the question and answer to the
following:What are some traditions that were
passed down through slavery that we still see today?
September 26, 2013Write the following question and answer:
What is your background knowledge of slavery?Southern colonies had slaveryNorthern colonies did notMost made up of enslaved AfricansCaptured Africans, by forceBegan by EuropeansHarsh punishment for law breakersSlave tradeUnderground Railroad – Harriet Tubman
September 25, 2013Write the following question and
answer:In your own words, describe Mercantilism.
September 24, 2013Write the following question and answer:
How many regions are the 13 colonies divided into? What are the names of these regions?
3 RegionsNew England Colonies, Middle Colonies and
the Southern Colonies
September 23, 2013Create a new entry (#14)Write the following question and
answer:What is significant about the year 1620?
September 19, 2013Write the question and answer to
the following:In what future state did the Pilgrims accidentally land?
Massachusetts
September 18, 2013Write the question and answer to
the following:What is your background knowledge of the Pilgrims?
September 17, 2013Please get out one sheet of
notebook paper. Put your name, date and period at
the top.Title it “Exploration and
Colonization Test”Number your paper 1-20
On your warm up page: write no warm up, Test Day
September 16, 2013Create a new table of contents entry:
Warm ups Week 4, entry #Write the question and answer to the
following:What role did Pocahontas play in the new
Jamestown settlement?Possible answers:She was the chiefs daughter and was able to
communicate between the settlers and her people.
She married John Rolf to show unity.
September 13, 2013Write the question and answer to the
following:What cash crop saved the Jamestown colony?
Tobacco
September 12, 2013Write the following question and answer:
What happened in 1607?
Answer: Jametown was founded!
September 11, 2013Write the question and answer to the following:What is a colony?
Once you have completed your warm up, please get out your Columbian Exchange Menus.
September 9, 2013Get out your Menu projects from Friday. You will have today to work on them in
class and use any materials that I can provide for you.
Use your time wisely!
September 6, 2013Underneath your warm-up from yesterday,
write the question and answer to the following:Define the Columbian Exchange in your own
words.
September 5, 2013Make sure you have your spiral!Write no warm-up for today please!
September 4, 2013Make sure you have your spiral. You were
told about needing a spiral last week by your other history teacher.
We are going to set these up first!
