Good morning/afternoon.
I am absent so today your lesson is on my weblog.
Question to think about (write in notebook): Who was the righteous and who was the wicked in the American Revolution? Did the colonists have grounds to break from England or were the Crown’s actions justified?
Warmup: Look up Declaration of Independence from the internet. Any text copy will do. Verify with your neighbors it is OUR Declaration. List 3 grievances in your notes. Research what they mean. Tell briefly in your notes the colonists view and the English view. Compare with your neighbors. This activity should last 15-20 minutes.
Next: go onto virtual share and download the 2 new powerpoint presentations on the Am. Revolution that I posted. If you cannot, then skip to next section.
Next: go to Hippocampus.org, look at the sections in the webpage that correspond to the Am. Rev. you may view them and USE headphones if you have them. Answer any interactive media that accompany the sites on your computer for review and better understanding.
Next: proceed to do the Am. Rev vocabulary on this webpage if you have not done so already.
Next/Homework due on Monday (START ON THIS IF YOU FINISH ALL CLASSWORK, PAPER FOR PLANNING CAN BE FOUND IN THE LARGE WOODEN CABINET ON THE TOP SHELVES, you can make this project large or small depending on how you wish to do it. Please no hugh posters, paper size is fine or the size of half a poster board. No huge trifold display boards): take a major theme of the Am. Rev. like REASONS FOR THE REVOLUTION, COLONIAL GRIEVANCES, MAJOR BATTLES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE, THE ROLE OF FOREIGN FORCES ON THE AM.REV, or any other theme you find in the revolution and create a visual mind map (artistic project) that displays your knowledge of the topic. Be creative.
The rubric for the project (it is a project grade): 10 points for your name and creative title for project clearly displayed; 90 possible points for 1 illustration and explanation for each of the ideas that reflect the theme of your project (X 9).
For example: Mr. Engel, Major Battles of the American Revolution
1 picture of lexington and concord with description of ‘shot heard round the world’-one sentence
2 hand drawn picture of guy with musket and one sentence about Minutemen
3 map of Battle of New York City, with one sentence explaining how G.Washington lost the battle.
4 picture of Washington crossing Delaware, Battle of Trenton, one sentence explaining how this was a boost for colonial morale
5 other battle-sentence
6 other battle-sentence
7 picture of lafayette-sentence on French involvement
8 map of south carolina, or picture of Fracis Marion the swamp fox
9 picture of Compte de Grasse and explanation of his importance
10 depiction of Battle of Yorktown and explanation of importance
this homework/project is due on Thursday and Friday of next week, the day of your quiz on the Am. Rev. please have your vocab ready by Monday October 4. Thank you, email me with questions mdengel@henrico.k12.va.us