Week 4 Activities and Homework

Daily Activities and Homework, 9/1- 9/5:

M: No school. Happy Labor Day!

T: Learn about increasing colonial problems. HW: select news article for current event and write 1st paragraph (5 Ws)

W: Describe division in colonial attitudes toward Britain. HW: write 2nd paragraph of current event (effects)

TH: QUIZ: colonial beginnings (U1 notes, CA Qs) Learn about events that led to beginning of Revolutionary War. HW: write 3rd paragraph of current event (opinion)

F: DUE: current event. Discuss current news. Continue learning about beginning of Rev. War. HW: none.

Goals and Objectives:
Describe colonists’ relationship with Great Britain in the 18th century
Analzye events and reactions that caused this relationship to change
Evaluate ideas from important documents that contributed to colonists’ views of government and citizens’ rights

Social Studies Standards:
Analyze events that led to the American Revolution (S1, C4, PO1)
Identify common characteristics of geographical regions (S4, C2, PO1)
Describe important documents that influenced American colonists in their eventual creation of the Constitution (S3, C1, PO1)