American Revolution
March 3 - 7
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG ENDING
Monday: Finish Quilts and hang on wall
Tuesday: Finish Apprentice stations
*Colonial Writing
*Printing
*Rug making
*Code Cracking
*Sewing
Wednesday: Reading TAKS test date
Thursday: Write Colonial Quote from Ben Franklin's Poor Richards Almanac
Friday: Write a one page informative report about the contributions of Ben Franklin
Power Point: Fill in a timeline for the American Revolution/Study guide
March 10 - 14
CAUSES OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION/AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Monday: Introduce causes of the American Revolution
*Make a filmstrip of a timeline from causes of the
American Revolution to the end of the war
Set up timeline
*Fold and cut pages
* Write the title, Information for the timeline below:
Proclamation of 1763, Taxes Boston Massacre (Quartering Act), Boston Tea Party,
Intolerable Acts Paul Reveres Midnight Ride, Shot Heard Around the World,
Battle of Bunker/Breeds Hill, Declaration of Independence, Turning Point at Saratoga,
Victory At Yorktown, Major Battles won/lost, Treaty of Paris
Tuesday: Finish writing all information and trace with a sharpie
Wednesday: Draw pictures, trace and color
Thursday: Connect filmstrip to your shoe box and share with another group
Friday: Make up any work/Free time
March 17 -21.....SPRING BREAK....HAVE FUN!!
March 24 -28
AMERICAN REVOLUTION CONT.
Monday: Reading Notes from History Alive`
*Proclamation of 1763
*The Quartering Act
*The Stamp Act
*The Boston Massacre
*The Boston Tea Party
*The Intolerable Acts
Grade and discuss
Tuesday: Colonist Attitudes Toward Indepencence, 1775 :
Loyalists/Patriots/Neutralists
* Guess the attitude of each
*Write the actual historical fraction for each
Loyalists vs. Patriots
*Write the name, occupation, action taken and arguments for or against independence
for each
Wednesday: Finish Loyalists vs. Patriots
Grade and discuss each side
Thursday: Notes over artifacts of the Declaration of Independence
Friday: Reading Notes 13: Continental Army vs. The British Army
*Motivations to win
*Gains and Allies
*Different war strategies
*British far from homej
*The Treaty of Paris
Extended: Historical Marker
March 31 - April 4
AMERICAN REVOLUTION TEST AND CONSTITUTION
Monday: Study Guide notes
Tuesday: Paul Reveres Midnight Ride
Wednesday: Highlight notes to study for test
Thursday: Test
Friday: Reading Notes 14
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
3 Branches of Government
Make 3 branches tree
April 7 - 11
Monday: Reading Notes 15
Bill of Rights Review
Tuesday: MATH TAKS
Wednesday: Study Guide for Constitution (Articles/Bill of Rights)
*Highlight information to study
Thursday: Quiz
Friday: Video Westward Expansion
April 14 - 18
WESTWARD EXPANTION / CULTURAL BLENDING
Monday: Westward Expansion
Reading Notes 16
*Lewis and Clark
*Louisianna Purchase
*Acquisition of Oregon
*Mexican Cession and Gadsden Purchase
*Texas Annexation of 1845
Tuesday: Westward Expansion
*Newspaper poster using Reading notes 16
-The students will construct a poster to look like a newspaper page
and summarize each title above
Wednesday: Finish Newspaper poster
Thursday: Westward Expansion Study Guide
*Study the highlighted parts of your notes
Friday: Quiz over Westward Expansion
END OF 5TH SIX WEEKS