Declaration of Independence
and The America Revolution.
Jan 2nd and 3rd
• Students who are not missing any work and are
passing the class with a 70% or higher get to
watch the film, The Patriot.
• Students with missing work or with a grade
lower than a 70%, will have the entire class to
redo assignments.
Important Dates
• Friday Jan 10th, ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE
• Friday, Jan 17th, Quarter 2 ends
• Review Day/ Benchmarks for Social Studies1/10 and 1/13
• Test on American Revolution- 1/14 and 1/15
• Notebook Check 1/16 and 1/17- get your Class
Work (CW) section in order.
Warm-up: 1/6 and 1/7
• Have you ever rebelled against an authority
figure? (parent, teacher, ect)
• Why did you choose to rebel?
War begins in 1775
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZMmPWT
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The Continental Congress meets in
Philadelphia, PA to discuss what to
do. They decide to write the
Declaration of Independence, the
most epic of all break-up letters.
Declaration of Independence (1776)
• http://www.slideshare.net/dchess/declarationof-independence-5638588
In partners discuss the following ideas.
• In what way did the King of Britain's actions make
colonial independence inevitable?
• Is the Declaration of Independence a radical
document? Explain.
• What issues did the Declaration of Independence
fail to resolve regarding equality? Regarding the
newly established national government?
• What overall impact has the Declaration of
Independence had on our nation? On the nations of
the world?
Warm-up: 1/8 and 1/9
• Write down the following questions. We will
answer them after viewing a brainpop.
• What overall impact has the Declaration of
Independence had on our nation?
• On the nations of the world?
• Write down your homework and turn in any
missing work to the orange bin.
Today we will
• Complete our understanding of the Battle of the
American Revolution
• Examine life as an apprentice in the 1770s
• Study for our Unit test that is next Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Today in class….
• We will split into 2 groups:
▫ Group 1 will be covering the Battle of the
American Revolution on Edmodo.com
▫ Group 2 will be playing Mission US (YOU WILL
NEED TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT)- questions to
answer are on Edmodo.com
• We will switch after 30 mins.
Battles of the American Revolution
• Log-on to Edmodo.com
• Complete the assignment with your clump
• I will assign one person in each group to be the
writer/typer.
• At the end of 45 minutes, turn in your
assignment on Edmodo.com, make sure
everyone's name is on the assignment.
Battles of the American Revolution
After the war
• The Continental Congress will meet to decide
how the new country should be ran. If you were
to run your own country, what kind of laws do
you feel would be most important? Come up
with 5 laws as a group. Write the laws down and
sign if everyone at your table agrees.
Study time
• For the remainder of class, log on to either:
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Study island
Quia
Quizlet
Edmodo.com
• To review for your test that is next Tuesday.
There is a practice test on quia.com and a
practice written test on Edmodo.com.
Warm-up 1/10
• SCIENCE MSL DAY!!!!
• Logon to www.lcs.powerschools.com/public
• Testing code = V3JAWY2
Monday and Tuesday: 1/13 and 1/14
Review Day
Wednesday, 1.16.14
• Review/Make-up/Movie day.
• NC Final Exam Make-up day and End of Quarter
Celebration day.
1/16 and 1/17: Test Day
• Log On to quia.com
• Take quizzes:
▫ American Revolution Part One
▫ American Revolution Part Two
• Nothing should be on our desk except for your
laptop and index card.
After test….
• Pre-test on the Constitution- the google doc
link is on my webpage under assignments
• Clean out notebook. Keep Classwork(CW) section and
Vocab section only.
• In CW keep the following: Mapquest of the USA, NC
Map, The 13 original colonies podcast, Causes of the
American Revolution, Important people of the 1700s,
and Colonial Government Bookwork (p 106, #1-7)
• Keep ALL vocab sheets