AMERICAN HISTORY 8
Departmental Weekly Lesson Plans
Week of: December 15-19, 2014
DATE:
Essential Question:
Daily Agenda:
Monday
This entire week is devoted to the
End of Quarter Exam.
Students will receive a 4 page
review for the upcoming End of
Quarter Exam. Students will take
this exam whenever their class
has their Block Day. (Wed or
Thurs.)
Students will demonstrate their
learning of the “Creating a
Nation” Unit.
Tuesday
A copy of the Review Sheet can
be found on the teachers’
websites.
Wed/Thurs
Friday
REVIEW-REVIEW-REVIEW
for the E.O.Q.
● UNIT 2 E.O.Q.
This END-OF-QUARTER
EXAMS covers the French and
Indian War, The Acts leading up to
the American Revolution, The
American Revoltution, and Articles
of Confederation & Constitutional
Convention
● Finish watching the edited
version of The Patriot.
AMERICAN HISTORY 8
Departmental Weekly Lesson Plans
Week of: December 8-12, 2014
DATE:
Essential Question:
Daily Agenda:
Monday
Can students analyze the
successes and failures of the
articles of confederation and how
it led to the formation of the
Constitution?
Finalize Bracket & determine
champion through debates (strength
or weakness as the determining
factor in strength or weakness).
Tuesday
1. Students will be able to explain
some of the issues faced by
delegates at the Constitutional
Convention.
2. Students will be able to
describe how different states
addressed these issues.
3. Students will be able to
describe how the outcomes of the
simulated Constitutional
Convention
compares to the outcomes of the
actual event.
4. Students will analyze United
States Census data from which to
gain information.
● Shay’s rebellion Video
Hook
● Students are assigned
“states” to represent at the
Constitutional Convention.
○ foundation building
Wed/Thurs
Tuesday continued.
● Constitutional Convention
Debate Activty.
Friday
Chapter 7 Assessment
● Assessment covers Articles
of Confederation &
Constitutional Convention
Week of: December 1-5, 2014
DATE:
Essential Question:
Daily Agenda:
Monday
Can students analyze the
successes and failures of the
articles of confederation and how
it led to the formation of the
Constitution?
Evaluate Strengths & Weaknesses
(what determines a strength and
weakness)
Tuesday
Cont…
Seed Brackets
-students will be able to justify
seedings with 1 or two sentences
Wed/Thurs
Bracketology
Friday
-Evaluate the effectiveness of the
Articles of Confederation.
Week of: November 24-28, 2014
DATE:
Essential Question:
Daily Agenda:
Monday
Can students’ work as a “Truth
Detective” to pick up what
Hollywood portrays as factual in
multimedia.
EDITED for Classroom Version of
“The Patriot.”
Cont…
Continue “The Patriot”
Tuesday
Wed/Thurs
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Friday
THANKSGIVING BREAK
AMERICAN HISTORY 8
Departmental Weekly Lesson Plans
Week of: November 24-28, 2014
DATE:
Monday
Essential Question:
Overcoming challenges:
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of both the British
and Colonists leading to the
American Revolutionary War?
Tuesday
To what degree was America’s
fight for independence inevitable?
What was the significance of the
winter of suffering at Valley
Forge?
Daily Agenda:
● Formative assessment:
Socrative 6.1
● Continental army gets
support G/O
● Advantages and
disadvantages G/O
● Photograph
analysis/inferencing
● Primary Source Analysis:
○ What is the process
of analyzing
writings.
Wed/Thurs
How did the battles through the
Revolutionary War lead to the
victory at Yorktown?
● Battles of the Revolution
Independent research
project
● Results of Yorktown &
Treaty of Paris
Friday
Can I evaluate a primary source
document
● Chapter 6 Primary Source
Assessment
AMERICAN HISTORY 8
Departmental Weekly Lesson Plans
Week of: November 17-21, 2014
DATE:
Essential Question:
Daily Agenda:
Monday
Overcoming challenges:
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of both the British
and Colonists leading to the
American Revolutionary War?
Tuesday
To what degree was America’s
fight for independence inevitable?
What was the significance of the
winter of suffering at Valley
Forge?
● Formative assessment:
Socrative 6.1
● Continental army gets
support G/O
● Advantages and
disadvantages G/O
● Photograph
analysis/inferencing
● Primary Source Analysis:
○ What is the process
of analyzing
writings.
Wed/Thurs
How did the battles through the
Revolutionary War lead to the
victory at Yorktown?
● Battles of the Revolution
Independent research
project
● Results of Yorktown &
Treaty of Paris
Friday
Can I evaluate a primary source
document
● Chapter 6 Primary Source
Assessment
AMERICAN HISTORY 8
Departmental Weekly Lesson Plans
Week of: November 10-14, 2014
DATE:
Essential Question:
Daily Agenda:
Monday
Can students identify Acts and
events leading to the American
Revolution?
● completion of chapter 5,
sections 3 & 4
● review using Kahoot.it
activity
Tuesday
Assessment
● students will compete
formative assessment
Chapter 5 - The Spirit of
Independence
Wed/Thurs
What does it mean to remain loyal
to a cause?
● teaching primary source
analysis.
○ Museum crawl
○ primary source
analysis
● advantage/disadvantage
chart
● major early battles breakout
session
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of both the British
and Colonists leading to the
American Revolutionary War?
Friday
How did the United States gain
allies and aid during the
Revolutionary War?
● Continental Army Gets
support Graphic Organizer