September 30th, 2016

Students,

Today was....interesting to say the least...I ended up calling an audible and we flopped the schedule to place America the Story of Us: Revolution today. Please finish up the video if you were only here half of the class thanks to college fair. Your Cornell Notes over it will be due on Monday.

REMINDERS:

Blog post homework is due 10/3

Test will be October 11th

September 29th, 2016

Students,

Today we trudged through the first conflicts of the civil war. Establishing major characters, events, and attitudes held by the primary participants of the American Revolutionary War. Tomorrow we will be examining several different declarations of independence in an attempt to establish constants within each document. See link below for a link to the PPT.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Br2RBwz0R7eS1BWUxIMFZYQzA/view?usp=sharing

Reminders:

Plan on your test being October 11th! (Review will go up on Tuesday)

Do not forget to submit your video response homework by midnight on 10/3 if you are sending it on the blog.

September 28th, 2016

Students,

Today we followed up on information regarding the policies that Britain implemented in an attempt to bring the colonies to heel. The Acts! If you were absent see the link below for a blank G.O.

Graphic Organizer Link

REMINDERS:

End of the six weeks is Friday make sure retests are done by then

Your Reluctant Revolutionary Homework is due on Monday 10/3

September 27th, 2016

Students,

Today we mostly finished walking the road to revolution within the colonies. Please see below to finish up what we were un-able to get to, or catch up if you were absent.

LINK TO PPT

We should be working with this for approximately three days.

September 26th, 2016

Students,

Today we took a breather from PPT and enjoyed the PBS documentary Liberty: Reluctant Revolutionaries. This documentary exposes both sides of the lead up to the revolution showing us that both sides American and British share the blame for the distrust and resentment held between the two.  For Homework tonight please review your notes and respond to one of the prompts below.

Instructions: please type your reply and keep the length between 150-250 words. You may post your response on the blog or you may print it out. If you print, do not forget to include a full heading (name, class / period, date) on the left hand margin. The assignment number will be 3. This will be due on Monday October 3rd!

Prompt 1:

During the decade before the outbreak of war, what were the two major attitudes of the colonists toward Parliament and the British Empire?

Prompt 2: 

What could have prevented the colonists' declaring independence and going to war?


If you completely zoned out during the video here is a link for you to refresh your memory:

September 22nd and 23rd, 2016

Students,

Today we began walking the road to revolution within the colonies. If you were absent please see below for the PPT presentation.

LINK TO PPT

We should be working with this for approximately three days.

September 21st, 2016

Students,


Today we are going to zoom in on a writing skill that gives a large portion of you an inordinate amount of trouble, the thesis. I have provided you with a formula:

 Y; a, b, c therefore X

Hopefully this helps, for more information please see the attached power point

LINK TO PPT

REMINDERS

The last day for your make-up assignments (excepting the retest) is Friday the 23rd!