Chapter 4: Why Europeans Left for the New World
I can Statements: 1. I can explain several factors that led to European exploration of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries. 2. I can categories each artifact into one of three reasons for leaving: a. New technologies that encouraged exploration b. Motivations for exploration c. "New" products from the Americas Vocabulary: New World Age of Exploration Explorers Archeologists Ore Cash Crop Helpful websites: Chapter 4 Quizlet Why Europeans Left for the New World Prezi (view in full screen) |
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Chapter 5: Routes of Exploration to the New World
I can Statements: 1. I can explain the voyages of Christopher Columbus and how his exploration encouraged Europe to explore the Americas. 2. I can describe the impacts explores had on Native Americans. Vocabulary: Conquistadors Northwest Passage Contagious Diseases East Indies Colonies Helpful Links: Conquistadors BrainPop Christopher Columbus BrainPop Map Skills BrainPop Explorer Links: The Case of the Missing Trunks Jacques Cartier 1 Jacques Cartier 2 Jacques Cartier 3 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado 1 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado 2 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado 3 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado 4 Juan Ponce de Leon 1 Juan Ponce de Leon 2 Juan Ponce de Leon 3 Juan Ponce de Leon 4 Samuel de Champlain 1 Samuel de Champlain 2 Samuel de Champlain 3 Christopher Columbus 1 Christopher Columbus 2 Christopher Columbus 3 |
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J Chapter 6: Early English Settlements I can statements: I can describe what is known about the failed settlement of Roanoke. I can explain key challenges and success of the settle at Jamestown. I can explain key challenges of the settlement of Plymouth. Vocabulary: settlements Roanoke Jamestwon Plymouth Colonists Helpful Links: Pocahontas BrainPop Virtual Jamestown Jamestown Settlement Jamestown YouTube Jamestown Interactive Roanoke: The Lost Colony Clip Plymouth Fun Facts Plymouth Colony Review Quiz Game |
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Chapter 7: Comparing the Colonies I can Statements: 1. I can distinguish among New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies. 2. I can list key features of the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennslyvania, Maryland, and Georgia. Vocabulary Words: British Colonial Regions Economy Democratic Diverse Indentured Servants Grant Assembly Helpful Links: 13 Colonies BrainPop Democracy BrainPop New England Colonies YouTube Video Middle Colonies YouTube Video Southern Colonies YouTube Video 13 Colonies Map Game |
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Chapter 8: Facing Slavery
I can statements: 1. I can describe the key dilemmas faced by Africans during enslavement: European slave trade in West Africa, Middle Passage, and the arrival in North America. 2. I can identify the ways in which West Africans responded to the dilemmas they faced. Vocabulary: Enslaved Africans Dilemmas Middle Passage Plantation Americas Slave Auction Helpful Links: Facing Slavery Quizlet Middle Passage Clip Slavery BrainPop Video |
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Chapter 9: Colonial Williamsburg
I can statements:
1. I can identify important sites in colonial Williamsburg. 2. I can describe six aspects of life in colonial Williamsburg: government, religion, education, social life, trades, and slave life. Vocabulary: Williamsburg Culture Government Captial Captol Helpful Links: Life in Colonial Williamsburg Quizlet Study Questions on Quizlet Colonial Williamsburg Website History's Colonial Williamsburg The Royall and Most Pleasant Game of the Goose Game Touring the Town Interactive Colonial Williamsburg Build a Colony Game Colonial Towns People/Jobs Colonies and Cities Building the First Virginian Colony Game |
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Chapter 10: Growing Tensions Between the Colonies and Great Britain
· I CAN describe their feelings of frustration and loss of autonomy and relate them to the experience of American colonists prior to the Revolutionary War.
· I CAN summarize the key events that created tensions between the colonists and Britain from 1754 to 1774. · I CAN use a metaphor of a parent and child to describe the tense relationship that developed between the colonies and Britain after the French and Indian War. Vocabulary: Debts Acts Taxation without representation Protest Parliament Repeal Helpful websites: Quizlet for Vocabulary Quizlet for Chapter 10 Lessons Causes of the Revolutionary War BrainPop (username and password: NBEL1) Battle Tactics Patriot Spy Game War Events and Locations Youtube Clips: Liberty Kids: The Midnight Ride Liberty Kids: The Boston Tea Party Liberty Kids: The Intolerable Acts |
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Chapter 11: To Declare Independence or Not
· I CAN identify six prominent colonists as either Loyalists or Patriots.
· I CAN describe the personal backgrounds of six prominent Loyalists and Patriots. · I CAN explain key arguments made by Patriots for independence and by Loyalists against independence. Vocabulary: independence Patriot Loyalist Neutralist traitor Helpful Websites: Chapter 11 Quizlet Loyalist and Patriots BrainPop: American Revolution (username and password: NBEL1) BrainPop: Political Party Origins |
Chapter 12: The Declaration of Independence
· I CAN identify the major events that led to the creation of the Declaration of Independence: the Second Continental Congress, the popularization of Common Sense, Thomas Jefferson’s writing of the first draft of the Declaration, and the Patriots’ signing of the final document.
· I CAN paraphrase, in simple language, key passages from the Declaration of Independence. Vocabulary: Declaration of Independence Second Continental Congress Common Sense treason Helpful Websites: Declaration of Independence Webquest Declaration of Independence: BrianPop Benjamin Franklin: BrainPop Thomas Jefferson: BrainPop John Adams: BrainPop |
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Chapter 14: The Constitution
I can describe the events that led up to the creation of the Constitution.
I can list and discuss the key powers held by the legislature, judicial, and executive branches of government. I can explain how the system of checks and balances in the Constitution prevents any one branch of the federal government from becoming too powerful. Vocabulary: Articles of Confederation Constitutional Convention Constitution Branches Checks and Balance Legislative Branch Executive Branch Judicial Branch Cabinet Treaty Impeachment Veto Unconstitutional Helpful Websites: Three Branches of Government Three Branches of Government Checks and Balances Checks and Balances Matching Game BrainPop: Branches of Government (nmac34; brainpop) BrainPop: US Constitution BrainPop: Articles of Confederation BrainPop: Bill of Rights |
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