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Lessons (Essential Questions):
Lessons (Essential Questions):
Lesson 1: What were the British colonies in America like in the 1770s?
Lesson 2: Why do we need government?
Lesson 3: What is republican government?
Lesson 4: What is constitutional government?
Lesson 5: How can we organize government to prevent the abuse of power?
Learning Targets:
Learning Targets:
- I can compare and contrast primary and secondary sources.
- By comparing and contrasting the New England colonies, Middle colonies, and Southern colonies, I can explain how geography influences the way people live.
- I can identify the British, French, and Spanish colonies on a map of the New World.
- I can describe what life was like in the colonies for various groups, including children and adolescents, indentured servants, Native Americans, slaves, and women.
- I can argue that government is necessary.
- I can explain what is meant by “natural rights.”
- I can analyze the advantages and disadvantages of republican government.
- I can explain why Americans chose to limit the power of the government.
- I can create a diagram that accurately illustrates the process of checks and balances.
Resources and Assignments:
Resources and Assignments:
Lesson One: What were the British colonies in America like in the 1770s?
Lesson One: What were the British colonies in America like in the 1770s?
- Colonial Farmer Letter
- Colonial Maps
- Comparing Colonial Regions
- Colonial Website Project
- Inventory of Thomas Holmes
- Questions and Venn Diagram
- Primary Source
- Credit: History is Fun, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
- Life in the Colonies
- Graphic Organizer
- Background Information
- Readings
- Credit: History is Fun, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Lesson Two: Why do we need government?
Lesson Two: Why do we need government?
- PPT Lesson Two: Why do we need government?
- Notes: Forms of Government
- State of Nature Questions
- Natural Rights Story Rubric
Lesson Three: What is republican government?
Lesson Three: What is republican government?
Lesson Four: What is constitutional government?
Lesson Four: What is constitutional government?
Lesson Five: How can we organize government to prevent the abuse of power?
Lesson Five: How can we organize government to prevent the abuse of power?
- Violations of Rights Project
- Checks and Balances Sorting Game
- Three Branches of Government Project
- Part I Rubric
- Presentation Rubric
- Part I Example
- Part II Rubric
- Part II Template (Tree)
- Part II Example
- Helpful Websites:
- Part I Rubric
- How can we organize government to prevent the abuse of power?
Review:
Review:
- Quarter 1 Quiz Review
- Online Quiz (Quizizz)
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