Assignments

Week 5

September 9 and 10

• Warm Up #1: What are the risks and benefits of declaring your independence?
• Shot Heard Round the World
• Declaration Break Up

September 11 and 12

• Warm Up #2: What does independence mean to you?
• Declaration Rough Draft
• List of Grievances

September 13

• Warm Up #3: Have you ever been a situation you could not get out of and it was difficult to make it through?
• American Revolution Timeline Notes
• The Times that Try Men's Souls

Week 6

September 16

• Warm Up #3: Have you ever been a situation you could not get out of and it was difficult to make it through?
• American Revolution Timeline Notes
• The Times that Try Men's Souls

September 17 and 18

• Warm Up #4: If you had to start a government from scratch, how would you go about setting it up? Ask your friends? Ask your family? Copy something that already exists?
• Timeline Notes: American Revolution
• Brain Pop: Articles of Confederation
• Articles of Confederation Reading

September 19 and 20

• Warm Up #5: Can people in authority be trusted?
• Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
• Shays Rebellion 5-4-3-2-1 (annotation guide)

Week 7

September 23 and 24

• Warm Up #6: How do you and your friends make decisions?
• Government Decisions
• Big Ideas Vocab
• Foldable Notes: Precedents

September 25 and 26

• Unit 2 Test (Review Sheet)
• Notebook Check (Notebook Check Sheet)