Before and After Questions - B Day

Before:

1. Briefly describe the assignment:
2. Where can you find a list of topics/events for this assignment?
3. What are the 3 "Phases" of the assignment?
4. What questions do you have about the assignment? (ask Mr. Beller)
5. Who are you working with?
6. What are your goals today? (how far would you like to get?)



At end of class:
1. To what extend did I successfully accomplish the goals of the task?
2. To what extent did I use resources available to me?
3. What questions do I still have for Mr. Beller?
3. What do I need to do between now and next class to be adequately prepared?

Video Documentary Instructions (Video Tutorial and Google Doc with links)

Google Doc with links

Video Instructions! Make sure you know what to do before you start. ASK QUESTIONS!

WeVideo Setup Instructions (From the Company) I would start on page 14 of this document for any potential problems that might come up getting started. Also, it is recommended that you would use "storyboard mode" if you're unfamiliar with this format!

Unit 1 Review Outline: To be placed in Daily Question Notebooks

Title: Unit 1 Review Outline

Instructions: copy outline directly into Daily Question Notebooks (A Day this is #7)

Unit 1: European Exploration and Colonization (1500s - 1763)

I. Impact of the Columbian Exchange

• Europe to Americas: Smallpox, Horses, Sugar, Coffee
• Americas to Europe:
• Unequal exchange that favors the Europeans.  Even while Native American populations were decimated by Old World diseases (Small pox), European populations swelled as American crops helped to overcome Old World famine.

II. What motivated Europeans to colonize and migrate to the Americas?

3 Gs - God, Gold, and Glory

Major Concepts (motivation for settlement):

• New England (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire)

• Middle Colonies (New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)

• Southern Colonies (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

III. To what extent did the extent to which the British mercantilist policies had an impact on the relationship between the colonies and Britain

How the Protestant Reformation impacted European exploration and settlement of North America

What motivated Europeans to colonize and migrate to the Americas?

3 Gs - God, Gold, and Glory

Major Concepts (motivation for settlement):

• New England (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire)

• Middle Colonies (New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)

• Southern Colonies (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

To what extent did the extent to which the British mercantilist policies had an impact on the relationship between the colonies and Britain

How the Protestant Reformation impacted European exploration and settlement of North America

IV. Important Events and Documents

Bacon’s Rebellion -

Mayflower Compact (1620) -

Dominion of New England

Glorious Revolution - 1688 -

Enlightenment

1st Great Awakening

Stono Rebellion

To what extent did the ideas of the Great Awakening and The Enlightenment contributed to the development of an American character?

Enlightenment Thinkers:

• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Baron De Montesquieu

Great Awakening:

Why the British North American colonies developed into three distinct regions and their characteristics?

Colonial America:

Three distinct regions and characteristics:

• New England
• Geography:
• Economy:
• Government:
• Religion:
• Way of life:
• Important people:
• Middle Colonies
• Geography:
• Economy:
• Government:
• Religion:
• Way of life:
• Important people:

• Southern Colonies
• Geography:
• Economy:
• Government:
• Religion:
• Way of life:
• Important people:

Jamestown :

Plymouth/Massachusetts Bay

Dissent in the Puritan Community:

• Roger Williams -

Anne Hutchinson -

Unit 1 Remediation Activities

Regional Differences: Create a 3 way venn diagram that displays at least 6 things you should associate with each region exclusively and 2-3 that you associate with all of them - 1.5 points

Colonial Experience: write a half-page letter from a person living in Jamestown to a person living in Massachusetts (or vice versa) and detail what you think is interesting (or weird) or inefficient about the other colony and compare it to your own  2 points 

Chronological Thinking  create an illustrated timeline of unit 1 starting with Jamestown (1607) and ended with the French and Indian war (1754) that covers at least 6 events total -  2.5 points 

Impact on Natives: create a twitter page for Native Americans charting their reaction to various impacts on their lives with at least 8 entries  1.5 points 

Mercantilism write an editorial (if you don't know what this is, look it up or ask!!) for a colonial newspaper in Boston that explains why you, a merchant, believe that Mercantilism is crushing your business - half page - 2 points 

Connection Web  create a connection web that illustrates the reasons why slavery developed in Virginia or the role religion played in the development of the New England Colonies 2.5 points

The Americans Text - link

Textbook link

Video Study Guide for Multiple Choice

Study Guide Video

FLEX Options

1. Nate Parker - 60 Minutes - Birth of a Nation

2. The Arctic Frontier

3. What is Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?   and Food and rituals for Rosh Hashanah

4. CNN Student News