American Revolution 1754-1783
Causes of the American Revolution Through the Fighting Students may obtain materials from Unit II on the American Revolution.

9/29/09 - Join or Die Cartoon (ppt file - 15 KB)
Explain Ben Franklin's purpose for printing this cartoon using your knowledge of the time period. What does the snake represent? Why are som ecolonies not labeled? Is there any meaning behind the order of the colonies labeled? What is the caption refering to? What wass going on at the time that prompted this political cartoon?
French and Indian War 1754-1763 Lesson Plan (doc file - 27 KB)
Colonial Times French and Indian War (doc file - 33 KB)
French and Indian War Lecture Notes (doc file - 52 KB)
French and Indian War DBQ Docs (doc file - 1.02 MB)
The French and Indian War POV worksheet (doc file - 33 KB)
French & Indian War Map (doc file - 88 KB)
Studnets may take notes on the map from the lecture.
Chapter 7 Reading Guide - American Pageant (doc file - 60 KB)
Students are to complete the reading guide for pages 122-133 in The American Pageant.
America Revolution Vocab Political Cartoon (doc file - 11 KB)
American Revolution ABC Report (doc file - 37 KB)
10/1/09 - Boston Massacre Print by Paul Revere (ppt file - 70 KB)
10/1/09 - Loyalists v Patriots dbq task 1 (doc file - 14 KB)
10/1/09 - Loyalists v Patriots dbq task 2 (doc file - 14 KB)
10/1/09 - Loyalists v Patriots dbq task 3 (doc file - 14 KB)
10/1/09 - Loyalists v Patriots dbq task 4 (doc file - 14 KB)
10/1/09 - Loyalists v Patriots dbq task 5 (doc file - 14 KB)
10/1/09 - Loyalists v Patriots dbq task 6 (doc file - 14 KB)
10/1/09 - Loyalists v Patriots dbq task 7 (doc file - 15 KB)
10/1/09 - Loyalists v Patriots dbq task 8 (doc file - 14 KB)
10/1/09 - Loyalists v Patriots dbq task 9 (doc file - 16 KB)
10/1/09 - Anticipation Guide - The Patriot (doc file - 29 KB)
10/04/09 - Thomas Paines Common Sense Matrix (doc file - 71 KB)
Students will paraphrase the excerpt from Thomas Paine's Common Sense tehn work in groups to create 15-30 econd skit to display the meaning.
Declaration of Independence 1763-1776 Lesson Plan (doc file - 28 KB)
Summarizing the Common Theme and Idea - Causes of American Revolution (doc file - 87 KB)
American Revolution Battles Project List (doc file - 79 KB)
10/5/09 - Influences on the Declaration of Independance Blue Ribbon exercise (doc file - 40 KB)
Students will take notes from the different stations set up that inlcude information from ancient and Enlightenment influences upon the foundation of our country. Then they will place their blue ribbon on the one they believe to be the greatest influence.
Question Focus - Declaration of Independence (doc file - 47 KB)
The American Revolution Museum Project (doc file - 855 KB)
10/5/09 - Analyzing the Declaration of Independence (doc file - 27 KB)
Studetns will read the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independance in order to locate the words in the document that display the term.
The Birth of the Republic Review Notes (doc file - 41 KB)
These are a set of my notes from a portion of the book The Birth of the Republic that I placed here for you to use as a review for the test on the causes of the American Revolution.
American Revolution Battles Power Point (ppt file - 6.30 MB)
A power point on the American Revolution.

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