Thursday, August 30, 2018

05) August 30, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it--05) August 30, 2018
  3. USH Folder
    1. Create a USH Folder in Google Drive.
    2. Share it with me so I can edit it.
    3. Link it to today's blog.
    4. Get five points.
  4. Daily Write--We Missed You!
    1. How do you use the We Missed You! Form?
    2. Why do we have the We Missed You! Form?
  5. What is America?
    1. Presentations
    1. Family History Project
      1. Interviews Due September 11
      2. Interview your family members
        1. Use this questionnaire and link it to your blog
        2. Family History Questionnaire
          1. Ideally, talk with all of them face to face and have a conversation with them.
          2. If that can’t happen, use email or text or talk to them on the phone
          3. Be ready to answer their questions!
          4. Don’t be afraid to ask me, too!
    2. Daily Write--Who is your family?
      1. How do you define your family?  Why?
      2. Who do you live with and who can you contact?  Why?
    3. Ethnicity, Nationality, Culture
    4. Crash Course US History--Taxes and Smuggling
      1. How were the American Revolution and the War for Independence two different things?
      2. Why did the British decide to raise taxes after the French and Indian War?
      3. How and why had the British taxed the colonies previous to the 1760’s?
      4. Beside the fact that the taxes were different from before, why were the colonists mad about them?
      5. How did the Sugar Act affect taxes and why were the Colonists angry?
      6. Who was most heavily affected by the Stamp Act and how did the Colonists react?
      7. How did the British react to the Colonial reaction?
      8. Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence and what did they do?
      9. Why was the Boston Massacre important and why did John Adams represent the British soldiers?
      10. Why were the colonists mad about the Tax Act of 1773 which caused the Boston Tea Party?
      11. What was the British name for the Intolerable Acts and why were they intolerable to the Colonists?
      12. Why did the First Continental Congress meet and what did they do?
      13. Why did the Colonists begin to talk about God given rights in 1774?
      14. How did the Colonists fare in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and New York?
      15. Why were political elites getting nervous as the war progressed?
      16. Why did the First Continental Congress issue the Olive Branch Petition and how did King George III react?
      17. Who was Thomas Paine and why was he famous?  Why was he able to make the claims he made?  Who were his arguments aimed at and did they hit their mark?
    5. Question Your Answers
      1. How do you know what you know?
    6. Daily Closing
      1. What did you learn?
      2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
      3. How does it or will it affect you?
      4. How can you use it?
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