Journal Prompts
In class, the students begin each period with a "bell ringer" activity. A prompt will be displayed on the white board at the beginning of each class. The students are asked to write and answer the prompt in their journals. (If the date is not listed, there was no bell ringer for that day.)
August 27:
How Do YOU Want To Learn?
August 28:
In your own words, explain or define the word "exploration." How is this word relevant and meaningful to the history of the United States?
August 29:
In your own words, define these two terms: absolute chronology & relative chronology. (** If you are having trouble, do your best..think! You must write down something!)
August 30:
Put these events in order using relative chronology:
Early Republic, Colonization, Reform, Reconstruction, Exploration, Age of Jackson, Constitution, Civil War, American Revolution, Westward Expansion, Sectionalism
August 31:
What are some possibilities for our generation and for future generations to explore?
September 4:
In your own words, define these two terms:
push factor:
pull factor:
September 5:
1. What are some examples of push factors and pull factors? (2 examples of each)
2. How are pull factors relevant in the Exploration Era?
September 6:
Give at least one reason (in each category listed below) that the Europeans wanted to colonize the New World.
Political:
Economical:
Religious:
Social:
September 12:
In your own words, define these "sub-characteristics" of Human Characteristics:
Political
Economic
Religious
Social
September 14:
In your opinion, how did slavery have an impact in Colonial America?
September 19:
What is representative government?
September 20:
In one sentence, define each of these: (What are they?)
1. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
2. The Virginia House of Burgesses
3. The Mayflower Compact
September 21:
What was the purpose of each of these (The Mayflower Compact, The Virginia House of Burgesses, & The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? (How did they contribute to the growth of representative government?)
September 24:
How did each of these individuals influence the growth of representative government?
William Blackstone
Charles de Montesquieu
John Locke
Thomas Hooker
William Penn
September 27:
What is the Declaration of Independence? (Use your prior knowledge--you much write an answer!)
October 3:
What are "grievances?" How do they have anything to do with the Declaration of Independence?
Bell-Ringing Journal
2nd 6 Weeks
Why did the colonists want Independence? Independence from whom, and why?
Define these two terms:
Loyalist
Patriot
Go back in time, if you were a colonist which one would you be? A loyalist or patriot? Why?
Read the short passage on the SmartBoard, and use the information to give a detailed description of the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts?
1.What are “unalienable rights?” 2. Copy our timeline written on the board:
1607 Founding of Jamestown
1620 Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony
1650-1700s Navigation Acts
1763 French and Indian War
1763 Proclamation of 1763
1764 Currency Act
1765 Stamp Act
1765 Quartering Act
1767 Townshend Act
1770 Boston Massacre
1773 Boston Tea Party
1774 Intolerable Acts
1. List at least 2 events that took place during the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress (T-Chart).
2. 2. Copy the timeline listed above (Yes, AGAIN…I have a method to my madness) (EXCEPT 7th Period)
1. Put these events in order using RELATIVE CHRONOLOGY
1607: Founding of Jamestown
1619: Virginia House of Burgesses
1620: Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony—signing of Mayflower Compact
1639: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1650-1700s: Navigation Acts
1763: French and Indian War
1763: Proclamation of 1763
1764: Currency Act
1765: Stamp Act
1765: Declaratory Act
1765: Quartering Act
1767: Townshend Act
1770: Boston Massacre
1773 Boston Tea Party
1774: Intolerable Acts
1774: 1st Continental Congress
1775: Battle of Lexington & Concord
1775: 2nd Continental Congress
Chronology:
Grievance:
What do grievances have to do with the Declaration of Independence?
Put these events in order:
· French and Indian War
· Proclamation of 1763
· Currency, Stamp, Declaratory, Quartering, & Townshend Acts
· Boston Massacre
· Boston Tea Party
· Intolerable Acts
· 1st Continental Congress
· Battle at Lexington and Concord
· 2nd Continental Congress
· Declaration of Independence
List two events that occurred during each Continental Congress meeting:
1st Continental Congress:
· ________________________________
· ________________________________
2nd Continental Congress:
· ________________________________
· ________________________________
What are your education goals? What do you want to be “when you grow up?” How do you plan on accomplishing those goals?
1. Tell me two interesting facts about the event you studied over the Revolutionary War.
2. Tell me one interesting fact about another event.
What were some strengths and weaknesses of the Americans during the Revolutionary War? Give at least two examples of each using a T-chart
Tell me about 3 leaders of the American Revolution. What was their role & how did they have an impact in the American Revolution.
What is the American Revolution?
3RD SIX WEEKS:
November 14th: Bell Ringer:
1. What are the Articles of Confederation?
2. Why were they written?
3. Who wrote them?
November 15th: In a T-Chart, list at least two strength and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. (2nd period only)
November 27th: Here are two new vocabulary words: “primary source” and “secondary source” documents. What do you think the definitions for these words might be? Write the definition in your own words.
November 28th: Complete this analogy:
The founding documents are to the Constitution as __________________ is to ___________________.
November 29th: What did the delegates at the constitutional convention do about the number of representatives in the legislature? What did they create?
December 3rd: What is a Federalist? An Anti-Federalist?
December 12th:
1. List 3 things the Anti-Federalists favored.
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
c. _________________________
2. List 3 things the Federalists favored.
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
c. _________________________
3. What are the Bill of Rights?
December 16th:
1. What are the six goals of the Constitution?
2. Where are they found? What are the sections of the Constitution?
December 17th:
1. What do you know about the Bill of Rights?
2. What rights do they give individuals?
3. How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
August 27:
How Do YOU Want To Learn?
- How do you learn the best? (using technology? hands-on activities? lecture?)
- Do you find U.S. history interesting? (yes? no?)
- What are 3 rules (if you--the student--could make the rules) that you would like to implement into the class to help YOU learn?
- What are 3 rules (if you--the student--could dictate how the teacher would teach/act) that you would implement to help YOU learn?
- What is your favorite song? (school appropriate)
August 28:
In your own words, explain or define the word "exploration." How is this word relevant and meaningful to the history of the United States?
August 29:
In your own words, define these two terms: absolute chronology & relative chronology. (** If you are having trouble, do your best..think! You must write down something!)
August 30:
Put these events in order using relative chronology:
Early Republic, Colonization, Reform, Reconstruction, Exploration, Age of Jackson, Constitution, Civil War, American Revolution, Westward Expansion, Sectionalism
August 31:
What are some possibilities for our generation and for future generations to explore?
September 4:
In your own words, define these two terms:
push factor:
pull factor:
September 5:
1. What are some examples of push factors and pull factors? (2 examples of each)
2. How are pull factors relevant in the Exploration Era?
September 6:
Give at least one reason (in each category listed below) that the Europeans wanted to colonize the New World.
Political:
Economical:
Religious:
Social:
September 12:
In your own words, define these "sub-characteristics" of Human Characteristics:
Political
Economic
Religious
Social
September 14:
In your opinion, how did slavery have an impact in Colonial America?
September 19:
What is representative government?
September 20:
In one sentence, define each of these: (What are they?)
1. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
2. The Virginia House of Burgesses
3. The Mayflower Compact
September 21:
What was the purpose of each of these (The Mayflower Compact, The Virginia House of Burgesses, & The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? (How did they contribute to the growth of representative government?)
September 24:
How did each of these individuals influence the growth of representative government?
William Blackstone
Charles de Montesquieu
John Locke
Thomas Hooker
William Penn
September 27:
What is the Declaration of Independence? (Use your prior knowledge--you much write an answer!)
October 3:
What are "grievances?" How do they have anything to do with the Declaration of Independence?
Bell-Ringing Journal
2nd 6 Weeks
Why did the colonists want Independence? Independence from whom, and why?
Define these two terms:
Loyalist
Patriot
Go back in time, if you were a colonist which one would you be? A loyalist or patriot? Why?
Read the short passage on the SmartBoard, and use the information to give a detailed description of the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts?
1.What are “unalienable rights?” 2. Copy our timeline written on the board:
1607 Founding of Jamestown
1620 Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony
1650-1700s Navigation Acts
1763 French and Indian War
1763 Proclamation of 1763
1764 Currency Act
1765 Stamp Act
1765 Quartering Act
1767 Townshend Act
1770 Boston Massacre
1773 Boston Tea Party
1774 Intolerable Acts
1. List at least 2 events that took place during the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress (T-Chart).
2. 2. Copy the timeline listed above (Yes, AGAIN…I have a method to my madness) (EXCEPT 7th Period)
1. Put these events in order using RELATIVE CHRONOLOGY
1607: Founding of Jamestown
1619: Virginia House of Burgesses
1620: Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony—signing of Mayflower Compact
1639: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1650-1700s: Navigation Acts
1763: French and Indian War
1763: Proclamation of 1763
1764: Currency Act
1765: Stamp Act
1765: Declaratory Act
1765: Quartering Act
1767: Townshend Act
1770: Boston Massacre
1773 Boston Tea Party
1774: Intolerable Acts
1774: 1st Continental Congress
1775: Battle of Lexington & Concord
1775: 2nd Continental Congress
Chronology:
Grievance:
What do grievances have to do with the Declaration of Independence?
Put these events in order:
· French and Indian War
· Proclamation of 1763
· Currency, Stamp, Declaratory, Quartering, & Townshend Acts
· Boston Massacre
· Boston Tea Party
· Intolerable Acts
· 1st Continental Congress
· Battle at Lexington and Concord
· 2nd Continental Congress
· Declaration of Independence
List two events that occurred during each Continental Congress meeting:
1st Continental Congress:
· ________________________________
· ________________________________
2nd Continental Congress:
· ________________________________
· ________________________________
What are your education goals? What do you want to be “when you grow up?” How do you plan on accomplishing those goals?
1. Tell me two interesting facts about the event you studied over the Revolutionary War.
2. Tell me one interesting fact about another event.
What were some strengths and weaknesses of the Americans during the Revolutionary War? Give at least two examples of each using a T-chart
Tell me about 3 leaders of the American Revolution. What was their role & how did they have an impact in the American Revolution.
What is the American Revolution?
3RD SIX WEEKS:
November 14th: Bell Ringer:
1. What are the Articles of Confederation?
2. Why were they written?
3. Who wrote them?
November 15th: In a T-Chart, list at least two strength and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. (2nd period only)
November 27th: Here are two new vocabulary words: “primary source” and “secondary source” documents. What do you think the definitions for these words might be? Write the definition in your own words.
November 28th: Complete this analogy:
The founding documents are to the Constitution as __________________ is to ___________________.
November 29th: What did the delegates at the constitutional convention do about the number of representatives in the legislature? What did they create?
December 3rd: What is a Federalist? An Anti-Federalist?
December 12th:
1. List 3 things the Anti-Federalists favored.
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
c. _________________________
2. List 3 things the Federalists favored.
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
c. _________________________
3. What are the Bill of Rights?
December 16th:
1. What are the six goals of the Constitution?
2. Where are they found? What are the sections of the Constitution?
December 17th:
1. What do you know about the Bill of Rights?
2. What rights do they give individuals?
3. How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?