Did you know 44 People known as "Los Pobladores" founded, the major metropolitan city of Los Angeles in 1781
Unit 1
Unit Essential Question: To what extent were the ideals of the American Revolution realized in the first 100 years for the descendants of Mexicans, Europeans, and Africans?
H-SS 11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.
Week 1 August 13-16, 2019
Essential Question: What are three things that stand out to you on the Federal Reserve Dollar Bill? What do you think each symbol's meaning is?
Your objective is to write 3 symbols from the Federal Reserve Note, interpret their meanings, and explain why it matters.
11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.
"First Hero" Myth
Week 1 Classwork- Federal Reserve Note 7-Box, SEE, MEAN, MATTER
Week 1 Homework- Signed Course Syllabus
Your objective is to write 3 symbols from the Federal Reserve Note, interpret their meanings, and explain why it matters.
11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.
"First Hero" Myth
Week 1 Classwork- Federal Reserve Note 7-Box, SEE, MEAN, MATTER
Week 1 Homework- Signed Course Syllabus
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Week 2 August 19-23, 2019
11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.
11.1.2 Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers' philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights, the debates on the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights.
11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.
11.1.2 Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers' philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights, the debates on the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness”
-Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence as written by Thomas Jeffereson
-Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence as written by Thomas Jeffereson
You will analyze the significance of a current event using relevant vocabulary and historical significance language and post a blog response on the Blog.
Week 2 Classwork- Socrative Digital Exit Ticket - The Declaration of Independence of Independence and Today (Newsela)
Week 2 Homework 2- Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings Blog Post
Week 2 Classwork- Socrative Digital Exit Ticket - The Declaration of Independence of Independence and Today (Newsela)
Week 2 Homework 2- Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings Blog Post
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Week 3 August 23-27 2019
Essential Question: Why did the Framers come up with three branches of government? Which of the Bill of Rights is most important to you?
11.1.2 Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers' philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights, the debates on the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights.
Essential Question: Why did the Framers come up with three branches of government? Which of the Bill of Rights is most important to you?
11.1.2 Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers' philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights, the debates on the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights.
Did you know? "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
US Constitution: ARTICLE I, SECTION 2, CLAUSE 3
The 3/5 Compromise codified into the US Constitution established enslaved Africans and their American descendants as less than a full person.
Week 3 Classwork- Socrative Digital Exit Ticket - The Constitution and Bill of Rights Today
Week 3 Homework 3- Bill of Rights Blog Post
US Constitution: ARTICLE I, SECTION 2, CLAUSE 3
The 3/5 Compromise codified into the US Constitution established enslaved Africans and their American descendants as less than a full person.
Week 3 Classwork- Socrative Digital Exit Ticket - The Constitution and Bill of Rights Today
Week 3 Homework 3- Bill of Rights Blog Post

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Week 4
September 3- September 6 2019
Week 4 Classwork- Socrative Digital exit Ticket
Week 4 Homework Chattel Slavery Blog
Essential Question: What was chattel slavery and how was slavery dehumanizing to both whites and blacks?
September 3- September 6 2019
Week 4 Classwork- Socrative Digital exit Ticket
Week 4 Homework Chattel Slavery Blog
Essential Question: What was chattel slavery and how was slavery dehumanizing to both whites and blacks?

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Week 5 September 9- September 13
Week 5 Classwork Socrative Digital Exit Ticket (September 10,11)
Week 5 Homework Vocabulary Squares (Sept 13)
Unit 1 Summative Assessment 24 Multiple Choice Questions (Sept 13)
11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.
11.1.2 Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers' philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights, the debates on the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights.
11.1.3 Understand the history of the Constitution after 1787 with emphasis on federal versus state authority and growing democratization
11.1.4 Examine the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction and of the industrial revolution, including demographic shifts and the emergence in the late nineteenth century of the United States as a world power.
Week 5 Classwork Socrative Digital Exit Ticket (September 10,11)
Week 5 Homework Vocabulary Squares (Sept 13)
Unit 1 Summative Assessment 24 Multiple Choice Questions (Sept 13)
11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.
11.1.2 Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers' philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights, the debates on the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights.
11.1.3 Understand the history of the Constitution after 1787 with emphasis on federal versus state authority and growing democratization
11.1.4 Examine the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction and of the industrial revolution, including demographic shifts and the emergence in the late nineteenth century of the United States as a world power.

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Week 6 September 16,17
Writing Assessment
To what extent were the ideals of the American Revolution realized in the first 100 years for the descendants of Mexicans, Europeans, and Africans?

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