Announcements:
The annual student-council-led Wind River toy and blanket drive has begun.
What: Please bring new and lightly used toys, art supplies, blankets and winter clothes.
Where: In the box at the front of the school.
When: Before December 18th
Why: To help one of the poorest areas in Wyoming this holiday!
Agenda:
Monday:
Students finalizing visual and verbal presentation pieces.
**Groups will present their Ben Franklin posters, .ppts, and skits with the goal of teaching their peers about the aspects of this founding father that they chose to investigate.
HW: Vocabulary related to British Colonial Oppression - Students define and use vocabulary related in their own sentences.
Tuesday:
The Roots of Discontent: British Actions and Colonial Reactions.
Focusing on text structure and related note-taking forms, students build on their notes from HW to identify the stages of British taxation and oppression.
Wednesday:
"The King's Taxes" - Students demonstrate the effects of British taxation on colonists in this role-play activity performed in with Mr. Yazzolino's classes.
Thursday:
The Boston Massacre - A clash turned propaganda event. Students begin with a SIGHT primary source image analysis.
Student Play - First reading and role assignments for the reenactment of the Boston Massacre.
Friday:
1. Vocabulary Quiz
2. Revolutionary Literature - Thomas Paine's "Common Sense": Classes begin to read the infamous pamphlet that changed colonists' hearts and minds about King Charles III. Students begin transcribing "Common Sense" into their own hip-hop renditions!