• Students, CLICK HERE.

The in-class assessment:

Please read and annotate the first packet THEN read and annotate Captain Preston's testimony in the second packet below.

Due next class:

Please complete this worksheet using the slides below.

If you need to view the slides full-screen, check out the presentation below:

Please watch the video by clicking here if you missed class or need to review.

Can your notes "beat the Teach'?"

The essay should be printed and stapled and submitted in class. DUE NEXT TUESDAY October 31st!

Why are we writing this essay? Consider the following hierarchy of thinking:

Please fill out the following chart, using the primary source documents and your notes from the two presentations:

Here is an example of a strong start:

Once you are done with the worksheet, click here to add to the NEW TRIER Primer.

The original:

Click here for an editable Google doc.

The study guide is here. It will make a copy and then you can fill it out and print it.

You can access the film here. Or below:

By the end of this unit you should be able to answer the following questions:

1. What were the important differences and similarities between the New England (MA, CT, RI) and Chesapeake Bay (VA, MD) colonies?
2. How did these two regions help shape American society today? 

Class notes 9.17.2021

Click here to contribute. Please stay on your own slide and feel free to create a new slide, if necessary. Be prepared to present your slide in class. DUE 

Then please complete the second part of this assessment: the writing (see below).

Need to review the notes? Look below!

If you missed the film, you can Watch it online: CLICK HERE.

Here is a link to the study guide as a Google Doc.

https://padlet.com/boloss/questions-about-9-11-u32g24w5tbvyhy50

Remember why asking questions is one of our classroom norms:

Click on the image below to add to our shared document:

If you need another artifact research chart, download it below:

Various images and videos I found in his place. Click image below:

DEBRIEF: click here

Why does WW II get so much attention you may ask? Why is it when the word "postwar" is used, it invariably refers to the period after WW II rather than to other conflicts? The following video may give us a clue as to the bleak answer to that why question. However, it may also give us hope. And that's what we want most for you.

Due Wednesday evening.

It's easy, just click here.

What parallels do you notice between the current conflict in Ukraine and the start of WW II?

Miss the film? Watch it by clicking here.

Study guide:

Remember, you may choose one medium or the other:

1. Narrated Slideshow  OR
2. Music video: 
   Download What_Does_It_Mean_To_Be_An_American.mp4

Here is the setup for the activity in the packets (below):

This video provides a very strong historical interpretation which may help a few of you argue your point:

And finally, the debrief:

And if you are stressed out and can't get enough of Moran, there's always this:

Miss the video? See it HERE.