Syllabus, Week 4

Mr. Ditzenberger-U.S. History
Lesson: Prelude to Revolution
Time: 3:00/Week 4
Unit: Colonial America and the Revolution

Objectives:
1. Students will listen, watch and respond to questions while learning about the slave trade through a video.
2. Students will list and explain the significance of the events that led to the Revolution.
3. Students will analyze the extensive impact that the revolution would have upon the world.
Monday
1. Slave Ship-video with questions.

Tuesday
1. Turn in summaries for chapter 3.
2. Lecture-Seeds of Unrest-Growing Colonial Resistance

Wednesday
25 Question Test over Chapter 3
Video: Road to Revolution
Homework-write a summary of the major events leading up to the Revolution imagining that you were either a reporter for a newspaper, or a “Sons of Liberty” leader in New England making a speech to Bostonians.

Thursday
1. Opener: Why was the beginning of the Revolutionary War termed “The Shot Heard Around the World”?
2. Lecture-“The Shot Heard Round the World” Chapter 4, Section 2

Friday-No School!!