Lesson Plan

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American Government 

Monday

SSCG2: Demonstrate knowledge of the political philosophies that shaped the development of the United States constitutional government.

Learning Target: I will be prepared for the Unit 1 test.

Success Criteria:

• I can define citizenship

• I can define and give examples of civic duty

• I can list and describe the different forms of government

• I can compare and contrast representative and direct democracies

• I can explain the impact that enlightenment philosophers had on the development of the U.S. government and the Declaration of Independence,

• I can define social contract,

• I can define triangular trade and mercantilism, and how these eventually led to salutary neglect of the colonies,

• I can explain how salutary neglect led to the development of the government in the colonies, 

• I can explain how the French and Indian war led to the end of salutary neglect,

• I can explain how the end of salutary neglect led to rebellion in the colonies.

Lesson/Activity:

Pirate Prep: Review

Unit 1 Review Games

Tuesday

SSCG2: Demonstrate knowledge of the political philosophies that shaped the development of the United States constitutional government.

Learning Target: I will be prepared for the Unit 1 test.

Success Criteria:

• I can define citizenship

• I can define and give examples of civic duty

• I can list and describe the different forms of government

• I can compare and contrast representative and direct democracies

• I can explain the impact that enlightenment philosophers had on the development of the U.S. government and the Declaration of Independence,

• I can define social contract,

• I can define triangular trade and mercantilism, and how these eventually led to salutary neglect of the colonies,

• I can explain how salutary neglect led to the development of the government in the colonies, 

• I can explain how the French and Indian war led to the end of salutary neglect,

• I can explain how the end of salutary neglect led to rebellion in the colonies.

Lesson/Activity:

Pirate Prep: Review

Unit 1 Assessment

Wednesday

Thursday

Standard(s):

Connecting US History with American Government: 

1. Describe what led to the American Revolution.

2. Explain how wars were fought in the 1700’s before the world of technology.

Learning Target(s):

• I will analyze the movie “The Patriot” with how it relates to the making of our American Government.

• I will analyze how wars were fought before the world of technology.

Success Criteria:

• I will describe how the movie “The Patriot” relates to the making of our American Government.

• I will describe how wars were fought before the world of technology.

Lesson/Activities:

Pirate Prep: How did people fight wars back in the 1700’s? ;

Watch “The Patriot”;

Patriot Notes;

Ticket out the Door: Tell me one fact about the movie that you learned about. 

Resources:

The Patriot DVD

Friday