11 th Grade United States History

1. 11th Grade United States History Mr. Weber Room 217

2. Entrance Ticket: (5 minutes) • On a piece of paper draw a quick sketch of Christopher Columbus. • Write below it 5 words you would use to describe him (first five that come to mind based on what you have learned). • Report out 1 of the 5.

3. Agenda • Activator, agenda, and objective (5 minutes) • Christopher Columbus (30 minutes) • Access prior knowledge KWH-L chart (20 minutes) • Review the context for the Revolution lecture (20 minutes) • Big ideas note-taking (10 minutes) • Exit Ticket and Homework

4. Objectives • Students will… • Understand the background to the Revolution. • 11.1 Students analyze the significant events surrounding the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence. • 11.1.1 Describe the Enlightenment and the rise of democratic ideas as the context in which the nation was founded.

5. European Explorers • Of all the terms on the board, how many are positive (write a +) and how many are negative (write a -) and how many are neutral? • Read over handouts. • Rethinking Schools, pp.89-102 • Lies My Teacher Told Me, pp.38-39. • Write a reflection: what did you learn from this class activity? (1/2 page at least)

6. Write a 1/3 page reflection on European “Discovery” • Columbus did not “discover” America because it was already inhabited. • Pizzaro and Cortez as Latin American counterpoints. • Buzz word of the day: “Eurocentric.”

7. KWH-L Activity (30 minutes) • Individually write a list of all the things you know about U.S. history from conquest (c. Columbus 1492) to the Civil War (c. 1860). • 1.What do you know about Europeans coming to America (1492)? • 2. About life in the early colonies? 3. Differences North and South? • 4. About the Revolutionary War (1776)? 5. About the Constitution? • 6. About forms of government: democracy and monarchy, for example? 7. About the Enlightenment thinkers: Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu and their influence on foundation of U.S. gov.? • 8. About westward expansion? Louisiana purchase, Trail of Tears, manifest destiny (1820s, 1830s, 1840s)? • 9. About social reform movements (1820s-1850s)? • 10. About the causes and consequences of the Civil War (1860).

8. Group with your table to complete: The KWH - L Chart

9. Direct Teacher Presentation (20 min) • During direct teacher presentations you are expected to be: • Taking detailed notes • Actively listening • Asking and answering questions • Topics: European Enlightenment, “Discovery,” slavery, religious persecution, colonies, Native Americans,

10. Essential Questions • In what ways were the ideals of the Declaration, Revolution, and Constitution contradicted by the realities of life in early America (especially for African Americans, women, poor people, and immigrants)? • What were the causes and effects of Westward Expansion before the Civil War? • How did the Annexation of Texas and the Mexican/American War epitomize sectional conflict? • Why is the Civil War important? • What were the direct impacts of Reconstruction policies?

11. Understandings • History is a furious debate over multiple and competing versions of the past. • The way in which we understand the past directly affects how we see our role in the present. • The potential for good and evil has expressed itself in various ways with direct consequences for human lives. • Theories of government: democracy (direct and representative); monarchy; • Enlightenment thinkers and ideas: Locke (three rights of man: life, liberty, property); Rousseau (consent of the governed); Montesquieu (checks and balances, three branches). • Enlightenment thinkers influenced Thomas Jefferson.

12. Understandings (cont.) • Thomas Paine: Common Sense (rationale for Rev.) • Causes of the Revolution (Intolerable Acts, etc). • Debate over Ratification (Federalist papers). • Constitution, Bill of Rights, 1st Amendment. • 1803 Marberry v. Madison (Judicial Review). • Jacksonian democracy and Westward Expansion (Trail of Tears). • 1st and 2nd Great Awakenings – impulse for social reform movements. • Religious pluralism, immigration. • Slavery, antislavery, and sectional conflict. • Texas and the Mexican/American War (1846). • John Brown and Abraham Lincoln. • Reconstruction (Radical Republicans, Free Soil Party).

13. European “Discovery” of America

14. Enlightenment Review (World History) • Renaissance in Europe - Pursuit of learning, art in Italy. • The Printing Press (Johann Gutenberg, 1455). • Reformation (Martin Luther in Germany, 1517): Protestants (protested church authority). • Scientific Revolution – Individual human agency (humanism). • European political theorists: Questioning authority, divine right of kings. • Locke: • Rousseau: • Montesquieu:

15. Enlightenment Thinkers • Think back to World History and then write the definition or main idea for each of the following: • 1. Democracy • 2. Locke • 3. Rousseau • 4. Montesquieu

16. Proportion of Population Enslaved (percent) Source: Ira Berlin, Many Thousands Gone (1998), pp. 369-70

17. Slavery in the colonies

18. Triangular trade

19. Big ideas: • European enlightenment thinkers influenced U.S. • Columbus did not “discover” America! • Colonial America was a highly stratified society with some extremely wealthy elites holding vast amounts of slaves, wealth, power. • Although some Europeans came to escape religious persecution, religion was also used to justify slavery by denying that indigenous and African peoples had souls. • Early U.S. was a slave society in the North as well as South.

20. Classwork check: Get your notebook in order Title Page • Table of Contents • Activator 8/31: Interviewing and introducing • Something in the room you relate to and why • Rubric for grading friend or sibling • Columbus sketch and 5 words • ½ page reflection on European “discovery.” • KWH-L chart • Unit essential questions and understandings • Detailed notes and summary • Write down homework

21. Homework Write “Notes on the Declaration” at the top of the next page in your notebook. 1. Everyone: Read the Declaration of Independence and take notes on the main ideas. 2. Advanced: Figure out which phrases can be linked to the philosophy of which European enlightenment thinker.

22. Exit ticket • How long do you think it will take to read the Declaration of Independence and take notes on the main ideas? • When do you have time to do this between now and Friday? • How will you remember to do it?