Disability Awareness Workshop 2016

Today, the entire 5th grade team participated in an afternoon of workshops and stations. They experienced a glimpse of what life is like for someone with special needs. Dozens of Parents and guests facilitated our learning.

International Night 2016

International Night 2016

Thursday, April 28, 2016, 6:30- 8:30 PM

This year, Pattengill is hosting the Bryant/ Pattengill annual International Night.

Mark Your Calendars for International Festival: The B/P annual International Festival will be held at Pattengill this year, on Thursday, April 28, 6:30-8:30pm. This wonderful event showcases our school community’s rich diversity. This year’s theme is “World Art and Culture Tour.” 

How can you help?

• Make a cultural dish, no nuts
• Wear Cultural attire Fashion show (Children and adults) 
• International dance and games room
• World Cultural Lounge
•      Activity Station featuring your culture
•           Henna 
•           Writing of various languages (Arabic, Chinese, Japanese,                  Korean, and other languages)
•           Practicing with Chop sticks
•           Add an activity you can showcase for your cultural

We look forward to celebrating our diversity together as one commUNITY!

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Chapters 14 and 15, Constitution and the Bill of Rights

Chapter 14 Study Guide, Constitution

Terms to know

Article of Confederation

Constitution: How it is organized?

Separation of Powers

Branches of Government
Checks and Balances, Great Compromise

Legislative branch- Congress- Senate years of service and House of Representatives and years; term limits ?

Executive Branch- president years of service and term limits

Judicial Branch- years of service and term limit

Federal Government

Great Compromise, Checks and Balances

First Governing Document
Weak Government
Shays' Rebellion

Part II The Numbers

Years the President can serve, 4 years 2 term limit

Supreme Court, 0 term limit, life time

Legislative Branch,

            House of Representatives, 2 years

            Senate, 6 years

·      I can describe the events that led to the Constitution of the United States of America

·      I can list and discuss, the key powers of the legislative, executive and judicial branches.

·      I can explain the system of checks and balances in the Constitution of the United States of America and how it prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful

o   I can state the years of service and term limits of each branch.

Chapter 15 Bill of Rights

·      I can explain how the Bill of Rights protects individual rights of citizens.

·      I can describe the key rights in Bill of Rights with each amendment.

·      I can interpret Tableaux vivants (Living scenes) that represent key amendments in the Bill of Rights.

Know the Dates of ratification

Technology Supplement

Constitution games
Challenging Constitution Game'
Vocabulary of the Constitution Game
Branches of Government Game
More challenging branches of government game
checks and balances game
More government games
Executive branch game
Bill of Rights Game
Core Democratic Values Game

Chapter 13, American Revolutionary War

Chapter 13, American Revolutionary War

Objectives:

o   I can compare and contrast the American and British forces at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

o   I can explain the key factors that allowed the American colonies to defeat Britain in the Revolutionary War.

o   I can list the major provisions and impact of the Treaty of Paris.

Classwork, Battles Sheet

Treaty of Paris sheet, Homework due Monday

 No Quiz

full size image of the battles

Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Paris

The British did not want to pose for the painting. Why?

The Treaty of Paris

The Treaty of Paris was signed nearly two years after the Battle at Yorktown. What took so long? 

After the Battle of Yorktown, Britain's King George III did not think he could win the war anymore, but he still did not want to give the American colonists independence from Great Britain. 

Three representatives were sent from America to Great Britain to work out the terms of the peace treaty. Those men were John Adams, John Jay, and Benjamin Franklin. It took them a great deal of time and discussion to finally convince King George III that America would not sign a peace treaty, ending the Revolutionary War, until that treaty included American independence from Great Britain. 

And, it took time and discussion to work out the other details of the treaty, if not to the satisfaction, at least to the acceptance of the other parties involved who had fought on the side of the American colonists - the French, the Spanish, and the Dutch, each of whom had their own national interests. 

Finally, in September 1783, the Treaty of Paris was ratified.  The French sided with the Americans to get back at the British after losing the French and Indian War.  The treaty largely saw the European nations exchange colonial possessions with Britain regaining the Caribbean nations of the Bahamas, Grenada, and Montserrat, while giving parts of Florida to Spain. France's gains included the African nation of Senegal as well as having fishing rights guaranteed on the Grand Banks in Canada.

For America, The Treaty of Paris accomplished:

1. END OF WAR: The official end of the Revolutionary War
2. NEW GOVERNMENT: This treaty gave the colonies their independence from Great Britain. The 13 states were free to make their own rules and create their own state and national government without British interference. 
3. MORE LAND: The British gave America all the land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River, and from Canada to the north and Florida to the south. Land that Parliament had  "reserved" for the Indian nations would now be open for settlement.  
4. REMOVAL OF BRITISH MILITARY: The British army and navy agreed to leave all American territories. 
5. FREE TRADE: British Parliament had passes many laws to control trade in the American colonies. These laws were repealed, and American colonists were free to trade with whomever they chose. 

As the map shows, much of the land granted to the United States in the treaty did not belong to any of the 13 original states. For a time, some of the original states tried to claim these new lands as their own. For instance, New York tried to claim lands that included present-day Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. North Carolina tried to claim portions of what is now Tennessee, while Virginia tried to claim land that is now part of Michigan.

Homework
Directions:  Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper. 
1.  Why did the Treaty of Paris take so long to ratify?  Who were the representatives sent to work on the deal?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
2.  What 3 countries fought on the side of the colonists?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
3.  What government decisions were the colonists now allowed to do?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
4.  Summarize the new lands that the colonists gained from the Treaty of Paris.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
5.  After the treaty was ratified, who were the colonists free to trade with?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
6.  What land conflicts arose between the colonies after the Treaty of Paris was ratified?


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Treaty of Paris


 Treaty of Paris for kids